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Top Story Volvo First Automaker to Go Carbon Dioxide Free The Volvo Trucks' plant in Ghent, Belgium, has become the first vehicle manufacturing plant in the world that operates without emitting any carbon dioxide. Read more... Also This Week... Sun Microsystems' OpenEco.org Helps Companies Cut Carbon Footprint Sun Microsystems has launched a new online community to help organizations calculate, compare, and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Read more... CDP5: More Companies Address Climate Change Risk Ninety-five percent of companies that consider climate change to present a commercial risk have implemented a GHG reduction program with a specific target and timeline, according to The Carbon Disclosure Project’s fifth annual global report, which looks at the 500 companies ranked by the Financial Times newspaper as the world’s largest by market capitalization. Read more... U.S. Telecommuters Save 840 Million Gallons of Gas per Year Using electronics to telecommute saves the equivalent of 9 to 14 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year — the same amount of energy used by roughly 1 million U.S. households every year, according to a new national study commissioned by the Consumer Electronics Association. Read more... BT Joins Carbon-Consulting Trend British Telecom is launching a carbon impact assessment service to calculate the CO2 emissions of corporate customers' IT operations. Read more... DC Luxury Hotel Offers Hybrid Car Service for Guests The Willard InterContinental, a luxury hotel in downtown Washington, D.C., is offering guests the use of a 2007 Toyota Camry hybrid sedan an eco-friendly alternative to the standard town car or taxi. Read more... More Climate Management News... Forward to a Friend! Did You Know? Even if you're a bit late to the party, you can still access past issues of Climate Management Weekly by visiting our online archive. CO2 Comes Out of the Closet Consumer choice and some early steps taken by market leading companies suggest that carbon footprint labeling for clothing is going to be the next hot new trend? By Coral Rose, GreenBiz Read more... Salon Tour Update Andrew Winston's Eco-Advantage Salon Tour is coming to a city near you. Watch here for information on our next locations, dates, and participants. 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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