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Fleishman-Hillard Launches Sustainability Practice, Will Go Carbon Neutral

PR firm Fleishman-Hillard has launched a Sustainability Communications practice designed to counsel clients on policy and work with them to articulate views and actions on green issues. In addition to launching the new practice, Fleishman-Hillard pledged...

Published 09-20-2007 2:43 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Products & Planning, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, credits, Marketing, Business Services
UN Launches ‘CDM Bazaar’

A cost-free CDM Bazaar was unveiled by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to encourage an exchange of information among buyers, sellers and service providers involved in the clean development mechanism, AFP reports . Under CDM...

Published 09-10-2007 8:26 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Europe, Major Players, Global, Climate, Research & Technology, credits, Business Services
Wells Offers Electricity Price Hedging, Finances REC Purchases

Wells Fargo & Company will offer electricity price hedging to middle market companies to help them manage their power costs. The hedging program...

Published 08-02-2007 1:27 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, U.S., credits, Financial, Business Services, Economics, Electricity
Ad Agencies Interested In Carbon Neutral Ad Space

Interactive agencies and publishers might be considering ways to promote ad space as carbon neutral, Internet News reports. The...

Published 07-25-2007 11:25 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Products & Planning, Feature, credits, Marketing, Business Services
Voluntary Carbon Market Picks Up Steam

The voluntary carbon market has grown by 200% in 2006, with 2007 already proving to be a blow-out in terms of volume, market entrants, and development of transparent standards, according to State and Trends of the Voluntary Carbon Market (exec summary...

Published 07-20-2007 1:26 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Feature, Business-to-Business, Research & Technology, credits, Business Services, Economics
Vatican To Go Carbon Neutral, Wants To Measure Footprints Of Individual Churches

The Vatican plans to become the first entirely carbon neutral sovereign state, and it has chosen KlimaFa ecorestoration offsets to achieve this goal. KlimaFa has created a new Vatican Climate Forest in Europe that will initially offset all of the Vatican's...

Published 07-16-2007 12:03 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Europe, Feature, Major Players, Facilities, credits, Business Services, Contracts & Installations
Carbonfund.org Joins Crowded Carbon Labeling Field

Carbonfund.org has launched a CarbonFree Certified Product label that companies can use to promote their products as being climate neutral. Launch partners include Yakima, EcoFuture, Tropical Trading Partners and Monarch Beverage. The...

Published 07-09-2007 12:30 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Supply Chain, Europe, Products & Planning, Feature, Major Players, Sustainability, U.S., credits, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Manufacturing
Tokyo Electric Buys Reductions From Arauco Biomass Project In Chile

Tokyo Electric Power Company is buying emissions reductions from a Biomass Clean Development Mechanism Project in Chile being sold by Arauco, the largest forestry company in Latin America. CantorCO2e, a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, is facilitating...

Published 06-22-2007 11:37 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Business-to-Business, credits, Business Services, Agriculture, Clean Energy, Contracts & Installations, Electricity, Asia, Utilities, Biomass, South America
Live Earth Promoters Tout Green Practices

The Live Earth concert promoters have signed on Environmental advisor John Rego of Brand Neutral, as well as independent nonprofits the Climate Group and consultants Seven-Star and Meeting Strategies Worldwide, to make the event as green as possible,...

Published 06-20-2007 1:39 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Global, Sustainability, Facilities, credits, Business Services, Efficiency, Clean Energy, Contracts & Installations
Nau Buys Carbon Offsets, RECs

Clothing company Nau is purchasing carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates to reduce its carbon footprint in several parts of its business. The carbon offsets, from The Climate Trust, will be applied to CO2 emissions associated with shipping...

Published 06-13-2007 10:13 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Supply Chain, Feature, Sustainability, Facilities, U.S., credits, Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Manufacturing, Contracts & Installations, Travel, Electricity
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
NRG Energy Joins CCX

NRG Energy has joined companies such as Bayer, Ford, IBM and Intel as a member of the Chicago Climate Exchange, a greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading system. “Joining the Chicago Climate Exchange is part of our ongoing program to increase our carbon...

Published 06-01-2007 12:32 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Climate, Business-to-Business, U.S., credits, Business Services, Contracts & Installations, Electricity, Utilities
Corporations Prepare for Cap-And-Trade

Congress hasn't come up with a plan for limiting greenhouse-gas emissions, but U.S. companies are wagering billions of dollars that it will, the Washington Post reports. Companies are making changes now as Senate committees consider five bills that would...

Published 05-29-2007 12:31 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Europe, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., credits, Financial, Business Services, Policy & Law, Government, Clean Energy, Utilities
HSBC Releases Corporate Responsibility Report

HSBC has released its 2006 corporate responsibility report (PDF). During 2006, HSBC's CO2 emissions per person increased due to "a change in the type of energy we were...

Published 05-29-2007 11:53 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Europe, Feature, Major Players, Global, Reporting, Environmental Affairs, Business-to-Business, credits, Financial, Business Services
NBC Universal Gets Large Dose Of Ecomagination

NBC Universal has launched “Get On Board,” a program to reduce greenhouse gases and raise awareness. It's all part of General Electric’s (NBCU parent) ecomagination initiative. Here are the highlights...

Published 05-25-2007 1:15 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Environmental Affairs, Sustainability, Climate, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Waste, U.S., credits, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Conservation, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Hi-Tech, Clean Energy, Hybrid Technology, Electricity, Construction, Refitting, Consumption, Recycling, New Technology, Solar Energy

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Fleishman-Hillard Launches Sustainability Practice, Will Go Carbon Neutral

UN Launches ‘CDM Bazaar’

Wells Offers Electricity Price Hedging, Finances REC Purchases

Ad Agencies Interested In Carbon Neutral Ad Space

Voluntary Carbon Market Picks Up Steam

Vatican To Go Carbon Neutral, Wants To Measure Footprints Of Individual Churches

Carbonfund.org Joins Crowded Carbon Labeling Field

Tokyo Electric Buys Reductions From Arauco Biomass Project In Chile

Live Earth Promoters Tout Green Practices

Nau Buys Carbon Offsets, RECs

Top 10 Greenest Companies In The World

NRG Energy Joins CCX

Corporations Prepare for Cap-And-Trade

HSBC Releases Corporate Responsibility Report

NBC Universal Gets Large Dose Of Ecomagination