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Colgate-Palmolive Improves Production Efficiency

Posted by Environmental Leader on 08/05/2008

Colgate-Palmolive has published its sustainability report. In 2007, Colgate’s global CO2 emissions were approximately 675,000 metric tons, up from 664,000 in 2006.From 1998 through 2007, the company reduced the amount of energy needed to produce a ton of product by approximately 28% and red ...

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Cutting The Internet’s Carbon Footprint

Posted by Environmental Leader on 08/05/2008

Academics and researchers from Intel and Microsoft are putting the Internet under the microscope, developing strategies to cut the consumption of computer-network hardware in the belief that adjusting the flow of network traffic could create dramatic energy savings, NewScientistTech reports.Studi ...

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IBM, GSK, Herman Miller See Healthy ROI From Green Purchasing

Posted by Environmental Leader on 08/05/2008

IBM, GlaxoSmithKline and Herman Miller have found a positive return-on-investment for environmentally friendly purchasing, purchasing.com reports.IBM takes a multitier approach to implementing environmentally friendly policy and says it integrates a green ethos into all aspects of what it does, ...

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Millipore To Slice Emissions 20 Percent

Posted by Environmental Leader on 08/05/2008

The Billerica, Mass.-based life-sciences equipment maker Millipore said it will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent over the next five years by closing some small, less efficient manufacturing plants, constructing buildings that are more energy efficient, and upgrading old facilities t ...

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Food Services Industry Hammered On Climate Performance

Posted by Environmental Leader on 07/05/2008

Google, Anheuser-Busch and Levi Strauss had the largest score improvement, each jumping over 20 points, in Climate Counts’ second annual Company Scorecard. Improvement was broad, however with the average company score improving 22 percent over the past year. Nike passed last year’s hi ...

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