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

Lite-On Tech to Reduce CO2 Emissions 10% by 2011
Lite-On Technology Corp., the world's largest maker of casings for mobile phones, announced it will cut carbon dioxide emissions by 10 ...

Green Efforts Hampered by Broken Supply Chains

Green Efforts Hampered by Broken Supply Chains
Broken supply chains and poor communication between different departments and partners are hindering many firms' effort to reduce carbon ...

Recycling and Reuse Programs Top List Of Manufacturers Green Investments

Recycling and Reuse Programs Top List Of Manufacturers Green Investments
Seventy-one percent of manufacturing executives believe the cost of greening manufacturing is getting lower, and the potential profits higher, according to ...

North Face Announces more Green Initiatives

North Face Announces more Green Initiatives
The North Face is celebrating its 40th anniversary by celebrating mother nature, and is coming out with a ...

Bangladesh Turns Plastic Bottles Into Export Industry

Bangladesh Turns Plastic Bottles Into Export Industry
Bangladeshis are making a living from recycling plastic bottles, turning it into an export industry for South Asian nations, Reuters reports. Bangladesh exports ...

Build Cars in 5 Days To Reduce Waste, Emissions

Build Cars in 5 Days To Reduce Waste, Emissions
The Intelligent Logistics for Innovative Product Technologies project concluded that it is possible to build cars to order within ...

Plant Powered by Chicken Manure

Plant Powered by Chicken Manure
At Beijing Deqingyuan Chicken Farm Waste Utilization plant, three million chickens are doing their part to help their ...

Europe’s Sports Car Makers Feel Endangered by New Regulations

Europe’s Sports Car Makers Feel Endangered by New Regulations
While European giant car makers are battling with environmentalist and lawmakers over emissions curbs, classic European sports cars like ...

Beijing Cleans Up Air by Moving Factories Elsewhere

Beijing Cleans Up Air by Moving Factories Elsewhere
When Beijing won the privilege of hosting the 2008 Olympic Games seven years ago, the Chinese capital promised to ...

DOE Assessments Help 3 Plants Save Over $1.5 Million Combined

DOE Assessments Help 3 Plants Save Over $1.5 Million Combined
The Department of Energy released three new case studies of manufacturing plants participating in its Save Energy Now ...

Herman Miller Sees 32% ROI in Energy Efficiency Investments

Herman Miller Sees 32% ROI in Energy Efficiency Investments
Herman Miller's investments in areas such as energy efficiency have resulted in a 32 percent rate of return according ...

Climate Exchange Strikes China Emissions Trading Deal

Climate Exchange Strikes China Emissions Trading Deal
Reuters reports that Climate Exchange announced  a pact with Chinese National Petroleum Corp. Assets Management and Tianjin City ...

Lotus To Raise Wind Turbines At Factory

Lotus To Raise Wind Turbines At Factory
Ecotricity recently received approval to build three wind turbines at Lotus's car factory in Hethel, England. The turbines will ...

Proposed Nestle Plant Faces Carbon Scrutiny

Proposed Nestle Plant Faces Carbon Scrutiny
California Attorney General Jerry Brown  recently sent a 10-page letter to the Planning Department of McCloud in Siskiyou County, ...

The Green Chemistry Tipping Point

The Green Chemistry Tipping Point
It seems to have happened overnight. All of a sudden, everyone is talking about sustainability. Everyone is attempting to "go green!"  You ...

Phthalates To Be Banned From Toys

Phthalates To Be Banned From Toys
House and Senate lawmakers agreed to permanently ban three types of phthalates from children's toys and to outlaw three ...

Burt’s Bees Sets Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal

Burt’s Bees Sets Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal
Burt's Bees has pledged to  cut its U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 35 percent per dollar sales from 2006 ...

Hearst Catches Green Flak Over Esquire’s E-Ink Cover

Hearst Catches Green Flak Over Esquire’s E-Ink Cover
Esquire Magazine, published by Hearst, is taking heat (here & here) over the use of E-Ink in its upcoming 75th ...

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 ...

Western Climate Initiative Unveils Draft Of 2012 Cap-and-Trade Program

Western Climate Initiative Unveils Draft Of 2012 Cap-and-Trade Program
The Western Climate Initiative, made up of seven U.S. states and  four Canadian provinces, has released its “Draft Design of ...

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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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