Cisco Reduces Net GHG Emissions by 40%
Cisco has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) for scope 1, 2 and 3 by 40 percent compared to fiscal year 2007, by implementing energy-efficiency programs, using collaboration technologies to...
View ArticleCOP 15 December 8 Press Briefing
At a press briefing on the second day of the Conference, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer spoke of a very positive and encouraging start to the conference yesterday, with several clarion calls...
View ArticleCopenhagen Climate Conference: Day 2
The second day of the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen for a 12-day conference kicked off on a high note with encouraging words from UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo...
View ArticleAround the Web – World’s largest LED Project, Exxon, Xcel, Microsoft
World’s Largest LED Project Completed in Abu Dhabi Inhabitat EPA Plan for Improving Schools’ Drinking Water Gets Chilly Reception at Senate Hearing NY Times ExxonMobil energy outlook underlines the...
View ArticleHandicapping Senate Passage of the Kerry-Boxer Climate Bill
With the decline of the Redskins, a new favorite pastime among Washingtonians is handicapping Senate passage of climate change legislation. Will the Senate pass the “Clean Energy Jobs and American...
View ArticleCOP 15 Video Highlights Day 2
Highlights from day 2 of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 (COP15).
View ArticleSanta Monica Pushes for Stricter Green Building Laws, While NYC Backs Down
A tale of two cities shows both sides of the green building movement. Santa Monica, Calif., known as an environmentally-friendly city, is proposing stricter green building requirements for...
View ArticleTesco Opens Zero-carbon Supermarket
UK retailer Tesco has opened a location that it claims to be the world’s first “zero-carbon” supermarket. The store in Ramsey, England, was built on a frame made from sustainable timber and has...
View ArticleMaryland Adding Wind, Solar From 4 Projects
Almost simultaneously, separate deals have been struck to power Maryland from major solar and both onshore and offshore wind renewable energy projects. Maryland, under a state directive to purchase 20...
View ArticleWichita Airport May Add Wind Energy
If plans go ahead, a new terminal at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport would incorporate miniature wind turbines to generate a portion of its electricity. The wind turbines would be enough to light a new...
View ArticleLenovo to Improve Carbon Efficiency 10% by 2012
Lenovo Group has pledged to increase its carbon efficiency 10 percent by 2012 using 2007 as a baseline, according to the company’s second corporate social responsibility report. Lenovo has also set...
View ArticleAT&T Forms Sustainability Advisory Council
Fresh off hiring an energy director to help it reduce its carbon footprint, AT&T now is moving ahead with the creation of a sustainability advisory council. The new business advisory council will...
View ArticleJ Crew, JC Penney Score a ‘Nice’ on Holiday Gift Catalog Scorecard
The annual Naughty/Nice List holiday gift catalog scorecard shows that 12 of 21 companies earned a “nice” rating for four sustainability related metrics. Each year, Forest Ethics rates retailers on...
View ArticleCopenhagen Roundup: Day 3
A leak of a Danish draft proposal, which by all accounts has put a bigger wedge between rich and poor nations, set the tone for day three (Dec. 9) of the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference...
View ArticleUS COP 15 Envoy Fields ‘Climate Reparations’ Question
US Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern rejects the idea of a climate debt or climate reparations, Envirobeat reports. stating that there is no guilt since during most of the period since the...
View ArticlePutting the 3R’s Into Action With ‘Reduce’
Corporate sustainability professionals focus on the triple bottom line also known as the three P’s – People, Planet, Profit. In the data center world, where we prefer action, the Three R’s – Reduce,...
View ArticleDe Boer to Businesses: Don’t Be Too Generic or Too Specific
Business and industry do a far better job communicating to government policy-makers on a national level than globally. That was the feedback U.N. climate secretary Yvo de Boer gave to a capacity crowd...
View ArticleHotels Play Up Environmental Initiatives
More and more, hotels are chasing the consumer dollar by playing up their environmental initiatives. For instance, Starwood’s Element Hotels is adding electric car-charging stations, while Holiday Inn...
View ArticleFrom the EU to Australia, Allegations of ‘Carbon Cheating’ Continue
Whether it’s fraudulent trading in EU carbon emissions credits or Australia allegedly covering up emissions, the international business of carbon accounting continues to take hits. In the European...
View ArticleUnilever Alters Palm Oil Supply Chain After Greenpeace Allegations
In response to Greenpeace alleging that one of Unilever’s supposedly sustainable palm oil providers was instead clear-cutting rain forests to grow more palms, Unilever cut ties with the provider in...
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