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Wal-Mart To Install Solar Power Systems At 22 Stores
Wal-Mart is purchasing as much as 20 million kWh of solar power, from BP Solar, SunEdison LLC, and PowerLight, a subsidiary of SunPower Corporation, for 22 combined Wal-Mart stores, Sam's Clubs and a...
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Chesapeake Greens Up Logo, Launches American Clean Skies Foundation
Natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corporation has introduced a new logo featuring a distinctive green element that the company hopes will get consumers to associate natural gas with sound...
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Dell: New Multipack Option Reduces Packaging & Waste
Dell says that its new server packaging option, called Multipack, eliminates up to half of the packaging materials and waste resulting during a typical customer installation of IT equipment. The...
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Corporations Should Focus On Being ‘Good,’ Not ‘Less Bad’
In an essay written by George Carpenter and Peter White, both executives for P&G at the time of the article's February 2004 publication in Corporate Environmental Strategy: International Journal...
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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...
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GM Joins USCAP, Climate Group On A Roll
General Motors is joining the United States Climate Action Partnership, becoming the first automaker to support the group’s call for action to address climate change. “GM is very pleased...
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Shell Catches Flak Over Green Ad, Releases Sustainability Report
On the day that Royal Dutch Shell has released its 2006 sustainability report, Friends of the Earth Europe is filing simultaneous complaints (PDF) to the national advertising standards authorities of...
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Citi Earmarks $50 Billion For Green Activities
p>Citi says it will direct $50 billion over the next 10 years to address global climate change through investments, financings and related activities to support the commercialization and growth of...
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31 States To Track GHG Emissions By Industry Sector
Thirty-one states, representing over 70 percent of the U.S. population, are charter members of The Climate Registry, signing on to measure, track, verify and publicly report GHG emissions across...
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Start-Ups See Trading RECs As Way To Profits
Phoenix Motorcars' electric vehicles will generate zero-emission credits from California that could add up to serious money for the start-up, CNET reports. California requires all automakers to produce...
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Kmart Reports Environmental Violations To EPA, Pays Fine
Kmart will pay a $102,422 fine to settle self-disclosed violations of federal environmental regulations discovered at 17 distribution centers in 13 states. The company reported violations of clean...
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77% Of Decision Makers See Need For Chief Energy Officer
Seventy-seven percent of business decision makers believe there is a need to expand the C-Suite to include a Chief Energy Officer to manage, implement and measure a company's return on investment in...
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BP Publishes 2006 Sustainability Report
BP has published its Sustainability Report 2006 (PDF Environment Page). This report is intended to provide a clear and concise account of our 2006 performance and how the company is responding to the...
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Tesco’s Greenness Questioned, Sends DVDs Extra 1,400 Miles For Tax Break
Tesco sends CDs and DVDs to Switzerland and back, almost 1,400 extra miles, in order to exploit a tax loophole that saves UK customers as little as £1.56 on a DVD, The Telegraph reports. The...
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Nymex To Compete With CCX
The New York Mercantile Exchange plans to offer contracts for trading carbon dioxide, The Wall Street Journal reports. Nymex hopes to use its existing relationships with energy companies and traders to...
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Performance Track Issues Report, Gives Awards
Voluntary actions by members of the National Environmental Performance Track are leading to gains for the environment, according to Performance Track's Fifth Annual Progress Report, which details...
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GE Produces Green Fleet Guide
A new 16-page guide designed to help car fleet managers make their operations more environmentally friendly, "Setting Your Green Fleet Agenda�, has been produced by GE Commercial ...
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Flexcar Rolls Into Pittsburgh
Car-sharing service Flexcar has rolled into Pittsburgh, making it the 12th city the company operates in. The car-sharing program will begin...
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Wal-Mart Gets Green Wrist Slap Over Organics
TheCornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based organic group, declared checkmate in its battle against Wal-Mart over the mislabeling of organic food products, Advertising Age reports (via MarketingVOX)....
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Vendors Push Green IT, Are You Ready To Buy?
While 85 percent of IT professionals surveyed in a new Forrester report said environmental factors are important in planning IT operations, only one-quarter said they have written green criteria into...
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