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ZFS Launches Climate Initiative

Under a newly launched initiative, Zurich Financial Services Group has established an internal office that will oversee the study and understanding of climate-related risks across all of its businesses. As part of the initiative, it has established an...

Published 01-22-2008 11:46 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Major Players, Sustainability, Climate, Business Services, Economics, Research & Technology
Energy Bill Provides Assistance For SMEs

A provision in the energy bill signed last month allows the Small Business Administration to offer low-cost loans to small and medium businesses that want to improve their energy and fuel use, notes this article. It’s a two-year pilot program that...

Published 01-04-2008 9:38 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Business-to-Business, U.S., Financial, Business Services, Government, Economics, Finance & Reporting
60% Of Companies Worry About Compliance Costs Of Climate Change Rules

While U.S. businesses are concerned about compliance costs related to climate change legislation, those same companies still believe that the federal government should be doing more to combat global warming, according to a new survey sponsored by law...

Published 09-27-2007 12:26 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Climate, Business-to-Business, Compliance, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Policy & Law, Government, Efficiency, Economics
GridPoint Tops List of 100 Innovative Greentech Companies

AlwaysOn has released a list of private greentech companies that it feels are transforming the global energy, water, agriculture, transportation, construction, manufacturing, and resource recovery establishments. Hundreds of private companies were nominated...

Published 09-13-2007 12:18 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Supply Chain, Feature, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Research & Technology, U.S., VC Funding, Business Services, Efficiency, Hi-Tech, Clean Energy, Economics, Awards, Hybrid Technology, Recycling, Biofuel, New Technology, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Hydrogen, Geothermal, Wave Energy, Predictions, Storage, Biomass
Chevron Completes $13.6 Million Energy Efficiency Project For Colorado

Upgrades to 20 state buildings in Colorado are expected to reduce energy costs at the facilities by 25 to 30 percent, saving state taxpayers $924,000 annually and more than $20 million over the next two decades. The upgrades also will reduce the facilities'...

Published 08-22-2007 11:57 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Facilities, U.S., Business Services, Government, Contracts & Installations, Economics, Refitting, Savings
GE’s Jeff Renaud Discusses Ecomagination And Transparency

There's an interview from Sustainable Life Media with Jeff Renaud, Director of GE's Ecomagination program. In it, Renaud says that at the heart of Ecomagination is the belief that financial and environmental performance can work together to drive...

Published 08-22-2007 11:36 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Environmental Affairs, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Marketing, Business Services, Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Economics
Business Cashes In On Green Wave

The U.S. Europe and Japan are locked in a frantic race to cash in on the exploding business of saving the planet, The International Herald Tribune reports. Britain has emerged as the clear leader in carbon fund management, according to the article, with...

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

Filed under: Europe, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Funding & Incentives, Financial, Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Clean Energy, Economics, Hybrid Technology, Asia
Successful Companies Incorporate CSR Into Business Models

Superior product quality and competitive pricing may no longer rule as the most critical variables in the equation for business success, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer article by AHC Group president Bruce Piasecki. A third strategic factor is coming...

Published 08-08-2007 10:18 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Environmental Affairs, Business-to-Business, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Clean Energy, Economics
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
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
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
Sutainability Reporting Becoming The Norm

Over the past six years, entries into the Ceres-ACCA North American Awards for Sustainability Reporting have grown five-fold from 20 in its first year to 102 this year, SocialFunds.com reports (via GreenBiz). Ceres and the...

Published 06-18-2007 12:41 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Reporting, Environmental Affairs, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Economics, Awards
47% Of Small Biz Owners Take Steps To Look Green

Two-thirds of small business owners surveyed say they would be willing to pay more for goods and services to run their businesses if they knew they were environmentally-friendly, according to survey results from the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index...

Published 06-12-2007 10:22 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Feature, Business-to-Business, Research & Technology, U.S., Marketing, Financial, Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Manufacturing, Economics
GreenPrint Gives Away Software In Exchange For Share Of Savings

GreenPrint Technologies has announced an initiative to give away its paper and ink saving software to large organizations in exchange for half of the savings the software creates. GreenPrint says that its software eliminates wasteful pages in any printout...

Published 06-12-2007 10:04 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Products & Planning, Feature, Marketing, Business Services, Economics, Pricing
Financial Firms Tell G8 To Back Deep Emission Reduction Targets

Heads of more than 20 leading financial service companies that are members of the United Nations Environment Programme's Finance Initiative have told (PR PDF) the G8 to back deep emission reduction targets, saying they fear that unchecked climate change...

Published 06-07-2007 1:00 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Europe, Feature, Major Players, Global, Climate, Financial, Business Services, Policy & Law, Economics, Predictions

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