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Pink Announces Their List of The Top Women in Sustainability

By Tracey de Morsella on January 26, 2011 4 Comments 2011, 5 Women to Watch, Aflac, Alison Taylor, Betsy Holland, Brigitta Witt, Britta Gross, Calvert Investments, Citi Foundation, Citigroup, CitiGroup Senior Leadership Committee, cleantech, Climate Savers Computing Initiative, corporate social, CSR, Dell, Elizabeth Johnson, Ernst & Young, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, good governance, green building, Hyatt, Ingrid Saunders Jones, Intel Corporation, Jane Connell, Johnson & Johnson, Kathryn Brown, Kathy Hopinkah Hannan, KPMG, Leisha John, Lorie Wigle, Mary Wenzel, Pam Flaherty, Pat Rayl, PINK, responsibility, Siemens, socially responsible investment, solar;, Susan Cischke, sustainability, The Coca-Cola Company, The Coca-Cola Foundation, Turner Broadcasting, Verizon, Wells Fargo, wind, women, women in sustainability, Women's History Month

Last year, during Women’s History Month, we published, our list of the top women in sustainability. This week, PINK released their list of the top women in sustainability for 2011. These are women who they see as pioneers who are employing cutting-edge best practices to lead the movement for corporate responsibility and sustainability

Call for Presentations: Sustainability Virtual Summits on Information and Communications Technology Issues

By Naimish Upadhyay on March 15, 2010 Comments Off on Call for Presentations: Sustainability Virtual Summits on Information and Communications Technology Issues Cisco Systems, cloud computing, conference, corporate, Danone, dematerialization, energy efficiency, environmental advocacy, exhibition, France Telecom, greenhouse gas emissions, Hewlett-Packard, information and communications technology, Intel Corporation, low carbon development, smart building, smart business operations, smart grids, smart infrastructure, smart manufacturing, smart packaging, smart supply chain, smart transport, sustainability virtual summits

Proposals are invited for virtual presentations at the Sustainability Virtual Summits scheduled for March, September and November of 2010. The three summits will focus on sustainability issues pertaining to the Information and Communications Technology, Smart Business Operations and Smart Infrastructure sectors respectively. Presentation proposals may include new ideas, technologies, strategies, practical outcomes, research and case studies in line with conference themes. All three events are global in scope and participation as an attendee is free of charge. They will feature virtual exhibitions, conferences and keynote speeches in order to save travel time and eliminate associated greenhouse gas emissions.

Who Tops Newsweek’s First Annual Green Rankings?

By Tracey de Morsella on September 21, 2009 1 Comment Agilent, Allegheny Energy, Ameren, American Electric Power, Applied Materials, Baxter, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Bunge, Business Ethics Magazine, Carbon Disclosure Project, Climate Center, Climate Change, Climate Counts, Coca-Cola, ConAgra Foods, Conference Board, Consol Energy, corporate social responsibility officers, CorporateRegister.com, CSR, Dan Esty, David Vidal, Dell, EIS, emissions, energy, environmental footprin, environmental footprint, Environmental groups, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT SCORE, environmental impacts, environmental policies, FirstEnergy, GHGs, GREEN POLICIES SCORE, GREEN SCORE, greenbiz, greenest companies in America, greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gases, Hewlett-Packard, Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM, Intel Corporation, ITT, Joel Makower, John Steelman, Johnson & Johnson, KLD, KLD Research and Analytics, Kohl's, Marathon Oil, Marjorie Kelly, National Resource Defense Council, natural resources, Newsweek, Newsweek Green Rankings, NIKE, NRG Energy, Peabody Energy, PG&E, Praxair, regulatory compliance, REPUTATION SCORE, Southern, Starbucks, State Street, State Street Corporation, Tellus Institute, toxic waste emissions, Trucost, United Technologies, utility, Wells Fargo, Yale University, Z-scores

Today, Newsweek launched a ranking of the greenest companies in America in its current issue and Hewlett-Packard took top honors. The Newsweek Green Rankings is the first-ever report based on companies’ actual environmental footprint, policies and practices. The twelve-page report in the September 28 issue, features a green ranking of America’s 500 largest publicly-traded companies as measured by revenue, market capitalization and number of employees. On Newsweek.com, users can search and sort the data in several ways, analyze the detailed methodology of the study and submit and review comments.

Who are The Top 50 U.S. Green Power Purchasers?

By Tracey de Morsella on April 27, 2009 1 Comment and low-impact hydropower, biogas, biomass, Cisco Systems, City of Houston, CO2 emission2, Dannon, Dell Inc., environmental impacts, EPA, EPA's Green Power Locator, Geothermal, green power, Green Power Partnership, green power purchasers, greenhouse gas emissions, Intel Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, kilowatt-ho, Kohl’s Department Stores, Motorola, PepsiCo, pollution, procurement, renewable resources, solar;, Sony DADC, The Pepsi Bottling, U.S. Air Force, Wal-Mart Stores, Whole Foods Market, wind

EPA today released a list of the nation’s top green power purchasers. These organizations are all participants in the EPA’s Green Power Partnership. The Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that encourages organizations to buy green power as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with purchased electricity use. The Partnership currently has hundreds of Partner organizations voluntarily purchasing billions of kilowatt-hours of green power annually. Partners include a wide variety of leading organizations such as Fortune 500 companies, small and medium sized businesses, local, state, and federal governments, and colleges and universities. The list this year’s top green power purchasers is led by Intel Corporation, PepsiCo, Kohl’s Department Stores, Dell Inc., Whole Foods Market, The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, U.S. Air Force, Cisco Systems, Inc. and the City of Houston.