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ComEd Sells 500,000 Discount CFLs in 2 Weeks

Commonwealth Edison Company, a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation, says that since it began its One Million Compact Fluorescent Lights Discount Program October 1, customers have already purchased...

Published 10-15-2007 9:13 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Products & Planning, Feature, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Conservation, Utilities

Memorex Launches Tree Planting Campaign For ReNew Product Line

Imation's Memorex has teamed with the Arbor Day Foundation to launch a campaign for its ReNew line of consumer electronics. Each time a product is purchased through Nov. 30, 2007, Memorex will make a donation to the Arbor Day Foundation, adding a...

Published 09-25-2007 8:58 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Products & Planning, Feature, U.S., Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Conservation, Manufacturing, Recycling

Vail Releases Green Details Of ‘Ever Vail’ Development

More details have come out about Vail Resorts' $1 billion Ever Vail development, the largest LEED-certified, multi-use resort development project in the nation. Vail says it's several steps closer to making the 9.5-acre project at the base of...

Published 09-25-2007 8:38 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Products & Planning, Feature, Facilities, U.S., Automotive, Business-to-Consumer, Conservation, Efficiency, Travel, Geothermal

UPS Pushes Paperless Billing, Sort Of

With less than one percent of UPS's small- to medium-sized business customers using the electronic billing option, UPS recently surveyed its customers to find out what would make them make the switch away from paper. What they discovered was that...

Published 08-28-2007 1:09 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Products & Planning, Feature, Major Players, Sustainability, U.S., Business Services, Conservation

Perry Ellis Launching Line Of ‘Eco-Friendly’ Outdoor Garments

Economics are making it difficult for mainstream garment manufacturers to go green, The New York Times reports. Most synthetic materials are still petroleum-based, and organically grown fibers are in short supply. George Feldenkreis...

Published 08-27-2007 12:43 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Products & Planning, Feature, Sustainability, U.S., Marketing, Conservation, Manufacturing

Xerox Introduces ‘Green’ Paper

Xerox's new environmentally friendly, cut-sheet "High-Yield Business Paper" isn't as white or as smooth as the kind most businesses run through their copiers and laser printers, and it yellows badly as it ages, The Wall Street Journal...

Published 07-31-2007 1:45 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Products & Planning, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Business Services, Conservation, Manufacturing, Recycling

Harry Potter Sets Green Example For Publishing Industry

The last book in the Harry Potter series is considered within the industry to be the most environmentally friendly in publishing history with 16 countries printing the book on eco-friendly paper up from one publisher in 2003, said Markets Initiative,...

Published 07-19-2007 11:58 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Supply Chain, Products & Planning, Feature, Business-to-Business, North America, Business-to-Consumer, Conservation, Manufacturing, Consumption

UK Grocer Sells Milk In Bags To Cut Down On Plastic Waste

UK grocer Waitrose is selling Calon Wen organic milk in Eco Pak milk bags. The bags use 75 percent less plastic packaging than an equivalent polybottle and is being pushed as a way to provide relief for "environmentally-conscious shoppers who are...

Published 06-25-2007 11:42 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Europe, Products & Planning, Feature, North America, Conservation, Recycling

Williams-Sonoma, American Girl, Others Add DMA’s Recycling Logo

Beginning this summer, member companies of the Direct Marketing Association can add "Recycle Please" logos to their catalogs and direct mail pieces. The logo will direct consumers to the Association's Recycle Please Web site, where they can find information...

Published 05-29-2007 8:40 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Products & Planning, Feature, Business-to-Business, U.S., Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Conservation, Recycling

Renault Launches eco² Line Of Vehicles

Renault has launched a new eco² branding initiative. Vehicles qualify for Renault's eco² label if they comply with three requirements: They must be manufactured...

Published 05-08-2007 11:53 AM by Environmental Leader

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

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