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Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability

Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability
Regardless of where one stands on the subject of climate change, we are all impacted by rising energy prices. Carbon-based energy fuels ...

Fairchild Semiconductor Expands ‘Green’ Effort with Global Team

Fairchild Semiconductor Expands ‘Green’ Effort with Global Team
Fairchild Semiconductor has formed a global Energy and Environmental Design Team to identify energy-conservation projects at its major manufacturing ...

Oracle CIO Mark Sunday On Project Sequoia

Oracle CIO Mark Sunday On Project Sequoia
ZDNet video of Oracle CIO Mark Sunday discussing Project Sequoia, the company's data center in Utah that uses outside air, hot aisle ...

IBM Launches Eco Data Center in Second Life

IBM Launches Eco Data Center in Second Life
Visitors who want to check out IBM's latest eco-data center will have to do so as an avatar ...

Beyond Tele-Conferencing: How the IT Sector Can Become a Legitimate Climate Solutions Provider

Beyond Tele-Conferencing: How the IT Sector Can Become a Legitimate Climate Solutions Provider
Nowadays, the buzz is about next-generation tele-conferencing. Interestingly, unlike many advances in technology, it is being billed for its environmental benefits as ...

Verdiem Takes Aim At Consumer Market With Edison

Verdiem Takes Aim At Consumer Market With Edison
Here's a promo video covering Verdiem's launch of Edison, a free energy monitoring application for Windows that consumers can use to ...

Dell Reaches Carbon Neutral Goal 5 Months Ahead Of Plans

Dell Reaches Carbon Neutral Goal 5 Months Ahead Of Plans
Dell Computer announced this week that it reached its goal of becoming "carbon neutral" five months ahead ...

Cost-Savings Key Driver to Green IT in Small Businesses

Cost-Savings Key Driver to Green IT in Small Businesses
Vittesh Kalambi, research analyst at Access Market International, says cost-savings is the key driver to small businesses becoming convinced about the ...

IBM Plans to Build Energy Efficient, Adaptive Data Center

IBM Plans to Build Energy Efficient, Adaptive Data Center
IBM announced plans to build a $360 million data center by renovating an existing building at its facility in Research Triangle ...

Pepsi Picks Redemtech to Handle E-waste

Pepsi Picks Redemtech to Handle E-waste
The Pepsi Bottling Group has chosen Redemtech to handle its electronic waste initiatives, which includes developing and ...

AT&T Joins Green Grid, Promotes Data Center Energy Efficiency

AT&T Joins Green Grid, Promotes Data Center Energy Efficiency
AT&T Services has joined The Green Grid and also announced it will supply data center performance information to ...

80% Of IT Decision Makers Value Green IT, But Hurdles Remain

80% Of IT Decision Makers Value Green IT, But Hurdles Remain
Four out of five IT decision makers across government and corporate sectors said implementing green IT solutions in their ...

Fabrik Touts New Drive As ‘Most Eco-Friendly’

Fabrik Touts New Drive As ‘Most Eco-Friendly’
Fabrik says that its new SimpleTech [re]drive is the world’s most energy-efficient, resource-conscious, turbo USB 2.0 external storage and backup ...

Dell Releases Corporate Responsibility Report

Dell Releases Corporate Responsibility Report
Dell has released its corporate responsibility report for FY 2008 (PDF). Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions increased ...

Data Centers and Carbon Pricing

Data Centers and Carbon Pricing
Here in the U.S. the likelihood of an official "price of carbon" continues to grow. Both Sen. McCain and Sen. ...

Sainsbury Saves At Checkout With Two-Sided Receipt Printers

Sainsbury Saves At Checkout With Two-Sided Receipt Printers
UK food retailer Sainsbury's has won the European Retail Solutions Best Green IT Initiative Award 2008 for using simultaneous ...

Accenture Releases Data Center Report, Green Technology Suite

Accenture Releases Data Center Report, Green Technology Suite
Accenture, in conjunction with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, has released a Data Center Energy Forecast Report, which ...

Top 10 Pressures CIOs Face To Increase Efficiency

Top 10 Pressures CIOs Face To Increase Efficiency
CIOs are being pushed to increase efficiency and cut costs. Where's the pressure coming from? Here's a top ...

‘Green Computing’ Vague, Misleading

‘Green Computing’ Vague, Misleading
The Carbon Disclosure Project says the notion of green computing is unhelpful and makes it harder for companies ...

5 IT Vendors Get New Recycling, Asset Disposal Certification

5 IT Vendors Get New Recycling, Asset Disposal Certification
Dell, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Intechra, and Redemtech are the first recipients of IDC's Green Recycling and Asset Disposal ...

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Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability

Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability

Regardless of where one stands on the subject of climate change, we are all impacted by rising energy prices. Carbon-based energy fuels ... continue »

Green Communications: 3 Strategies For Getting Past The Crunch
Beyond Tele-Conferencing: How the IT Sector Can Become a Legitimate Climate Solutions Provider
Navigating the Environmental Media Pt 4: Carbon Messaging
Ecolabeling – Bridging The Gap
Consumers Pay Attention To Energy Star Labels

Consumers Pay Attention To Energy Star Labels

The "Energy Star" label is extremely or very important to 68 percent of consumers, according to the fourth EcoPinion Survey from ...

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Green Retailers Six Key Focus Areas
Half of U.S. Companies Going Green
64% Of Decision Makers Say Green Image Is Good For Business
Wood Key Cards To Debut During DNC

Wood Key Cards To Debut During DNC

Sustainable Cards, producer of wood hotel key cards, says their cards will debut in Denver hotels during the Democratic National Convention. Sustainable ...

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SMEs and the Environment
Oracle CIO Mark Sunday On Project Sequoia
GM Shows Off Volt Production Model…Kind Of
The Bottom Line

Marketing

Automakers Introduce ‘EcoDriving’ Program

Ad Agency To Timberland: Environmental Causes Distracting From Products

Neenah Paper To Use Biomass At Whiting Mill

Emissions

In UK, Exporting Recovered Plastic Bottles, Paper To China Cuts Emissions

Environmental Supply Chain Planning – Expanding Accountability

CCX Trades RGGI Contracts

Hi-Tech

Fairchild Semiconductor Expands ‘Green’ Effort with Global Team

Oracle CIO Mark Sunday On Project Sequoia

IBM Launches Eco Data Center in Second Life

Efficiency

Blues Plans Incorporate Green Buildings & Policies

Commercial Kitchens Get Green Certification Program

IBM Launches ‘Green Sigma’ Consulting Service

Manufacturing

Lite-On Tech to Reduce CO2 Emissions 10% by 2011

Green Efforts Hampered by Broken Supply Chains

Recycling and Reuse Programs Top List Of Manufacturers Green Investments

Carbon Offsets/RECs

American Assets Plans To Beat 2030 Challenge

Wal-Mart Facing Tough Green Questions

NY To Regulate GHG Emissions

CSR Reports

Most Companies Skip Getting CSR Reports Assured

Campbell’s Cuts 1.5 Million Gallons of Water Per Day

KB Home To Build Only Energy Star Standard Homes

Major Players

Google & G.E. Want Cheaper Renewable Energy

Big Brands Tout Social Consciences On YouTube

Marriott To List Green Actions Of Individual Hotels

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