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JCPenney Launches Solar and Wind Power Projects

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Use of Renewable Power Sources Complements Ongoing Energy Management Efforts;ENERGY STAR(R) Certification Planned for 200 Stores
(CSRwire) PLANO, Texas, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/ — Demonstrating its commitment to adopting renewable power sources that deliver both environmental and business benefits, J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) today announced plans for solar and wind power projects that will [...]

Carbon Disclosure Project Expands Corporate Reporting

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

When large investors speak, corporations tend to listen. Over 300 of the largest institutional investors in the world, with collective assets under management of over $57 trillion, have indeed spoken. They want firms to provide them will reliable information on the business risks and opportunities emerging from climate change.

Clearing the Air: How Companies Operate in a Climate-conscious Era

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Published: June 11, 2008 in Knowledge@Wharton

Where to locate a new headquarters, how to close a supply-chain loop, how to anticipate customer demands: These are all decisions that companies must wrestle with as they respond to increasing concerns about global warming. According to Timothy Juliani, a senior fellow at the Arlington, Va.-based Pew Center on Global [...]

AMD On Climate Success, Risks

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

www.thecro.com

AMD discusses how they surpassed recent climate protection goals to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent as well as their new, loftier goals.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), an industry leader in implementing and promoting energy efficiency strategies and ranked No. 2 on CRO’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens 2007 list, recently announced that it has surpassed [...]

Survey Finds U.S. Companies Doing Poor Job Disclosing Climate Change Risks

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Failing Report Card
Survey finds largest U.S. companies doing “poor job” disclosing climate change risks.
By Michael Connor

Arguing that the nation’s publicly-held companies “should elevate climate change as a corporate priority and communicate openly with investors about their strategies and responses,” the environmental network group Ceres and the socially responsible mutual fund company Calvert released a report [...]

Monsanto Ranks No. 11 On List Of Green IT Companies

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

St. Louis Business Journal 2/15/08

Monsanto Co. was named one of the top green companies by IDG’s Computerworld for working to reduce energy consumption in IT equipment and using technology to conserve energy and lower carbon emissions.

IDG’s Computerworld top Green-IT Companies for 2008 list, published Friday, ranked Monsanto No. 11 out of the top 12 green [...]

Manufacturers Blast New Climate Bill

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

by Liam Martin
May 01, 2008

Manufacturers are stepping up efforts at the federal and state levels to fight environmental legislation that they say poses a significant threat to the industry and the economy as a whole.

The debate has centered, most recently, on a Senate bill proposed by Sens. Joseph Lieberman, Ind-Conn., and John Warner, R-Va., that [...]

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