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Questions About Social Responsibility Inundate Japanese Firms
Source Asahi Shimbun
TOKYO, Jan. 7, 2004 - A growing emphasis on corporate social responsibility in the West is spilling over to Japan by way of questionnaires from potential partners and investors, causing headaches for company officials.

Volkswagen, ADM Team Up to Develop Biodiesel Fuel
Source Planet Ark
CHICAGO, Jan. 6, 2004 - Automaker Volkswagen and grain processor Archer Daniels Midland have formed a research venture to develop and use biodiesel fuels for the auto industry.

Mexico Breaks Ground on Sustainable Resort
Source GreenBiz.com
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 6, 2004 - Mexican tourism officials have ratified an agreement with a sustainable-development organization to create what it hopes will be the next major tourism destination in Mexico.

Green Design Elements Planned For Ground Zero Building
Source Gotham Gazette
NEW YORK, Jan. 6, 2004 - If built as planned, Freedom Tower -- the first new skyscraper slated to go up at Ground Zero -- will feature 30 windmills high up in the sky, supplying 20% of the building's electricity.

World’s Largest Magazine Printer Gets FSC Certification
Source GreenBiz.com
SUSSEX, Wisc., Jan. 5, 2004 - Quad/Graphics -- the world’s largest privately held printer of magazines, catalogs and other commercial products -- has earned “chain-of-custody” certification from the Forest Stewardship Council, an international organization devoted to encouraging responsible management of the world’s forests.

Green-e Audit Report Reveals Significant Annual Growth in Green Power
Source GreenBiz.com
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 5, 2004 - Sales of certified renewable energy grew substantially during 2002, according to a new report from the Center for Resource Solutions.

Food-Waste Composting: Recycling's Next Frontier
Source Seattle Times
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 2, 2004 - Food scraped off your plate at Seattle restaurants could go into recycling bins -- and later come back to your table, in a roundabout way, in a bottle of wine.

Audubon International Certifies First Eco-Friendly Community Developments
Source GreenBiz.com
SELKIRK, N.Y., Dec. 31, 2003 - Audubon International has named WCI Communities as the first homebuilder to have a residential community certified as an “Gold Signature Sustainable Development.” The designation is Audubon's highest rating for environmental design, construction, and operation of new developments.

New Motors Save Up to $1 Million Annually in Wind Tunnel Tests
Source The Tullahoma News
ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn., Dec. 30, 2003 - New motors, installed in the main drive of the Propulsion Wind Tunnel facility at the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center will provide increased performance efficiency and savings for future military and commercial test customers.

Global Warming Insurance Claims Grew to $60 Billion in 2003
Source GreenBiz.com
MUNICH, Germany, Dec. 30, 2003 - Munich Re, the world's biggest re-insurance company, has attributed a sharp increase in weather-related disasters around the world to global warming.

Ontario Approves Historic Plan to Charge Industry for Recycling
Source GreenBiz.com
TORONTO, Dec. 29, 2003 - In a precedent-setting move, Ontario's new Minister of the Environment has approved a controversial plan that will require packaged goods makers to ante up for 50% the local government bill for curbside recycling, which will trigger weight-based packaging fees by spring of 2004.

At Year's End Fate of Kyoto Protocol Hangs in the Balance
Source Voice of America News
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 29, 2003 - As 2003 comes to a close, the fate of the Kyoto Protocol, the global treaty on climate change, hangs in the balance. Renewable sources of energy show gains in the market place. And, the debate continues over energy policy in the United States.

China to Amend Solid Waste Pollution Prevention Law
Source China Daily
BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2003 - The sixth session of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) Saturday approved a proposal submitted by the NPC's Environment and Resources Protection Committee on amending the solid waste pollution prevention law.

Bank of America Banks on ‘Green’ Tower in New York
Source GreenBiz.com
NEW YORK, Dec. 24, 2003 - Bank of America has signed an agreement with The Durst Organization to develop the first major midtown Manhattan office project of the new century, which it promises to be a green development.

P&M Plastics Finds the Good in Waste
Source New Mexico Business Weekly
MOUNTAINAIR, N.M., Dec. 24, 2003 - What do you do with about 5 billion tons of wood too small to be used for lumber, but by some accounts, too dangerous to leave in drought-addled forests?

Office Depot Releases New 'Green Products' Catalog
Source GreenBiz.com
DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Dec. 23, 2003 - Office Depot, one of the world’s largest resellers of office products, is coloring the New Year green with the launch of The Green Book, the industry’s first catalog consisting solely of environmentally preferable products.

Certified Wood from Mexico Conquers International Markets
Source GreenBiz.com
DURANGO, Mexico, Dec. 22, 2003 - With the recent delivery of a container of furniture parts to SitWell, a company that manufactures sofas for IKEA, Pueblo Nuevo of Durango became the first community in Mexico to sell its sustainably produced lumber to a major international furniture company.

Clean-Tech Investing Holds Steady, Says Survey
Source Clean Edge News
TORONTO, Dec. 22, 2003 - Investments in the clean technology industry in North America continued to hold steady in the third quarter of 2003, according to data in the most recent issue of the Cleantech Venture Monitor, just released by the Cleantech Venture Network.

Shell to Invest £1Billion in Renewable Energy Plant
Source Guardian Unlimited
LONDON, Dec. 19, 2003 - Shell has widened its lead on arch-rival BP in the renewables sector with a £1 billion scheme to build a massive wind farm bringing sustainable energy to London.

Home Depot Ups Stock of FSC-Certified Wood
Source GreenBiz.com
ATLANTA and MONTREAL, Dec. 19, 2003 - Home Depot has teamed up with one of the largest softwood lumber producers in Canada to offer customers larger amounts of FSC-certified Spruce Pine Fir lumber.


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