ExxonMobil Takes Third Place in Big Oil Sustainability Rankings
The latest industry rankings from Tomorrow’s Value Rating looks at fossil fuel firms and finds that, despite solid leadership in innovation, the 10 largest companies are failing to take action on a number of environmental issues.
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ExxonMobil Takes Third Place in Big Oil Sustainability Rankings
The Toxie Awards’ Bad Actor Chemicals
This report highlights 16 bad actor chemicals in widespread use in California. What they have in common is that they affect the health of those exposed to them — whether the exposures take place in manufacturing settings, in the home, or in the general environment — and that there are safer alternatives to all these chemicals
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The Toxie Awards’ Bad Actor Chemicals
Green Jobs, Green Technology in the Spotlight in New Report
In the run-up to the release of the federal government’s national broadband plan, a coalition of groups are detailing the ways that green technologies can grow the economy while cutting the country’s carbon footprint.
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Toxie Awards Name Worst Chemicals of the Year
A coalition of environmental and advocacy groups staged a red carpet event this week to spotlight a slew of what they call "bad actors" — pervasive toxic chemicals that consistently behave poorly.
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Toxie Awards Name Worst Chemicals of the Year
Don’t Sweat the Trickle of Stimulus Funds
Recovery Act funding hasn’t been squandered, it just hasn’t been spent yet. While it’s understandable to be disappointed about how long it’s taken to get things in gear, there’s no reason to overreact and attack the program now that most of the growing pains are behind us.
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Don’t Sweat the Trickle of Stimulus Funds
Tesco, Nestle Among UK Firms Planning Big Packaging Cuts
The second phase of a program for reducing the impact of packaging in the U.K. hopes to lower packaging-related carbon by 10 percent by 2012
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Tesco, Nestle Among UK Firms Planning Big Packaging Cuts
Record Number of Shareholder Actions Target Climate Change
Investors filed 95 shareholder resolutions during the 2009 proxy season — a 40 percent increase over 2008 — seeking more information about how companies are measuring and managing their carbon footprints, preparing for risks, and moving to take advantage of potential opportunities.
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Record Number of Shareholder Actions Target Climate Change
Why Employees Should Be Part of Any Green Solution
Training, educating and bringing employees on board with green projects is an end in and of itself, both for increasing workplace satisfaction and spreading a mentality of conservation at work as well as at home.
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Why Employees Should Be Part of Any Green Solution
Volunteering Brings Together Social and Business Profits
More than three million U.S. citizens are expected to descend on local parks and schools with brooms, shovels and garbage bags over the next three months as part of the Great American Cleanup, an initaitve of Keep America Beautiful (KAB). Allowing workers to participate in volunteer activities helps to cultivate skills prized by many companies, such as ability to work as part of a team and self-direction, according to KAB’s president.
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Volunteering Brings Together Social and Business Profits
Burgerville’s New Corn-Based Cups Complete Green Packaging Project
By now using cups and lids that are compostable, fast food chain Burgerville has switched all possible packaging to compostable versions.
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Burgerville’s New Corn-Based Cups Complete Green Packaging Project