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October 1, 2007 
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SB07 Wrap-Up!
Three Lessons Learned from Top Branding Execs 
Green designer and Sustainable Brands '07 attendee Lucas Daniel says that, against his better linguistic judgment, there really is an "Eco 2.0" — particularly in sustainability communications. In this conference wrap-up, he identifies three conceptual shifts that are shaking up the green marketing world. Read more...
SLM Commentary: Green PR Getting Good Press, Finally Sick of dubious press coverage asking if the PR industry can really green up its act? Us, too. But two recent articles are answering this question with a resounding "yes." Read more... Top Stories in Eco-Strategy Is Wal-Mart's Sustainability Drive Costing Suppliers? Wal-Mart's heralded push toward concentrated laundry detergent, labeled a "win-win-win" for companies, the environment, and consumers, is shifting costs upstream, says an article in Advertising Age. Read more... Survey: Consumers Will Double Spending on Green Consumers say they expect to double their spending on green products and services in the next year, totaling a staggering $500 billion annually, or $43 billion per month. These are the findings from the 2007 ImagePower Green Brands 2.5 Survey, released at SLM's Sustainable Brands '07 conference in New Orleans. Read more... Corporations Line Up Billions for Clinton Global Initiative Companies, NGOs, and government agencies are pledging billions of dollars toward environmental programs at the third annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York this week. Read more... ING to Power All U.S. Operations with Wind Energy 
As part of its pledge to become carbon neutral by the end of the year, financial services firm ING says it will purchase wind energy credits equal to 100% of electricity usage at its locations thoughout the U.S. Read more...
HSBC Launches Climate Change Index Financial giant HSBC has unveiled a new benchmarking index designed to help investors track the stock market performance of 300 companies poised to profit from the challenges presented by climate change. Read more... Kohl's to Power 63 California Stores with Solar Kohl’s Department Stores has flipped the switch on a rooftop solar energy system at its Laguna Niguel, Calif., store as part of the largest planned U.S. solar rollout to date. Read more... Dell Commits to Carbon-Neutral Operations Dell has become the first major computer manufacturer to commit to neutralizing the carbon impact of its global operations. Read more... Philips Aims to Double Sales of Green Products Within Five Years
Royal Philips Electronics has announced a new goal to double revenues from its green products from 15% to 30% of total group sales by 2012. Read more...
JCPenney Steps Up Energy-Saving Initiatives JCPenney is planning to open a greener store in Denver, Colorado, which will pilot a series of energy-saving initiatives for new store construction. Read more... 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... 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... Staples, Office Depot Plan First LEED-Certified Stores The world's two largest office products sellers are each planning their first LEED-certified retail outlets. Read more... Wal-Mart to Calculate Products' Total Energy Use Wal-Mart has partnered with the Carbon Disclosure Project to measure the amount of energy used to create products throughout its supply chain, including the procurement, manufacturing, and distribution process. Read more... More Smart Eco-Strategy News... |
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Sustainable Business Experts Speak! Columbia Forest Products' John McIsaac discusses the ups and downs of developing and marketing green products in a conservative industry: "What we call green building right now, in five years that will just be building." (Run Time: 30 Min.) Listen now... In this interview with silicon.com, Tesco's group IT director Colin Cobain talks about the supermarket giant's move to standard global systems and processes, reveals plans to cut IT energy consumption, and gives an update on trials of radio frequency ID tags to track goods through the supply chain. (Run Time: 9:52 Min.) Watch now... More Mediacasts... Innovators in the News Airbus's Philippe de Saint Aulaire on Greening Aviation 
Philippe de Saint Aulaire, head of environmental affairs at Airbus and an expert in the manufacture of energy efficient planes, analyzes the aviation industry’s policies for the environment, the EU's enviro.aero initiative, and the technological advancements toward a greener aviation industry. (TravelDailyNews) Read more...
Luciano Benetton: The Green Billionaire 
The super-rich have been getting a bad press recently. But Luciano Benetton remains committed to doing his bit for the planet – on a very grand scale. (The Independent) Read more...
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