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Xerox Unveils Sustainability Calculator For Office Tech

Xerox has launched a sustainability calculator that measures the overall impact a company’s printers and copiers have on the environment. It then measures the environmental benefits that could be achieved in terms of energy and paper use, solid...

Published 03-25-2008 1:08 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, U.S., Business Services, Hi-Tech, Research & Technology

TIAA-CREF Aims For 10% Cut In Real Estate Portfolio’s Energy Use

TIAA-CREF, one of America’s largest institutional real estate investors, says it will improve the energy efficiency of its real estate portfolio by 10 percent by 2010. The company’s Global Real Estate group is benchmarking the 43 million square...

Published 03-24-2008 6:11 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Facilities, U.S., Financial, Business Services, Finance & Reporting

Staples Switches All Copy & Print Centers To Recycled Paper

Staples says that all of its 1,400 Copy & Print Centers in the U.S. are now using recycled paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council as the standard offering for black and white copy and print jobs - a first for a national copy and print operation...

Published 03-11-2008 2:08 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, U.S., Business Services, Recycling, Products & Planning, Retail & Restaurants

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

Zurn, Eaton Launch Green Building Website

Eaton Corporation is the first company to join a new green initiative launched by commercial plumbing products manufacturer Zurn Engineered Water Solutions. The primary mission of Stand Up for the Earth is to help organizations reduce their environmental...

Published 03-10-2008 2:06 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Facilities, Business Services, Efficiency, Construction, Education, Products & Planning

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

Do Eco-Friendly Reward Programs Make Banks Look Too Green?

Financial institutions realize that adding green cards to their product lines boosts their own corporate environmental credentials. But, on the other hand, banks are reluctant to market green credit cards because they don’t want to appear “too...

Published 02-07-2008 12:52 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Europe, Major Players, U.S., Financial, Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Products & Planning, Carbon Offsets/RECs

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

DuPont, 3M, Daikin and Others Reduce PFOA

In response to the 2006 EPA launch of the 2010/15 PFOA Stewardship Program, eight companies have reported a significant reduction in the release of PFOA and related chemicals, putting industry on target for a 95 percent reduction goal by 2010. The companies...

Published 02-06-2008 12:04 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Pollution, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Policy & Law

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

Dolby, Kodak, Sundance and Kerasotes Helping to Green the Film Biz

In ways great and small, the film industry is greening up the business, according to this Film Journal article. Sundance, famous for its festival, has a theater in Madison, WI, and one soon to open in San Francisco. Both incorporate environmental policies...

Published 02-04-2008 10:57 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Europe, Major Players, Facilities, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Conservation, Construction, Consumption, New Technology, Products & Planning

Wal-Mart Rolls Out Packaging Scorecard

Wal-Mart’s packaging scorecard, that rates suppliers on their sustainability, has gone live. The idea was unveiled at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2006 and put through a trial phase for the past year. Wal-Mart has set the goal of a five percent...

Published 02-01-2008 12:34 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Feature, Major Players, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Conservation, Manufacturing, Industrial Goods, Consumption, Recycling, Products & Planning, Retail & Restaurants

Hyatt Creates New Environmental Position

Hyatt has announced the creation of a new position within its company - vice president, environmental affairs. Brigitta Witt, who was recently the senior director of business development and general manager for Green Dimes, has been appointed to fill...

Published 02-01-2008 11:56 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Global, Facilities, Business Services, Strategy & Leadership

Wal-Mart Canada Breaks Green Ad Campaign

In Canada, Wal-Mart has launched “Big Reduction” - a 30-second TV spot that touts some of the company’s green policies, such as its eco-friendly light bulbs, its purchase of emission-free power, its increased insulation of roofs on new...

Published 02-01-2008 10:35 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Major Players, Facilities, North America, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Clean Energy, Recycling, 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

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