Sustainability
Balancing impacts through responsible business practices, supply chains and energy use.
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12-23-08
Leonardo Academy Launches World Green Web Community, Releases Obama World Green Buttons and Annual Sustainability Survey
Madison, WI - December 23, 2008 - Leonardo Academy, a charitable non-profit focused on advancing sustainability, announced today the launch of its World Green Web Community. The World Green Web Community provides an opportunity for networking and sharing information on susta...
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12-18-08
Owens Corning Launches Alliance to Provide Holistic Energy Efficiency and Carbon-Reduction Solutions for Sustainable Communities
TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global building materials and composite solutions leader Owens Corning announced the formation of a strategic alliance to provide solutions that help communities reduce energy use by up to 50 percent and CO2 emissions by up to ...
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12-17-08
Deloitte and Kyoto Publishing Release 'The Sustainable Enterprise Report' to Help Turn Awareness into Action
NEW YORK AND VANCOUVER, B.C., December 17, 2008 - Deloitte and Kyoto Publishing, a division of Kyoto Planet Group, today released the second edition of "The Sustainable Enterprise Report: Turning Awareness into Action" (
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12-17-08
eQuilibrium Names Stuart Patterson Chief Executive Officer
BOSTON, MA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/17/08 -- eQuilibrium Solutions
Corporation, a leading supplier of carbon management and sustainability software solutions, today announced that Stuart R. Patterson has been named chief executive officer. Patterson, who has been working...
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12-16-08
JustDoOne.org Issues Global Call for Green Solutions on a Scale of One
LIGHTHOUSE POINT, Fla., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- JustDoOne.org, the online community for sustainable living, today issued a global call for personal green solutions. The Just Do One organization is collecting the best ideas for more sustainable living, summarized in three-mi...
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12-15-08
Strategic Sustainability Consulting adds to Sustainability 101 Series for Business
WASHINGTON, D.C.- December 14, 2008 - Strategic Sustainability Consulting (SSC) has released five new titles in their Sustainability 101 series for business. The series which encompasses many sectors and boutique industries is a cost effective and great first step to begin t...
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12-11-08
First GRI-Certified Training on Sustainability Reporting in Canada
December 11, 2008 - LEAD Canada Inc has become the first North American organization certified by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to provide GRI certified courses on GRI's sustainable reporting framework in Canada. GRI has pioneered the development of the world's most ...
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12-11-08
Over 48,000 Gardens and Green Spaces Created in 2008 through Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup
STAMFORD, Conn. - December 11, 2008 - Keep America Beautiful announces that the Great American Cleanup, the organization’s annual campaign to clean--up and green-up thousands of communities in all 50 states, resulted in a record 48,000-plus gardens, green spaces and xeriscap...
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12-10-08
Mohawk Launches Renewal Folding Board with the Highest PCW Content in the Industry
COHOES, NY. - December 10, 2008 "“ Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. continues to demonstrate environmental leadership by providing products that support industry demands for sustainable papers. Mohawk's newly launched Renewal Folding Board 80% PC White is FSC-certified, and h...
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12-09-08
Leading Sustainability Groups Host Organicology
PORTLAND, Ore. - December 9. 2008 - From February 26 to 28, 2009, the organic food and farming sector will gather in Portland to study and discuss a sustainable food future during a three-day conference called, Organicology. Organicology will offer intensive wo...
