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Carbon Emissions Reporting Where It Belongs: With Global Financial Accountants

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Carbon Emissions Reporting Where It Belongs: With Global Financial Accountants

Energy stock performance snapshot. Image credit: Google Finance Pablo recently filled us in on the abrupt end of the Climate Leaders voluntary carbon reporting program . (Eight years with a relatively small group of industries was enough.) In parallel, a group of US states worked up a carbon reporting protocol as well; and, there are several NGO and government-led carbon reporting protoc… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A Blow to Native Forest Logging: Major Australian Company Drops the Practice

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Tasmania’s Tahune Forest Reserve. Image Credit: ctudball via Flickr In a major victory for the Australian environmental movement, Tasmanian timber company Gunns Limited announced on Thursday that it will no longer engage in native forest logging. Instead, the company, which is the world’s largest woodchip exporter, will turn to plantation-based products. So why has the timber giant suddenly turned over a new leaf? They’ve been under protest for years now, losing legal battles against environmental activist… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Sustainability and the Importance of Engaging Everyone

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image courtesy of Walmart This guest post was written by Shannon Frederick, director of global association communications for Walmart. What does sustainability mean to you ? Before you answer, shift your thinking from a business point-of-view to your personal life. Maybe it’s reducing your impact on the environment by recycling, conserving water or making your home more energy efficient. Perhaps it’s giving up smoking, eating healthier or getting more physical activity. Your idea of sustainability may even involve getting … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Indian Tribals’ Sacred Mountain Not Safe Until Vedanta Refinery Closed

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Until the refinery at Lanjigarh is closed, indigenous groups feel Niyamgiri mountain is not safe. Photo: Survival International . While there was unrestrained rejoicing yesterday by indigenous rights campaigners after the Indian government halted a proposed bauxite mine by Vedanta Resources on the grounds it threatened the rights of two tribal groups in Orissa, an article in the

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Apple Refuses To Take Part In UK’s First Cell Phone Ranking System

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo by Gonzalo Baeza Hernández The UK has started up its own green ranking system for mobile handsets , but Apple wants no part of it. The company has refused to allow the iPhone to be included in the system by O2, but its reasons for declining the opportunity aren’t exactly clear. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Who Has Open Fires When It’s 100 Degrees Outside? Olive Garden

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Olive Garden & Peter Baker (Creative Commons) When I wrote about drying clothes indoors , I was surprised to hear that some folks had considered opening the windows and cranking up the heat on the thermostat as a “green” method of clothes drying – even when you wouldn’t otherwise need to heat your house. But they’re not the only ones doing weird things out of season—tipster Ty tells us that his local… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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BP Sends Fake Journalist to Cover the Gulf Spill

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via Alligator Farm Is there no end to BP’s hypocrisies and ludicrous actions? Evidently not. Here’s the latest, in a long line of curious blunders and aggravating insensitivities: after being publicly chastised time and again for denying access to journalists , BP has evidently loosed its own “journalists” on the scene to really get to the meat of the story . . …. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Walmart’s Sustainability Initiatives Explained

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image courtesy of Matt Kistler/Walmart This guest post was written by Matt Kistler, senior vice-president of sustainability at Walmart. At Walmart, sustainability continues to make us a better company by reducing waste, lowering costs, driving innovation, and helping us fulfill our mission to save people money so they can live better. In 2005, when we began our sustainability journey, we learned that taking a leadership role and collaborating with others that share our commitment and passion for sustaining the environment could benefit … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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General Electric Invests $10 Billion in Ecomagination

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Mykl Roventine Ecomagination is General Electric’s environmentally-focuses research and development program. We’ve watched Ecomagination for years now, including eyeing it for greenwash , and the program has continued to grow, even becoming the first corporate tenant in Masdar City . And now, it is about to get a whole lot bigger as GE invests a full $10 billion into the programs with a g… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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