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Coke Sets Goal Of Recycling All Bottles Sold In U.S.

Coca-Cola will help build a $45 million plastics recycling plant in South Carolina and has set a goal of having every bottle it sells in the U.S. recycled or reused, Forbes reports. The company estimates about 10 percent of its plastic bottles are recycled now. It has not set a date for reaching the...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-06-2007
Nau Delivers $60,000 To ‘Partners For Change’

Outdoor apparel company Nau's business model lets customers donate five percent of the purchase price of products bought to a nonprofit organization. This month......( read more )

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-06-2007
Nestle Waters’ CEO Counters Bottled Water Criticism

Kim Jeffery, president and CEO of Nestle Waters North America, has written an opinion piece for Hearst Newspapers countering recent criticism of the bottled water industry. "Those who propose bans on bottled water don't acknowledge that bottled water represents less than one percent of the municipal...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-05-2007
Microsoft, HP, Dell Perceived As Greenest Tech Brands

Green or environmentally sensitive Tech products and practices are emerging as a new element of Tech brand positioning and consumer consideration, according to a survey by Ipsos. When consumers were asked to rate the importance of each of six green practices in influencing their Tech purchase preferences...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-05-2007
Coca-Cola Releases Corporate Responsibility Review

Coca-Cola has released the online version of its 2006 Corporate Responsibility Review entitled "The mark we make today shapes the future." According to an environmental report issued in July, water use efficiency increased three percent while total......( read more )

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-04-2007
NEC Releases Corporate Responsibility Report

NEC's Annual CSR Report for 2007 provides an in-depth overview of its CSR-related activities, including corporate governance (ethics and compliance, risk management and information security) and initiatives. You can see the environmental report here and the CSR Digest here. NEC has created a CSR...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-04-2007
GM Plant Eliminates Waste, Goes Landfill-Free

General Motors' Baltimore transmission plant has reached zero landfill status. The plant is the eighth GM facility to be tagged as landfill-free. The GM Powertrain Baltimore plant will be the exclusive manufacturer of GM’s all-new two-mode hybrid transmission. GM says that the hybrid technology will...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-30-2007
Starbucks Finds CSR Silver Lining In Box Office Failure Of Artic Tale

Arctic Tale, a Paramount Classics documentary co-financed by National Geographic Films, has only grossed roughly $600,000 domestically since its release July 25, The LA Times reports. Starbucks signed on to promote the film with special in-store signs, cup holders and other tie-ins, in exchange for a...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-29-2007
SC Johnson Cuts GHG Emissions With Cogeneration

SC Johnson says that powering the company's largest global manufacturing plant with cogeneration turbines that run on natural gas and waste methane from a public landfill have prevented GHG emissions equivalent to that produced by a car driving 7,630 times around the Earth. The twin......( read more...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-28-2007
25% Of Americans Don’t Recycle

p> While three-quarters of American adults recycle something in their own home, 23 percent still recycle nothing at all. One may think that the younger generation is the one most likely to recycle, but this is not the case. Three in ten "Echo Boomers" (those aged 18 to 30) recycle nothing...

Posted to Area51 (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-28-2007

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