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Vodafone Vows to Cut Carbon Emissions in Half Vodafone has pledged to reduce its carbon emissions 50% by 2020. The company's new climate strategy also calls for developing products and services that help customers limit their own climate emissions. Read more... Also This Week... Guitar Center Cuts Truck Shipments by 50% Guitar Center cut the number of truck shipments from its distribution center in half last year thanks to efficiencies in product packaging and transport. The retailer of musical instruments and audio equipment banned the use of wooden pallets in 2006, optimizing space in trucks and saving 8,000,000 pounds of lumber and 70 million square feet of shrinkwrap annually. Read more... Conferencing Tops List of Green Business Strategies, Survey Finds Conferencing to avoid business travel beat out recycling and working with greener suppliers as the top strategy for greening business, according to new survey. Why? Thanks to improvements in technology, meeting remotely is a prime example of low-hanging fruit. Read more... Dole Offsets Emissions from Costa Rican Bananas, Pineapples Dole has pledged to offset ithe carbon dioxide emissions from transporting its bananas and pineapples from Costa Rican packing plants to points of export from the country. Read more... SunChips Factory Cuts Ribbon on New Solar Array Frito-Lay's SunChips factory in Modesto, Calif., is living up to its name - the facility has installed a five-acre solar field to provide power for its manufacturing operations. Read more... More Climate Management News & Tools... We want to hear from you! Post your comments or questions below any SLM news story and we'll feature the best of them here. (Note: You must be a registered SLM user to post. Not yet signed up? Click here!) Forward to a Friend! Who's Coming to SB'08? The rolls are growing every day! Socialize and network with fellow attendees actively engaged in building sustainability into market-leading brands including Boeing, CH2M HILL, DuPont, E. & J. Gallo, Georgia-Pacific, Kraft Foods, M&M Mars, Methodologie, Nordstrom, Red Bull, Sierra Nevada, Williams-Sonoma, and more. Download the conference agenda here (PDF), and register today! Adapting to Climate Change: A Business Approach This report focuses on a critical first step in assessing these climate impacts: understanding the potential risks to business and the importance of taking action to mitigate those risks. The report also includes a framework for assessing vulnerability to climate risks across a company’s operations, value chain, and broader market position. (Pew Center on Global Climate Change) Download now (PDF)... Solution Providers

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