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Welcome back to Corporate Climate Response News. Every Thursday we deliver the latest news on what companies are doing in terms of climate change action. Compiled by Environmental Leader, this is the centre for corporate sustainability updates, covering topics like carbon footprint and life cycle analysis, green power and RECs, energy efficiency, offsetting, emissions trading, climate change policy updates, and more. We also keep you posted on upcoming Corporate Climate Response events.
Whole Foods Powers Store With Fuel Cell
A new Whole Foods Market in Glastonbury, Connecticut will be the first supermarket to generate most of its power on-site with a fuel cell. The new 46,000-square-foot store will generate 50 percent of the electricity and heat and nearly 100 percent of the hot water needed to operate ... Keep reading >>
Will Companies Get Carbon Labels Right?
A BusinessWeek article has tackled the issues surrounding carbon labels. As EL readers know, there's lots of controversy - also hurdles - to overcome. Top of the list is that manufacturers and retailers have yet to come up with an easy way to provide carbon information to customers - essentially ... Keep reading >>
Nissan Disses U.S. Green Building Council
In July, Nissan North America is moving its headquarters to a 50-acre green campus with a restored wetland. But Nissan isn't seeking a seal of approval from the U.S. Green Building Council. Rob Traynham, the company's director of corporate services, said Nissan preferred to spend money to restore ... Keep reading >>
Virgin Drops Plan To Cut CO2 By Towing 747s
Virgin Atlantic has canceled plans to tow Boeing 747s at the end of runways - which the airline pitched as a way to save up to two tonnes of CO2 per flight - after it was found that pulling the landing gear weakens the plane, Times Online ... Keep reading >>
IBM: Manufacturers Should Aim For Sustainable Supply Chains
One of the most common mistakes manufacturers make when trying to assess their carbon emissions is limiting their outlook to their own operations, points Bruce Anderson, General Manager of the Global Electronics Industry at IBM. "Manufacturers will stop by measuring only what they can directly control in their own facilities," he says. "They should be looking across the supply chain, from suppliers to logistics providers and contract manufacturers...
EPA Reports Decrease In Overall U.S. Emissions
The U.S. EPA is seeking public comment on a draft annual report, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2006 (PDF), that analyzes sources of greenhouse gas emissions.The major finding in this year's draft report is that overall emissions during 2006 decreased by 1.5 ... Keep reading >>
(Dis)Orders of Magnitude
Human beings are good at numbers, but only within a small range. Most of us can imagine how big "One Hundred" is, and even have pretty good sense of "One Thousand." But if asked to imagine the number "One Million" (a thousand thousands), or worse yet, "One Billion" ... Keep reading >>
Tackling Climate Change Achievable And Affordable
The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has released its 2008 Environmental Outlook. Without new policies, the world risks irreversibly damaging the environment and the natural resource base needed to support economic growth and well-being, according to the report. But the Outlook finds that tackling climate change, biodiversity ... Keep reading >>
Toshiba Announces New Environmental Targets, Eco-Label
Toshiba Corporation is extending the time frame and scope of its Fourth Voluntary Environment Plan and defining new targets. The current plan was initially scheduled to run from FY2005 to FY2010, but the company will now extend it to FY2012, to coincide with the end of ... Keep reading >>
Investors File 54 Global Warming-Related Shareholder Resolutions
U.S. investors have filed 54 global warming shareholder resolutions with U.S. companies, nearly doubling the number filed two years ago.Companies targeted in the 2008 proxy season include Dynegy in the electric power sector, Massey Energyin the coal sector, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips in oil and gas sectors, U.S. ... Keep reading >>
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