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New At-Store Recycling Toolkit Coming Soon to Help Stores Recycle Bags

Today, the Progressive Bag Affiliates (PBA), a group of top plastic bag producers and recyclers and part of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), launched a major initiative to promote bag recycling throughout the nation.

22 Apr 2008

Action Sports Leaders Announces Results of Industry's First Comprehensive Eco-Audit

As part of its ongoing commitment to the preservation of the environment, action sports leader Sole Technology, parent company of etnies, eS, Emerica, ThirtyTwo and Altamont apparel, today announced the results of its first corporate eco-audit to measure the company's overall carbon footprint, and its goal of becoming a carbon neutral company by the year 2020.

22 Apr 2008

Toronto Pearson International Airport Joined Global Aviation Industry in Declaration on Climate Change

Today, Toronto Pearson International Airport joined the global aviation industry in a Declaration on climate change that was signed by industry leaders at the Aviation + Environment Summit in Geneva, Switzerland.

22 Apr 2008

Raising Reuse Rates of Desktop and Laptop Business Computers

Redemtech today revealed that raising reuse rates of desktop and laptop business computers in the U.S.

22 Apr 2008

Lighting Campaign Intends to Promote More Sustainable Lighting Practices

Environmental groups from New York to California are taking a pledge to consider only the "greenest" CFLs when making purchases for office use and during compact fluorescent lamp giveaways. The new "Green Lighting Campaign" intends to promote more sustainable lighting practices such as recycling, rather than throwing lamps containing mercury in the trash.

22 Apr 2008

Stop + Shop Supermarket Awarded LEED Certification

The Stop + Shop Supermarket Company of Quincy, MA, today announced that they have been awarded LEED(R) Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. This achievement distinguishes Stop + Shop not only as the first supermarket chain, but also the first company in the country earning Volume Certification under the Portfolio Program.

22 Apr 2008

Kodak Announced Substantial Progress Towards Responsible Growth Goals

Eastman Kodak Company today announced that it has made substantial progress towards its "Responsible Growth" goals. These goals were established two years ago after the company surpassed, ahead of schedule, all of its existing manufacturing-focused health, safety and environmental (HSE) improvement goals.

22 Apr 2008

IOGEAR to Plant One Million Trees to Help Sustain a Healthy Environment

IOGEAR continues to build upon its commitment to help preserve the environment through a new partnership with Trees for the Future, a US-based, non-profit organization devoted to supporting the redevelopment of agricultural land in developing countries by planting trees.

22 Apr 2008

Vestar Development Co.'s Commitment to the Environment Labeled GreenStar

In what marks one of the largest and most aggressive environmental commitments from any of the United States' major retail developers, Vestar Development Co. has launched GreenStar, a vow to certified sustainable development for millions of square feet of retail space on tap in the Southwest.

22 Apr 2008

Firestone Complete Auto Care Stores Piloting Greener Oil Change Service

Going green just got easier for Portland, Ore., drivers. Portland is the first market in the country where motorists can receive the nation's only environmentally friendly oil change service, now offered at all 17 Firestone Complete Auto Care store locations in the greater Portland area.

22 Apr 2008