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Virgin Shames Passengers Into Buying Carbon Offsets

While other airlines have concentrated on selling carbon offsets to passengers when flights are booked, Virgin has unveiled a plan to sell offsets from the aisle during flights. The idea, according to an...

Published 11-12-2007 9:32 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Europe, Products & Planning, Feature, Major Players, Global, credits, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Travel

Enterprise Offers Voluntary Carbon Offset Program To Customers

Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car, owned by the Taylor family of St. Louis, have announced a voluntary customer carbon offset program - the largest of its kind in the industry, according to the company, and the first consumer...

Published 10-31-2007 11:55 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Products & Planning, Feature, Major Players, Sustainability, U.S., credits, Automotive, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer

Timberland Launches TV Ads, Offsets Campaign Emissions

Timberland is running TV ads for its new Earthkeepers boots. The company has estimated the carbon-dioxide emissions associated with the energy used to broadcast the ad, and is offsetting them with a wind farm in western Massachusetts, MediaPost reports...

Published 10-22-2007 1:17 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Feature, Major Players, credits, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer

New Tool Measures Carbon Footprint Of Producing TV Commercials

The Versus cable TV network and Brooklyn Brothers ad agency have produced a campaign of TV commercials in a carbon-neutral manner, AdAge reports. Working with ERM, a London-based environmental-engineering firm, Brooklyn Brothers has created a software...

Published 10-17-2007 8:55 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Feature, Business-to-Business, Research & Technology, credits, Marketing, Clean Energy

Jetstar Says Voluntary Carbon Offsets Big Success

Jetstar says that 10 percent of people using its website have opted-in to its voluntary carbon offset program during its first week of operation, The Australian reports. The airline expected about a five percent response. Last month.../p>

Published 10-05-2007 9:18 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Products & Planning, Feature, credits, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Travel, Australia

Fleishman-Hillard Launches Sustainability Practice, Will Go Carbon Neutral

PR firm Fleishman-Hillard has launched a Sustainability Communications practice designed to counsel clients on policy and work with them to articulate views and actions on green issues. In addition to launching the new practice, Fleishman-Hillard pledged...

Published 09-20-2007 2:43 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Products & Planning, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, credits, Marketing, Business Services

5 Questions To Ask Before Launching A Green Promo

Using green promotional benefits – incentives that have environmental benefit - to drive acquisition, is gaining popularity, Marketing Green reports. A few examples...

Published 09-18-2007 12:38 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Products & Planning, Feature, Business-to-Business, credits, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer

Saab Accused Of Greenwashing

Australia's NSW Greens have complained to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, accusing Saab of making deceptive claims about its cars' greenhouse gas emissions...

Published 08-01-2007 1:35 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, credits, Funding & Incentives, Automotive, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Australia

Havas Cuts Carbon Footprint

Havas says it is the first global communications group to become carbon neutral in six of its key markets, marking the first step in a commitment to greener working practices. According to Havas...

Published 07-31-2007 11:58 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Europe, Feature, Major Players, Environmental Affairs, Sustainability, credits, Marketing

GE Launches Green Credit Card

GE has launched the GE Money Earth Rewards Platinum MasterCard – the first consumer finance product in GE’s ecomagination portfolio – that allows users to reduce their carbon footprint by automatically contributing up to one percent of their card purchases...

Published 07-26-2007 2:10 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Products & Planning, Feature, Major Players, U.S., credits, Marketing, Financial, Business-to-Consumer

Ad Agencies Interested In Carbon Neutral Ad Space

Interactive agencies and publishers might be considering ways to promote ad space as carbon neutral, Internet News reports. The...

Published 07-25-2007 11:25 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Products & Planning, Feature, credits, Marketing, Business Services

Ford, McDonald’s, IBM, Abbott, Time Inc. To Share Sustainability Strategies

With new sustainability initiatives being launched daily, U.S. companies are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their climate change credentials. Corporate Climate Response, a newly announced conference, is pulling together corporate sustainability...

Published 07-17-2007 1:17 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Supply Chain, Feature, Major Players, Global, Reporting, Environmental Affairs, Sustainability, Climate, Business-to-Business, Compliance, Waste, Pollution, U.S., credits, Marketing, Financial, Government, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Hi-Tech, Clean Energy, Travel, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Industrial Goods, Hybrid Technology, Electricity, Refitting, Consumption, Recycling, Oil & Gas, New Technology, Wind Energy, Utilities, Savings, Solar Energy, Industry Events, Hydrogen, Geothermal, Wave Energy, Hydroelectric, Mining, Predictions, Spending, Nuclear, Storage, Water

Carbonfund.org Joins Crowded Carbon Labeling Field

Carbonfund.org has launched a CarbonFree Certified Product label that companies can use to promote their products as being climate neutral. Launch partners include Yakima, EcoFuture, Tropical Trading Partners and Monarch Beverage. The...

Published 07-09-2007 12:30 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Supply Chain, Europe, Products & Planning, Feature, Major Players, Sustainability, U.S., credits, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Manufacturing

Flexcar Launches Carbon Offset Membership Plan

Flexcar has partnered with TerraPass to create a new type of membership - the Green Membership - that lets members offset their Flexcar emissions. The option, which costs $9.95 per year...

Published 06-20-2007 10:38 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Products & Planning, Feature, Business-to-Business, U.S., credits, Automotive, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Travel

Realtor Performs ‘Carbon Courtesy’

New York's Moss Real Estate Group is now offerring clients a chance to lessen their environmental footprints, RisMedia reports. Out of "Carbon Courtesy," Moss is offsetting the carbon emissions for an entire year of buyers and sellers who...

Published 06-20-2007 1:37 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Products & Planning, Feature, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., credits, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer

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