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Lightweight Wine Bottles Better For The Environment

Bottling wine in lightweight bottles can significantly reduce CO2 emissions, according to a report by the Waste & Resources Action Programme comparing the impact on the environment of four different types of bottles that were filled in the UK with...

Published 03-17-2008 7:23 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Europe, Sustainability, Australia, Products & Planning, Retail & Restaurants

Foster’s Offsets Emissions Of ‘Cascade Green’

Foster’s is offsetting all of the carbon emissions of its new lager, Cascade Green.The company says that the lager is brewed at the Cascade Brewery from locally produced ingredients. Packaging has been designed to minimize greenhouse gas emissions...

Published 03-08-2008 5:19 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Australia, Water, Products & Planning, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Retail & Restaurants

HP Launches Carbon Offset Giveaway Promo

HP is testing a carbon-offset giveaway promotion in Australia that gives HP LaserJet printer buyers a carbon offset certificate for purchases made by April 30, Australian IT reports. The carbon offset value is supposed to cover the carbon emissions produced...

Published 02-14-2008 4:45 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Hi-Tech, Australia, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Retail & Restaurants

Australia Releases Green Marketing Guidelines

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released green guidelines for marketers, The Age reports. guidelines to combat businesses wrongly claiming their products or operations are “environmentally friendly”, or “green”...

Published 02-12-2008 12:47 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Marketing, Australia, Policy & Law

Jetstar Says Voluntary Carbon Offsets Big Success

Jetstar says that 10 percent of people using its website have opted-in to its voluntary carbon offset program during its first week of operation, The Australian reports. The airline expected about a five percent response. Last month.../p>

Published 10-05-2007 9:18 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Products & Planning, Feature, credits, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Travel, Australia

Qantas Plans September Takeoff For Carbon Offset Program

Qantas says that beginning in September, consumers and businesses will be able to purchase carbon credits to offset their carbon dioxide emissions, Australia's The Age reports. The company hasn't said how much the offsets will increase the price...

Published 08-30-2007 10:57 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Products & Planning, Business-to-Business, credits, Business-to-Consumer, Australia

Woolworths Slammed For Using Sustainable Forests Logo

Woolworths, Australia's biggest supermarket chain, has told shoppers that two of its home brand products are environmentally sustainable, but at least two reports, plus an independent audit of the Indonesian company that supplies the pulp to Woolworths...

Published 08-23-2007 3:47 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Feature, Major Players, Environmental Affairs, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Australia

EDS Cuts Emissions From Printing Operations 72%

EDS has launched a set of service offerings to support customers seeking to improve their impact on the environment by reducing carbon emissions, Computerworld reports. Through its Go For Green Program...

Published 08-17-2007 1:59 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Business Services, Hi-Tech, Electricity, Australia

EDS Hopes To Cut Emissions 25% With Video Conferencing

Global technology services company EDS is working with Verizon Video Conferencing in an attempt to reduce its carbon emissions in Australia and New Zealand 25 percent by 2010. EDS has deployed...

Published 08-06-2007 5:48 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Sustainability, Business Services, Hi-Tech, Contracts & Installations, Australia

Saab Accused Of Greenwashing

Australia's NSW Greens have complained to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, accusing Saab of making deceptive claims about its cars' greenhouse gas emissions...

Published 08-01-2007 1:35 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, credits, Funding & Incentives, Automotive, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Australia

Pacific Hydro Will Sell Carbon Credits From Chile Hydropower Project

Pacific Hydro, an Australian-based renewable energy producer, plans to start selling carbon credits from a hydropower project in Chile to buyers in the European Union, The International Herald Tribune reports...

Published 07-17-2007 11:38 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Europe, Feature, Business-to-Business, credits, Financial, Clean Energy, Contracts & Installations, Economics, Australia, Hydroelectric

CEOs Sign Numerous Environmental Pledges At Global Compact Summit

A flurry of press releases have come out of the Global Compact leaders Summit that's finishing up in Geneva. Top executives of corporations such as Coca-Cola, Petrobras, Fuji Xerox, China Ocean Shipping Group, Tata Steel...

Published 07-06-2007 12:37 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Supply Chain, Europe, Feature, Major Players, Global, Reporting, Environmental Affairs, Sustainability, Climate, Business-to-Business, Compliance, Waste, U.S., Automotive, North America, Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Fossil Fuels, Conservation, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Hi-Tech, Agriculture, Clean Energy, Travel, Economics, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Industrial Goods, Hybrid Technology, Electricity, Asia, Refitting, Recycling, Oil & Gas, Biofuel, Wind Energy, Utilities, Solar Energy, Industry Events, Hydrogen, Australia, Geothermal, Wave Energy, Hydroelectric, Mining, Nuclear, Storage, Fuel Cells, Water, Hazardous Waste, South America, Central & South America, Africa

Cadbury To Cut Emissions 50%

Cadbury Schweppes pledged a 50 percent reduction of net absolute carbon emissions from its manufacturing sites by 2020, Food Production Daily reports. The company plans to achieve the goal either by either cutting down on its use of energy, packaging...

Published 07-05-2007 8:44 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Supply Chain, Europe, Feature, Environmental Affairs, Sustainability, North America, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Recycling, Australia, Water

Coke, Yahoo Steal Thunder From Live Earth’s Sponsors

Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Yahoo, and MSN have the highest awareness of any brands in connection with the upcoming Live Earth concerts, according to new research from Lightspeed Research and the Ethical Reputation Index. That's great for Coke and Yahoo, which...

Published 06-28-2007 2:18 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Europe, Feature, Major Players, Climate, U.S., Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Australia

Qantas To Offer Travellers Way To Offset Emissions

Qantas will offer a way for travellers to pay extra to offset the carbon emissions caused by their flights, The Sydney Morning Herald reports. Kella did not provide details but said options on the table included enabling fliers to donate to a Clean.....

Published 06-27-2007 1:26 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Products & Planning, Feature, Major Players, credits, Business-to-Consumer, Travel, Australia

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