• REI, Founding Farmers, North Face Win A.R.E. Sustainability Awards

    July 3, 2009

    REI, Founding Farmers and The North Face are the inaugural winners of the Association for Retail Environments’ (A.R.E) Sustainability Awards launched at GlobalShop 2009 to encourage excellence in sustainable retail design.

  • Coca Cola to Put Fuel Cells to Work at N.Y. Bottling Plant

    July 3, 2009

    By GreenBiz Staff Coca Cola Enterprises signed a 10-year contract with UTC Power that will bring two fuel cells to its southern New York bottling plant. The UTC Power fuel cells will produce heat and energy that can satisfy nearly a third of demand at Coca Cola’s bottling plant in Elmsford, N.Y. The project received […]

  • Australia Joins Carbon Reduction Label Scheme

    July 2, 2009

    Australia is joining the UK in using the Carbon Trust’s Carbon Reduction Label, touted as the world’s first carbon label for consumer products.

  • Tire Made of Orange Oil Uses 80% Less Petroleum

    July 1, 2009

    The earliest tires were made from rubber, a renewable resource. But demand for tires outstripped the supply of rubber. A new development brings the tire full-circle.

  • From Tallest to Most Efficient

    June 25, 2009

    The owners of the Sears Tower have announced plans to upgrade the building for sustainability, which will make it the tallest building in the western hemisphere to undergo such an overhaul to date.

  • UK Recycle Week Launched with Giant Aluminum Can Sculpture

    June 23, 2009

    Source: Treehugger Posts about Coca Cola are always likely to be contentious here on TreeHugger. Whether it’s negative stories about Coke’s alleged pesticide misuse or efforts to disrupt Israeli recycling legislation, or positive ones about electric delivery vehicles or wind-powered soft drink manufacturing plants – this is definitely one company that is likely to stir […]

  • Who is the Greenest PC Maker in the World?

    June 23, 2009

    Environmental Leader Analysts say going green has become a business plan for some of the biggest personal computer (PC) makers as a way to differentiate themselves from their competition, reports Reuters. The “green” talk is going over the top as computer makers spar with one another over who has the most “green” platform. The three […]

  • Responsible Electronics Recycling: Turning Policy into Practice

    June 22, 2009

    By Robert Houghton, IT professionals have become good environmental and privacy stewards during the past 10 years — on paper. Corporate policy now generally reflects the fundamental tenets of good electronics stewardship, requiring verifiable data destruction and forbidding the use of landfills and export in lieu of responsible recycling. As anyone who receives RFPs for […]

  • Greenwashing Lawsuits, Climate Change Deception on the Rise

    June 16, 2009

    Environmental Leader Lawyers, environmentalists and marketing groups say they’ve seen an increase in greenwashing suits over the past year, according to the National Law Journal. These groups are questioning everything from household cleaners to automobiles for their eco-friendliness. Patent attorney Eric Lane for San Diego-based Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, who runs the Green Patent […]

  • Some See E-Waste Crisis Trailing Switch to Digital TV

    June 16, 2009

    By NATHANIAL GRONEWOLD and GREENWIREThere’s growing concern that the United States’ conversion last weekend from analog to digital television broadcasting will exacerbate a national e-waste problem and fuel the smuggling of cathode ray tubes to the developing world. The digital transition, coupled with the popularity of newer flat-screen TVs, could see millions of sets heading […]