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July 17, 2007 Climate Management Weekly What's Hot in Climate Today Home | News & Ideas | Connections | Events | About

This Week's Top Stories Behind Tesco's Ambitious Carbon Labeling Plan The U.K. supermarket chain is sponsoring the Oxford University Center for the Environment to the tune of five million pounds to collate the information required to carbon-label each of the 70,000 products stocked in a typical Tesco store. (Information World Review) Read more... Abbott Goes Carbon Neutral With U.S. Fleet The global health care company claims it is the first Fortune 500 company to go carbon neutral with its entire U.S. fleet of company sales vehicles. (IndustryWeek) Read more... Caterpillar’s Disharoon: Market Forces Should Drive Climate Change Policies "Regional and state by state initiatives are problematic," said John Disharoon, director of sustainable development at Caterpillar, in a recent interview for Green Power Conferences. (Environmental Leader) Read more... Mohawk Paper to Offset 100% of Electricity Use Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. says all of the electricity it uses to make paper in New York and Ohio is being offset by green energy. The company now is purchasing 100 million kilowatt hours of renewable energy certificates to offset the electricity consumed at its plants. (Times Union) Read more... Carbonfund.org Announces CarbonFree Certified Product Label The new eco-label is designed to allow leading companies to promote their products as being climate neutral by reducing and offsetting the life-cycle carbon footprint associated with the production, shipping, operation, and disposal. (Press Release) Read more... Want More Newsletters? SLM produces a suite of e-newsletters on targeted sustainable business topics such as Sustainable Branding, Green Design, Climate Change & Business, among others. Click here for a complete list of offerings, plus a complete archive of past issues. Forward to a Friend! Find Peers and Partners If you haven’t already joined the fastest growing online sustainable business community, create a profile now and start connecting. Solution Providers

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