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Top Story New GE Credit Card Lets Consumers Charge Their Climate Conscience The new GE Money Earth Rewards Platinum card allows users to earmark the 1% cash rebate they receive on purchases for projects that offset greenhouse gas emissions. The company move, which is taking some heat from environmentalists, is part of GE's plan to have $20 billion in green sales by 2010. (New York Times) Read more... This Week's Climate Stories Merrill Lynch Creates Energy Efficient Stock Index The financial services giant has started tracking energy-efficient companies, which it considered well-placed to benefit from tough climate change policies. (Reuters) Read more... Pepsi Name Dominates EPA's Top 25 Green Power Purchasers PepsiCo's largest U.S. bottlers have committed to buying renewable energy certificates to match the electricity used by their U.S. operations, a move that places them at slots three and 13 on the U.S. EPA's just-released 2007 list of top 25 green power purchasers. PepsiCo Inc., which announced a massive renewable-energy buy earlier this year, topped this year's list. (Reuters/Press Release) U.K. Seeks to Clarify Unregulated Carbon Offset Industry The British government is set to launch a new offsetting code later this year, as a response to widespread criticism of the carbon offsetting industry. (Edie News) Read more... ______________________________________________ Registration Now Open for Sustainable Brands ‘07 Build a more environmentally and socially sound brand story. Learn how from the experience of top brand building experts. Network with peers from around the country, with New Orleans as a backdrop. Discounts apply through August 31! Learn more here!. ______________________________________________ Business, NGOs Team Up on Novel Approaches to Climate Management An increased attention to the issues surrounding climate change has inspired large-scale business/NGO partnerships, often led by international NGOs keen to harness the enthusiasm among businesses to cut emissions and yield economic savings in the process. (ClimateChangeCorp) Read more... Wal-Mart Debuts Supply Chain Sustainability Scorecard Wal-Mart Canada is spearheading collaboration among supply-chain companies to measure and reduce the environmental footprint of its product shipping process and logistics network. The company says will introduce its first-ever Supply Chain Sustainability Scorecard this fall to assess its network of service providers on the basis of environmental impact, efforts, and improvement. (Press Release) Read more... (For more about Wal-Mart's drive toward sustainability, read this case study.) U.S. Steel Takes Biodiesel for a Test Drive Loaders, dump trucks, flatbeds and Bobcats at U.S. steel's Gary, Ind., facility will soon be running on B5 biodiesel, a blend of soy-based biodiesel and diesel fuel. The manufacturing giant is looking to build on its success at the Gary plant to expand the program throughout the company, beginning with facilities in the U.S. (Press Release) Read more... Winery Earns Kudos for Climate Protection, Waste Reduction Fetzer Vineyards has been honored by the U.S. EPA with a 2007 Best-of-the-Best Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award, presented in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Montreal Protocol. The winery, which has built a reputation for sustainability, also took home its 12th WRAP (Waste Reduction Award Program) award for reducing landfill waste. (Press Release) Read more... Forward This Newsletter! Eco-Advantage Salon Tour A schedule is now available for Eco-Advantage Salons, hosted and moderated by Andrew Winston. Join our mailing list to learn more... Find Peers and Partners If you haven’t already joined the fastest growing online sustainable business community, create a profile now and start connecting. Climate Leader: HSBC To help attain and then maintain the bank's self-imposed carbon management standards, Tony Pilcher, HSBC's head of global business travel and expense management, and the company's travel sourcing and management teams enacted and renewed a slew of policies and procurement practices ranging from pre-trip authorization and viable videoconferencing facilities to aggressive supplier management and thorough data collection. (Travel Procurement) Read more ... Hear HSBC Director of Marketing Chris Clark speak live at Sustainable Brands '07! Solution Providers

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