GM on Track to Make Half of Mfg Plants Landfill-Free
General Motors (GM) is on track to meet its goal to make half of its major global manufacturing operations landfill-free by the end of 2010. John Bradburn, project manager for GM’s Design for...
View ArticleBurger King Dumps Palm Oil Supplier over Land-Use Practices
Burger King will no longer buy palm oil from Sinar Mas or its subsidiaries after an independent audit showed one of the company’s subsidiaries, SMART, had destroyed rainforests and carbon-dense...
View ArticleData Centers Target Higher Energy Efficiency, Lower Carbon Footprint
Data centers across the nation are implementing a host of initiatives aimed at energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, ranging from HVAC optimization to being powered by...
View ArticleFord Extends Driving Range of Focus Electric with New Battery
The Ford Focus Electric, which debuts in the U.S. late next year and in Europe in 2012, will be powered by a lithium-ion battery that uses heated and cooled liquid to help maximize battery life and...
View ArticleLEED Roundup: Exelon, Sony Pictures, Chicago Botanic Garden, WVU, NASA,...
Here’s a roundup of some of the most recent businesses that have earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. These include Exelon, NASA...
View ArticleMedtronic Corporate Citizenship Report: Energy Use, CO2 Emissions Down 12%
Medtronic has cut its energy consumption and CO2 emissions (normalized to revenue) by about 12 percent in fiscal year 2009, according to the company’s 2010 Corporate Citizenship report. In 2008,...
View ArticleWal-Mart Names New SVP Sustainability
Andrea Thomas has been named Wal-Mart’s new senior vice president of Sustainability. Matt Kistler, current SVP of Sustainability, will be transitioning into a new role as SVP of Marketing on the...
View ArticleRenewables Roundup: Solar Highway, Mars Drops Turbine, Methane Creation
The Baldock Solar Station, a 1.75-megawatt solar array with nearly 7,000 SolarWorld panels, has been built at a rest area along Interstate 5 near Wilsonville, Oregon. Portland General Electric and the...
View ArticleHSBC Predicts Low Carbon Energy Market to Triple
The world’s low-carbon energy market is likely to triple by 2020, HSBC analysts forecast on Monday, saying that rising concerns about resource scarcity would support broad consensus on the threat of...
View ArticleRoundup – GM, Bayer MaterialScience, Abercrombie & Fitch
Kansas joins case to head off federal carbon regulation The Wichita Eagle Bayer MaterialScience is Part of Initiative to Promote Energy-Efficient Buildings PR.com Govt may ban import of e-waste Times...
View ArticleIn Sustainable Marketing, Words Matter
Today, we face a sophisticated language problem – and therefore opportunity – when it comes to green marketing. It seems that the meme of “greenwashing” has subsided a bit. In fact, the “gotcha” green...
View ArticleNEC CSR Report: GHG Emissions Down 37%
NEC has achieved its target of “zero net CO2 emissions” by fiscal 2011 one year ahead of schedule, resulting in new medium-to long-term action plans for fiscal 2011 and beyond, according to the...
View ArticleHow to Design a Sustainability Strategy in Six Steps
Robert Nuttall, who played a key role in the development of Marks & Spencer’s ‘Plan A’ sustainability campaign shares six tips on how to design and communicate a consumer-focused sustainability...
View ArticleWWF Seeks ‘Green Game Changers’
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) plans to launch its Green Game Changers initiative this week that asks companies to submit examples of their green policies, products and business models that help reduce...
View ArticleUNEP to Reduce GHG Emissions 3% Annually
Leading by example, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has committed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 3 percent each year from 2009 levels between 2010 and 2012 as part of its...
View ArticleCone, OgilvyEarth Score the Highest in U.S. Sustainability Communications Market
Cone and OgilvyEarth, specialist marketing communications agencies, lead the U.S. market for sustainability communications agencies, according to a new report from Verdantix. A key finding of the...
View ArticleSamsung Expands ‘Green Memory’ Initiative, Launches ‘Green’ Website
Samsung Electronics has expanded its ‘Green Memory’ initiative beyond DRAM and solid state drives (SSDs) to include several memory products for PC and mobile application areas as more customers choose...
View ArticleGlobal Energy Efficient Lighting Market to Hit $32.2 Billion by 2015
From 2010 to 2015, the global energy efficient lighting market is projected to increase from $13.5 billion to $32.2 billion, according to the latest issue of EL Insights. This represents a compound...
View ArticleRoundup – Chevron, RedbirdLED, Chromasun
Green Grades for Cars Rankle Auto Industry The New York Times Sierra Club Sues Over Texas Power Plant Sustainable Business Redbird LED Completes Parking Garage LED Lighting Retrofit at Buckhead...
View ArticleHow e-Invoicing Can Save a Small Forest
At many companies, accounts payable (AP) departments are responsible for processing invoices and interacting with suppliers, ranging from small “mom and pop” businesses to large multinational...
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