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Israeli Water Industry Wants To Quench World’s Thirst

After decades of developing water technologies, Israel is now exporting them, turning water into a potentially lucrative worldwide business.

Published 03-20-2008 11:51 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Global, Water, Research & Technology, Today's Green Video

Ethical Image Hard Sell For Chemical Companies

The Chemical industry places 9 out of 10 in Covalence’s EthicalQuote ranking (PDF), ahead of Oil & Gas. In 2007, the industry improved: Chemicals ranked 8th, outperforming Oil & Gas and Pharmaceuticals. Despite this progress, the Chemical...

Published 03-18-2008 7:07 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Global, Pollution, Business-to-Consumer, Agriculture, Biofuel, Hazardous Waste, Research & Technology, Today's Green Trend

Consumers Ready To Kiss Convenience Packaging Goodbye

More than half of U.S. consumers would give up all forms of packaging provided for convenience purposes if it would benefit the environment, including: packaging designed for easy stacking/storing at home (58 percent); packaging that can be used for cooking...

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

Filed under: Supply Chain, Global, Sustainability, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Consumption, Recycling, Research & Technology, Today's Green Trend

Merrill Lynch Partners With Carbon Disclosure Project

Merrill Lynch has signed a partnership with the Carbon Disclosure Project to support CDP’s development and growth worldwide over the next three years. Merrill Lynch’s global reach will be used to consolidate CDP operations in current regions...

Published 03-17-2008 6:30 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Global, Climate, Business-to-Business, Financial, Finance & Reporting

Stora Enso Pledges To Cut CO2 Emissions 20%

Stora Enso has set a new CO2 reduction target of 20 percent by 2020. The target covers Stora Enso’s direct CO2 emissions from production as well as indirect emissions from purchased electricity and heat. The baseline year for the target is 2006...

Published 03-13-2008 1:04 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Europe, Major Players, Global, Reporting, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, CSR Reports, Finance & Reporting

US Employers Not So Hot At Communicating Green Cred

German businesses appear to be setting the pace in terms of communicating their “green” credentials, with 43 percent of German workers considering their employer to be “green,” followed by Italy (30%), Spain (28%), the UK and US (21% each) and France...

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

Filed under: Global, Business-to-Business, Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Strategy & Leadership

Will Companies Get Carbon Labels Right?

A BusinessWeek article has tackled the issues surrounding carbon labels. As EL readers know, there’s lots of controversy - also hurdles - to overcome. Top of the list is that manufacturers and retailers have yet to come up with an easy way to provide...

Published 03-11-2008 6:42 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Feature, Major Players, Global, Sustainability, Marketing, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Strategy & Leadership

(Dis)Orders of Magnitude

Human beings are good at numbers, but only within a small range. Most of us can imagine how big “One Hundred” is, and even have pretty good sense of “One Thousand.” But if asked to imagine the number “One Million” ...

Published 03-10-2008 12:58 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Global, Sustainability, Manufacturing, Industrial Goods, People, New Technology, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Strategy & Leadership, Guest Column, Columnist Dave Douglas

Tackling Climate Change Achievable And Affordable

The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has released its 2008 Environmental Outlook. Without new policies, the world risks irreversibly damaging the environment and the natural resource base needed to support economic growth...

Published 03-09-2008 11:14 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Global, Climate, New Technology, Water, Policy & Law, Today's Green Trend

Sony Gets Green Love From Greenpeace Electronics Survey

The Sony Vaio TZ11 notebook, the Sony Ericsson T650i mobile phone and the Sony Ericsson P1i PDA come out on top in Greenpeace’s “Searching for Greener Electronics” survey (PDF), released at CeBIT. But, Greenpeace is quick to state that...

Published 03-06-2008 9:46 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Global, Manufacturing, Hi-Tech, Research & Technology

How To Navigate The Environmental Media - Part 1

Part One: All Quiet on the Western Front In January, the world saw the launch of the $15bn dollar “zero-carbon, waste-free, car-free” city in Abu Dhabi, UAE - MASDAR - the largest single investment in clean tech in the world. Top-tier media...

Published 03-05-2008 9:46 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Global, Business-to-Business, Marketing, People, Strategy & Leadership, Guest Column

3Tier Unveils Global Wind Map For Developers

Forty percent of the world’s land mass has wind speeds at more than 6 m per second, according to Seattle-based 3Tier, which has unveiled a global wind map - a project dubbed REmapping the World - which can be viewed for free on the Internet. Even...

Published 03-05-2008 9:12 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Global, Business-to-Business, Business Services, Clean Energy, Wind Energy, Research & Technology, Today's Green Trend

Clean Tech Deals Grab $3 Billion In 2007 VC Funding

Venture capitalists invested a record $3 billion in 221 “clean technology” deals worldwide in 2007, a 43 percent increase over the $2.1 billion invested in 173 similar deals in 2006, according to new data from Dow Jones VentureSource. The...

Published 03-03-2008 2:33 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Global, Business-to-Business, U.S., VC Funding, Clean Energy, New Technology, Research & Technology

GE Shines Up Global Message For Olympics

GE sees its sponsorship of the Beijing Olympics as a way to “prove to potential customers and shareholders in the developed world that G.E.’s creativity is translating into big sales in the developing one,” The New York Times reports...

Published 03-02-2008 3:44 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Global, Business-to-Business, U.S., Marketing, Healthcare, New Technology, Water, Products & Planning

Carbon Market Could Jump 56% To $92 Billion In 2008

The global carbon market will see 4.2 billion tons carbon emissions transacted during 2008, up 56 percent from last year, according to research from Point Carbon. At today’s prices, that would make the market worth $92 billion. The figures, published...

Published 02-27-2008 11:10 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Global, Business-to-Business, Financial, Economics, Predictions, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Finance & Reporting, Today's Green Trend

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