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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

Publicis Buys Sustainability Consultancy Act Now

Advertising giant Publicis Groupe has bought sustainability consultancy Act Now and renamed it Saatchi & Saatchi S. Adam Werbach, a past president of the Sierra Club, launched Act Now in 1998 and has been named CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi S, which...

Published 01-31-2008 2:43 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Sustainability, Marketing, Business Services, Clean Energy, Acquisitions, Strategy & Leadership

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

Green Interior Design Getting Profitable

Last week, during the annual three-day Winter Market at the San Francisco Design Center, the emphasis was not only on how interior designers can specify green products for their clients but also on how green design can be profitable. According to this...

Published 01-31-2008 12:33 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Industrial Goods, Consumption, Industry Events, Products & Planning

Austin Joins LED Cities and Saves Money With Green Lighting

Cree Inc. announced that the City of Austin joined the LED City program to deploy and promote energy-efficient LED lighting. Austin joins Toronto, Raleigh, and Ann Arbor. In December 2007, the city retrofitted a floor of the One Texas Center Parking Garage...

Published 01-31-2008 11:23 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Facilities, U.S., Business Services, Government, Conservation, Efficiency, Industrial Goods, Electricity, Refitting, Research & Technology

British Gas Reprimanded for Greenwashing

The Advertising Standards Authority said that British Gas broke advertising rules by describing its “greenest” dual fuel package as “zero carbon” in a TV commercial. Fourteen viewers complained it produced CO2 as a by-product,...

Published 01-31-2008 11:05 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Europe, Major Players, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Policy & Law, Carbon Offsets/RECs, Oil & Gas

Pro Sports Go Green

When the Philadelphia Eagles launched its Go Green campaign in 2003, it was the first pro athletic team to implement a major environmental initiative. Over the next five years, other teams joined the eco-friendly bandwagon. Even the Super Bowl has been...

Published 01-31-2008 11:02 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Major Players, Facilities, Waste, Pollution, U.S., Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Electricity, Recycling, Wind Energy, Strategy & Leadership, Carbon Offsets/RECs

RecycleBank Gets Airtime At Davos

Here’s a short promotional video on RecycleBank that Coca-Cola shared at the 2007 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. While we don’t usually show promos, RecycleBank offers an interesting marketing platform for businesses. RecycleBank...

Published 01-31-2008 10:41 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Recycling, Products & Planning, Retail & Restaurants, Today's Green Video

DOE Abandons FutureGen CO2 Project

The U.S. Department of Energy plans to pull its support of a $1.8 billion FutureGen project to build a power plant that captures pollution underground, according to this report. A DOE representative issued a statement saying only that the agency needs...

Published 01-31-2008 10:05 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Major Players, Facilities, U.S., Government, New Technology, Mining, Research & Technology

Demand Drives GMA Sustainability Initiative

Sustainability initiatives are taking on greater urgency for consumer products companies as consumers, retailers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and their own employees push for an increased focus on environmental and social issues. We recently...

Published 01-31-2008 9:49 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Sustainability, Industry Events, Strategy & Leadership, Retail & Restaurants, Guest Column

Companies Going Green Should Ignore Green Consumer

A company wishing to go green should focus on the green consumer, right? Not so, argues Steve Bishop, global lead of Design for Sustainability at IDEO, in a Harvard Business Review article. For a company that wants to go green, the green consumer niche...

Published 01-30-2008 12:17 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Marketing, Strategy & Leadership

Green Plug Debuts Universal Power Supply

Green Plug introduced a universal power supply technology for consumer electronics devices at Demo 08. The power supply works at both the AC input and at DC output voltages, according to company CTO Gus Pabon. The company developed the universal power...

Published 01-30-2008 11:54 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Hi-Tech, New Technology, Industry Events, Products & Planning

Blair to Advise ZFS on Climate Change

Tony Blair said that he will advise Zurich Financial Services on climate change and political issues, Business Week reports. As part of the agreement, Blair will advise Zurich’s CEO, James J. Schiro, and provide general guidance on developments and trends...

Published 01-30-2008 11:53 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Europe, Major Players, Climate, Financial, People, Strategy & Leadership

Dole Converts Farm Equipment to Biodiesel

Dole Fresh Vegetables Company, a division of Dole Food, announced that it has converted 95 pieces of its farm equipment in Salinas, California, and Yuma, Arizona, to B20 biodiesel. The 95 machines include harvesters, tractors, and transport vehicles,...

Published 01-30-2008 11:52 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Agriculture, Hybrid Technology, Biofuel, Contracts & Installations

HP Innovates Cartridge Recying Program

HP has developed the ability to use recycled plastics in the production of new HP inkjet print cartridges, according to this report. More than 200 million cartridges have been manufactured using the process thus far. HP used more than 5 million pounds...

Published 01-30-2008 11:49 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, U.S., Awards, Recycling, New Technology, Research & Technology

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