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September 23, 2010   » The Latest News: Latest CDP Findings, Climate Leaders' Elimination Stuns Industry, and More ...   » Featured News: 3 Surefire Steps to Bring Climate Transparency to Your Supply Chain   » Expert Insight from our Blogs   » GreenBiz Radio: Pouring Out a New Look for Milk Sign Up Now for our FREE Newsletters »Subscribe Here THIS ISSUE'S SPONSOR A Note from the Editor By Eric Olson -- BSR The March Toward Greater Transparency   The Carbon Disclosure Project revealed this week that an unprecedented number of companies, including more than 80 percent of the Global 500, are reporting on their greenhouse gas emissions, despite a tough economy and uncertainty around global climate legislation.   As if to underscore how much has changed in the last few years, professional services firm Ernst & Young -- far from anyone's idea of a "heavy emitter" -- announced a 15 percent reduction in its global footprint, powered in part by progress on Scope 3 emissions, specifically its business travel. PricewaterhouseCoopers also reported that it met its 2012 climate goal two years ahead of schedule. As our feature story on supply chain transparency points out, measuring and managing Scope 3 emissions remains a challenge, but there are a growing number of tools and initiatives available to help.   The bottom line? Greater transparency is inevitable, and their are significant benefits to embracing the trend sooner, rather than later.   Eric Olson is senior vice president of advisory services at BSR.    The Latest News How CDP Leaders are Seizing Climate-Related Business Opportunities By Joanna Lee Companies like DuPont and Sky are demonstrating the advantages of seizing the climate change-related opportunities and creating the low carbon technologies of the future.... Read More EPA Stuns Industry with Plans to Kill Climate Leaders Program Efficiency Helps Ernst & Young Americas Cut Carbon Footprint More Companies Report Data to CDP Despite Uncertain Climate China Moving to Forefront of Emerging Low Carbon Economy Employees, Efficiency Help PwC Meet Climate Goal Two Years Early Fleet Sector Partnership Aims for 20% Cut in Emissions Cities, Regions Get Smart About Financing Low Carbon Technology Climate Week Brings Thousands Together for Clean Innovation Economy Doesn't Dampen Clinton Initiative Commitments    Featured News 3 Surefire Steps to Bring Climate Transparency to Your Supply Chain By Ryan Schuchard Now is the time for your company to embrace transparency if it hasn't already done so. It will help investors and partners, who increasingly see transparency as an indicator of a company's competence, perceive your business as trustworthy. It also will make outstanding achievements more credible, and may even soften potential criticism.... Read More Sponsored Content P&G TO WEBCAST ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW SUSTAINABILITY VISION The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) will webcast an announcement and discussion of its new environmental sustainability vision on Monday, September 27th beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET/5:00 p.m. CEST. Bob McDonald, P&G Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Len Sauers, P&G Vice President–Global Sustainability and Carter Roberts, Chief Executive Officer and President, World Wildlife Fund U.S. will discuss P&G’s new sustainability vision via the live webcast hosted by Joel Makower of GreenBiz.com. Media and the public may register for the live audio webcast at: http://www.thomson-webcast.net/us/dispatching/PG_20100927.    GreenBiz Radio Pouring Out a New Look for Milk By Jonathan Bardelline Julie Corbett, founder of Ecologic Brands, the company that developed a new paper-plastic hybrid milk packaging, speaks about the inspiration behind the package and the tests they've done with Straus Family Creamery and Whole Foods Market.... Listen Sponsored Content Cree LR24™: Save Energy, Sacrifice Nothing The LR24, Cree’s recessed lay-in fixture, delivers beautiful light – a CRI of 90 @ 3500K -- for suspended-ceiling applications typically addressed by linear fluorescents. Designed for 50,000 hours of illumination, the energy-efficient LR24 is dimmable to 5% and provides 73 lumens per Watt. Click here for more information.    Columns and Blogs Steve Howard Conquering Climate Change with a Clean Industrial Revolution > Read more... 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