TD Bank ‘Green’ Call Center Powered 100% from Renewable Sources
TD Bank has opened a new ‘green’ call center in Auburn, Maine, that will be 100-percent powered by green power sources. The facility features local design elements including a 9-ton boulder located in...
View ArticleNew Aerodynamic Truck Designs Could Cut Fuel Costs
The scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are testing new drag reduction devices that could one day make large trucks more aerodynamic, SmarterPlanet reports. The new truck designs will...
View ArticleIntel, Kohl’s, Whole Foods Top List of Green Power Purchasers, Again
The EPA has released its latest list of the 50 green power partners using the most renewable electricity. The Green Power Partnership’s top purchasers use more than 12 billion kilowatt-hours of green...
View ArticleAppliance Manufacturers Want New Energy Efficiency Standards, Tax Policies
Home appliance manufacturers, their trade organization, and a nationwide coalition of energy and water efficiency supporters have called for new national minimum efficiency standards, production tax...
View ArticleEnergy Information System a Key to Driving Savings
Like most leading manufacturing companies today, Eastman Kodak Company has an aggressive plan to drive energy efficiencies in our facilities that, in turn, yield substantial cost savings. We started by...
View ArticleHome Depot, Macy’s, Wal-Mart Try FutureMark Recycled Paper
Home Depot, Macy’s, Walmart, Whole Foods and American Eagle Airlines’ in-flight magazine “Latitudes” have signed contracts in the first half of 2010 with FutureMark Paper Company, which says it is the...
View ArticleSempre Energy Pegged As Smart Grid Leader
For the second straight year, Sempra Energy’s San Diego Gas & Electric is the most intelligent utility in America, according to the annual UtiliQ survey of U.S. electric utilities. ARRA funding is...
View ArticleUS Solar Power Investments to Reach $61.1B by 2015
From 2010 to 2015, US solar power investments are projected to increase from $22.4 billion to $61.1 billion, according to the latest issue of EL Insights. This represents a compound annual growth rate...
View ArticleWeis Markets Cuts Refrigerant Use 50% At New SuperStores
Weis Markets says three new superstores in three Pennsylvania locations – Bellefonte , West Lawn and Fork Township – will incorporate technologies and systems reducing store refrigerant use to 50% less...
View ArticleMass Cuts Disposable Bag Use at Supermarkets
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the Massachusetts Food Associationsay that a joint initiative with the grocery and supermarket industry to reduce the number of disposable...
View ArticleGoodwill Buys RECs
Goodwill Industries International’s headquarter location in Rockville, Md. has signed a two-year green electricity purchase agreement for renewable energy certificates sourced from wind resources to...
View Article‘Radical Greening’ Seen As Top 10 Business Risk
Radical Greening (#8) and Corporate social responsibility and the need for social acceptance (#9) both appeared on the top ten risks facing businesses, according to Ernst & Young’s recently...
View ArticleGE Unveils ‘Truesense’ Platform For Cooling Water Systems
GE has introduced a new technology platform called TrueSense that the company says increases water savings in the monitoring and control of cooling water systems, which are used in heavy manufacturing...
View ArticleTyson Foods Sustainability Report Highlights Energy Efficiency Efforts
Tyson Foods has released a report covering the social, environmental and economic performance of Tyson’s U.S. operations for fiscal 2008 and 2009. The sustainability report, which is the third Tyson...
View ArticleTailoring Green Messages for Your Target Market
Marketing products on their “green” benefits can be a very productive business strategy, with many opportunities and advantages over more traditional marketing programs. That said, when designing a...
View ArticleIIRC Formed, Backs Combined CSR and Financial Reporting
The Prince of Wale’s Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have formed the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC). The IIRC’s aim is to...
View ArticleRoundup – Ford, DOE, Ocean Power
Department of Energy Announces $188 Million for Small Business Technology Commercialization DOE 2011 Ford Explorer Goes Green with More Recycled, Renewable Materials and Increased Fuel Efficiency Ford...
View ArticleUSG Corporate Sustainability Report: Sets Target to Reduce GHG Emissions 20%...
USG has set goals to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20 percent, and reduce operational waste-to-landfill by 50 percent by 2020, using 2005 as the base year, according to the company’s first...
View ArticleGreen Data Centers to Capture 28% Market Share by 2015
With the IT industry responsible for about two percent of the world’s carbon emissions and data centers as the fastest growing part of that equation, investments in greener data centers will grow...
View ArticleWal-Mart Releases Greenhouse Gas Protocol Guidance
In February, Wal-Mart committed to reduce the carbon footprint from its supply chain by 20 million metric tons of carbon dioxide by 2015. The project team that has been working to implement that goal...
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