Marketing to Consumers: Don’t Think Green
In most cases, brands and organizations should have long since crossed the line from needing to point out their green-ness to working to integrate it throughout their operations.
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Marketing to Consumers: Don’t Think Green
Climate Risks That Every Executive Should Know About
When it comes to a company’s impact on climate change, does directors and officers insurance cover executives?
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Climate Risks That Every Executive Should Know About
American Samoa Becomes First U.S. Territory to Ban Plastic Bags
With California’s proposed statewide ban on plastic bags swept aside as collateral damage of the state’s broken political system, American Samoa emerged as the first U.S. state or territory to ban plastic bags at all retail stores
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American Samoa Becomes First U.S. Territory to Ban Plastic Bags
Port of Long Beach Retrofitting Old Tugboats
After debuting the world’s first hybrid tugboat in 2009 , the Port of Long Beach is partnering again with Foss Maritime Company to retrofit an existing tugboat with hybrid technology. The ship called the Campbell Foss is a conventional dolphin tugboat assisting ships in the San Pedro Bay. It will be fitted with motor generators, batteries and control systems by Foss at one of their shipyards. The retrofit should cut 1,340 tons of CO2 emissions and save 100,000 gallons of fuel per year. Foss and the Port plan to introduce more hybrid tugs over the coming years and see more retrofits in the future.
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Port of Long Beach Retrofitting Old Tugboats
Nescafé Targets Coffee Sustainability with $350M Investment
Nestlé is investing nearly $350 million over the next decade to expand its reach into sustainable coffee farming, make its factories more efficient and reduce its packaging. Beyond the Cup: The Nescafe Plan is the company’s global project that adds onto the nearly $200 million already spent on coffee project in previous years.
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Nescafé Targets Coffee Sustainability with $350M Investment
eBay Gives Away 100K Reusable Green Shipping Boxes to Sellers
The company’s latest green initiative encourages sellers to reuse shipping boxes made of recycled materials as a way of promoting greener shipping methods.
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eBay Gives Away 100K Reusable Green Shipping Boxes to Sellers
Spotlighting the Green Benefits of LEDs
Since the first humans carried a torch to provide light, heat has been a by-product of producing light. Traditional electric lights give off more heat than light. But LEDs are twice as efficient as fluorescents at converting electricity to light, generate very little heat, are nearly maintenance free and provide a high quality of light.
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Spotlighting the Green Benefits of LEDs
Recycling for charity: how to set up a money-raising scheme?
I regularly get emails from people involved with small charities asking how to set up recycling programs that will help them raise money for their cause. Collection/recycling programs have been part of charity fundraising for a long time, but recently most seem to have moved from collecting large amounts of low value items (such as stamps or milk bottle tops) to collecting more valuable items (such as broken jewellery, mobile phones or toner cartridges). There is a lot of competition now for those type of items – not only between the charities but because it’s so easy for people to sell them online themselves – but it’s still a good income stream for certain charities.
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Recycling for charity: how to set up a money-raising scheme?
Local Flower Bouquets are Seasonal and Eco-Friendly
Image from my luscious backyard Fancy exotic bouquets are losing their bloom. Flying in flowers from around the world is expensive in terms of money and the environmental impact. Some florists this summer are starting to use local flowers for their bouquets: as in picked from neighbourhood gardens
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Local Flower Bouquets are Seasonal and Eco-Friendly
ComEd Creates ‘Smart Grid Innovation’ Corridor Near Chicago
The company, a subsidiary of utility giant Exelon, launched what it is calling a "Smart Grid Innovation Corridor" in 10 Northern Illinois communities where there are already smart meters installed in 130,000 homes. Five pilot tests will take place in the corridor, using the smart meter technology as the foundation.
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ComEd Creates ‘Smart Grid Innovation’ Corridor Near Chicago