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Allstate Pays To Offset Customer Auto Emissions

Allstate Insurance has launched "Allstate Green," which the company bills as an "eco-friendly insurance option" that lets customers offset auto emissions by funding reforestation and clean energy projects in the U.S. With each...

Published 11-13-2007 9:34 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Products & Planning, Feature, Major Players, U.S., credits, Automotive, Financial, Business-to-Consumer

Enterprise Offers Voluntary Carbon Offset Program To Customers

Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car, owned by the Taylor family of St. Louis, have announced a voluntary customer carbon offset program - the largest of its kind in the industry, according to the company, and the first consumer...

Published 10-31-2007 11:55 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Products & Planning, Feature, Major Players, Sustainability, U.S., credits, Automotive, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer

Volvo Opens Carbon Neutral Vehicle Production Plant

Volvo Trucks has opened its carbon neutral (what the company has labeled 'CO2 Free') plant in Ghent, Belgium. The factory produces 35,000 trucks annually. "Our ambition is to make all our plants CO2-free plants and Ghent is the first,"...

Published 09-25-2007 10:53 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Europe, Feature, Major Players, Sustainability, Facilities, credits, Automotive, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Contracts & Installations, Electricity, Biofuel, Wind Energy

Volkswagen To Offset Projected Emissions Of Cars

Volkswagon of America plans to offset the carbon emissions of projected consumer use. From September 1, 2007, until January 2, 2008, every vehicle sold by Volkswagen will have its carbon emissions offset for the first year of ownership. In addition, the...

Published 08-30-2007 10:04 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Products & Planning, Feature, Major Players, Sustainability, U.S., credits, Automotive, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Pricing

Carfax To Kick Off Carbon Neutral Program At Carfax 250

Carfax, which provides vehicle history reports, says it will make the company entirely carbon neutral. Carfax will offset all carbon emissions generated by its day-to-day business operations, such as corporate travel, marketing and sales operations and...

Published 08-17-2007 12:44 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Products & Planning, Feature, Business-to-Business, U.S., credits, Automotive, Business-to-Consumer, Travel

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

Flexcar Launches Carbon Offset Membership Plan

Flexcar has partnered with TerraPass to create a new type of membership - the Green Membership - that lets members offset their Flexcar emissions. The option, which costs $9.95 per year...

Published 06-20-2007 10:38 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Products & Planning, Feature, Business-to-Business, U.S., credits, Automotive, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Travel

Top 10 Greenest Companies In The World

The Independent, along with Ethical Investment Research Services, has put together a guide to the greenest companies in the world. 1. Vestas Wind Systems has more than...

Published 06-04-2007 12:20 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, Facilities, Waste, Pollution, U.S., credits, VC Funding, Automotive, North America, Marketing, Financial, Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Fossil Fuels, Government, Conservation, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Hi-Tech, Clean Energy, Travel, Economics, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Awards, Industrial Goods, Hybrid Technology, Electricity, Refitting, Consumption, People, Recycling, Oil & Gas, Biofuel, New Technology, Wind Energy, Utilities, Savings, Solar Energy, Industry Events, Coal, Hydrogen, Geothermal, Wave Energy, Hydroelectric, Mining, Pricing, Education, Sales, Predictions, Spending, Nuclear, Storage, Fuel Cells, Biomass

Search Wars Take On Green Hue With Launch Of New Yahoo Site

Yahoo has introduced Yahoo Green today, an online education program that will offer users the latest environmental news and consumer tips, Reuters reports. The site, which has Ford and its Bold Moves campaign as an advertiser, looks like a major expansion...

Published 05-14-2007 1:54 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Climate, U.S., credits, Automotive, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Hi-Tech, Contracts & Installations

Start-Ups See Trading RECs As Way To Profits

Phoenix Motorcars' electric vehicles will generate zero-emission credits from California that could add up to serious money for the start-up, CNET reports. California requires all automakers to produce a set number of zero-emission vehicles - or buy credits...

Published 05-09-2007 11:20 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Business-to-Business, U.S., credits, Funding & Incentives, VC Funding, Automotive

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