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Starbucks Helps Growers Enter Carbon Credit Biz

Some Fortune 500 companies are getting involved in ecosystem services. That is, finding ways to repay nature for the products it produces, according to an article by Marc Gunther in Fortune. Starbucks is the latest. It will finance Conservation International’s...

Published 03-23-2008 10:39 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, Agriculture, Travel, Asia, Contracts & Installations, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Central & South America

DHL Program Lets Customers Offset Shipping Emissions

DHL has launched a carbon neutral shipping service, DHL GoGreen Express, in the Asia Pacific region. DHL says the program is part of the company’s GoGreen range of carbon-neutral and low-carbon shipping options that are available in Europe and were...

Published 03-10-2008 3:05 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Supply Chain, Europe, Major Players, Business Services, Asia, Products & Planning, Carbon Offsets/RECs

Hitachi’s CTO Hu Yoshida On Green Storage

With storage hardware poised to overtake servers as the power hogs of the data center, Hitachi Data Systems CTO Hu Yoshida discusses his company’s approach to boosting its products’ eco-friendliness.

Published 02-20-2008 6:16 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Hi-Tech, Asia, New Technology, Research & Technology, Today's Green Video

Toy Makers, Retailers Announce New Safety Policies

The Toy Industry Association has endorsed the general direction of a proposal for a new toy testing and safety verification system for toys sold in the U.S. market. Key elements of the program include procedures for design hazard analysis, auditing manufacturing...

Published 02-19-2008 8:31 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Major Players, Manufacturing, Asia, Policy & Law

HP Pledges To Cut Emissions

HP officials have pledged to reduce emissions from operations and the use of its products by six million tons below 2005 levels by 2010. The announcement, made at the Climate Savers summit held this week in Tokyo, also included a commitment to reduce...

Published 02-13-2008 2:01 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Major Players, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Hi-Tech, Asia, Strategy & Leadership

Staples Stops Sourcing Paper From APP

Staples has joined retailers like Office Depot in no longer doing business with Asia Pulp & Paper due to environmental concerns, Reuters reports. Environmental groups say APP is involved in illegal logging in Indonesia and China and that the company’s...

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

Filed under: Supply Chain, Major Players, Sustainability, Conservation, Asia, Contracts & Installations, Retail & Restaurants

Most Companies Have No Supply Chain Policy

A new survey by Bearing Point found that almost two thirds of firms surveyed had taken no action to cut the environmental impact of their supply chain. The survey of over 600 directors found that only 35 percent had an explicit green supply chain strategy...

Published 02-06-2008 1:07 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Europe, Major Players, Global, U.S., Business Services, Asia, Research & Technology

HP Recycles 250 Million Pounds in 2007

HP announced it has recycled nearly 250 million pounds of hardware and print cartridges in 2007, a 50 percent increase over 2006. HP also reused 65 million pounds of hardware to be refurbished for resale or donation, increasing its annual reuse rate 30...

Published 02-06-2008 12:01 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Europe, Major Players, North America, Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Asia, Recycling, 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

Climate Change Not a Big Business Priority

A recent survey of more than 500 big businesses in Britain, the US, Germany, Japan, India and China found that only five percent of the companies questioned regarded global warming as their top priority, according to this report by the Independent. Only...

Published 01-28-2008 10:34 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Europe, Feature, Major Players, Global, Sustainability, Climate, U.S., Government, Asia, Strategy & Leadership

Closeup On Honda Clarity

Steve Ellis, marketing manager for Honda’s fuel cell program, talks with Green Fuels Forecast about the retail launch of the Clarity.

Published 01-24-2008 5:04 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Major Players, Automotive, Marketing, Asia, Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, Products & Planning, Today's Green Video

Mitsubishi CEO Takes On Role Of Chief Sustainability Officer

Mitsubishi has announced that President and CEO, Ryoichi Ueda, has also been appointed as Chief Sustainability Officer for the company’s North American operations. According to the press release, the move signals the rise in importance of environmental...

Published 01-18-2008 1:08 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, North America, Manufacturing, Industrial Goods, Asia, People, Strategy & Leadership

Firms Investing in Greener China

The U.S. government is sponsoring a program that pays American and other environmental-services companies to reduce emissions from China’s factories, according to this WSJ report. The program, known as P2E2 (pollution prevention and energy efficiency...

Published 01-15-2008 3:11 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Major Players, U.S., VC Funding, Financial, Government, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Economics, Asia, Finance & Reporting

Toyota Faces Hybrid Challengers

Honda chief Takeo Fukui says the company will battle Toyota for eco-supremacy in the years ahead, Business Week reports. That’s not an easy task, the Prius alone accounted for 50 percent of all hybrid sales in the U.S. last month. The next phase...

Published 12-21-2007 9:20 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Major Players, U.S., Automotive, Marketing, Manufacturing, Hybrid Technology, Asia, Hydrogen, Products & Planning

Nokia Says Green Plan Provides ‘Chance To Make A Profit’

Nokia Siemens Networks wants to cut energy consumption at some of its mobile base stations by up to 40 percent by 2010, Reuters reports (via CNET). By using new technology and software and shutting down base stations during times of low traffic, Nokia...

Published 11-20-2007 11:31 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Efficiency, Hi-Tech, Electricity, Asia, Strategy & Leadership

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