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P&G, Hasbro, Stew Leonard’s Among NEEP Energy Efficiency Honorees

Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships has announced the latest group of Northeast Business Leaders for Energy Efficiency: P&G-Gillette in Boston, Massachusetts cut energy use 9.1 percent with an annual cost savings of $1,444,792. Stew Leonard’s...

Published 03-23-2008 5:20 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Awards, Electricity, Savings, Industry Events, Strategy & Leadership
Will Recession Derail Your CSR Efforts?

Two major corporate social responsibility question will be faced during the economic downturn, according to Ethical Corporation. Will consumers continue to pay a premium for ethical goods? One thing manufacturers have going for them is the consumer belief...

Published 03-19-2008 12:57 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Reporting, Business-to-Business, Marketing, Financial, Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Economics, Consumption, Finance & Reporting
Greenest Computers Rated By PC Mag

PC Magazine says that 2008 will go down as the year the computing industry made a concerted effort to build PCs that are energy-efficient and easy to recycle. To gauge manufacturers efforts on creating the greenest computer, PC Magazine has created a...

Published 03-17-2008 7:56 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Hi-Tech, Electricity, Research & Technology, Retail & Restaurants
Big Business Talks Green At WSJ’s ECO:nomics Conference

The Wall Street Journal held its CEO-level “ECO:nomics - Creating Environmental Capital” conference in California last week. Here are some of the highlights as reported on WSJ’s Environmental Capital. Wal-Mart: Lee Scott, president and...

Published 03-16-2008 4:41 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Sustainability, Climate, Business-to-Business, Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Clean Energy, Economics, Biofuel, New Technology, Predictions, Nuclear, Strategy & Leadership
Nature Provides Recipe For Sustainable Manufacturing

By studying the Earth’s biosphere, managers can learn how to build ecologically friendly products that reduce manufacturing costs, Gregory Unruh writes in the Dallas Morning News. To make recycling easier, manufacturers should think fewer materials...

Published 03-10-2008 4:34 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Waste, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Recycling, Products & Planning
Ballmer Talks UP Green IT At CeBIT

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talked about the company’s Green IT initiatives at CeBIT.

Published 03-09-2008 11:42 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Hi-Tech, New Technology, Research & Technology, Today's Green Video
Westar Releases Energy Plan

Westar Energy has published an energy plan, Meeting Our Customers’ Energy Needs: A Strategic Plan for Uncertain Times (PDF) that outlines the company’s future plans. Westar says its strategy embraces state and federal policies encouraging...

Published 02-25-2008 4:28 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Electricity, Utilities, Coal, Finance & Reporting
UPS, FedEx Find Ways To Save Gas

With record setting gas and diesel prices, fuel-efficient package delivery has taken on an even higher level of importance for UPS, FedEx, and other truck-dependent businesses, AP reports. High-tech solutions, old-fashioned fuel surcharges, equipment...

Published 02-20-2008 12:40 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Supply Chain, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Efficiency, Strategy & Leadership
Highmark Named Top Green IT User

Computerworld has released a list of what it considers to be the top 12 green user companies, as well as the green dozen IT vendors. Highmark was named the top user In the past, the company had spent about $45,000 each month on electricity for its data...

Published 02-15-2008 1:55 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Financial, Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Hi-Tech, Electricity, New Technology, Research & Technology
Sub-Zero, Wolf Launch Green Microsite

Wolf and Sub-Zero, two high-end kitchen appliance companies, have launched a microsite that teaches people how to incorporate green solutions into their kitchens, MarketingVOX reports. Called GrowAGreenKitchen.com, the site is split into three categories...

Published 02-15-2008 12:06 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Products & Planning
Harrah’s Making Environmental Choices

Gwen Migita, director of social responsibility at Harrah’s Entertainment, says that over the past seven years, environmental initiatives have gone from energy management cost cutting measures to an acknowledgment by executives that making green...

Published 02-12-2008 11:49 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Travel, Recycling, Products & Planning, Retail & Restaurants
Target Targets Eco-Friendly Prototypes

Target will build two prototype green certified stores this year and plans to have them at more than 100 locations next year. The Minneapolis-based retailer is building the initial prototypes at Waconia, MN and Otsego, MN and intends to have them open...

Published 02-08-2008 11:42 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Facilities, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Construction, Contracts & Installations
Corporations Step Up Recycling Efforts

According to the EPA, consumer electronics accounted for almost 1.5 percent of 250 million tons of trash in 2006, and according to a report from the International Association of Electronics Recyclers, in 2006, 15 to 20 percent of electronic waste was...

Published 01-31-2008 2:56 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Waste, Pollution, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Government, Efficiency, Electricity, Consumption, Recycling, Hazardous Waste, Products & Planning
Nokia Promises More Energy-Efficient Chargers

Nokia has joined the WWF Climate Savers program and pledged to cut the power consumption of its battery chargers in no-load mode 50 percent by 2010. The company said it that figure has already fallen by more than 50 percent over the past nine years, reports...

Published 01-31-2008 2:01 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Electricity, Asia, Products & Planning
Green Technology Overview

Adam Grosser, general partner of Foundation Capital, describes the different categories of green technology and the challenges they face.

Published 01-28-2008 10:11 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Climate, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Pollution, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Clean Energy, Economics, Electricity, Recycling, Storage, Strategy & Leadership, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Today's Green Video

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P&G, Hasbro, Stew Leonard’s Among NEEP Energy Efficiency Honorees

Will Recession Derail Your CSR Efforts?

Greenest Computers Rated By PC Mag

Big Business Talks Green At WSJ’s ECO:nomics Conference

Nature Provides Recipe For Sustainable Manufacturing

Ballmer Talks UP Green IT At CeBIT

Westar Releases Energy Plan

UPS, FedEx Find Ways To Save Gas

Highmark Named Top Green IT User

Sub-Zero, Wolf Launch Green Microsite

Harrah’s Making Environmental Choices

Target Targets Eco-Friendly Prototypes

Corporations Step Up Recycling Efforts

Nokia Promises More Energy-Efficient Chargers

Green Technology Overview