New Enviance Software Starts Counting GHGs in 60 Days or Less

Carbon management software firm Enviance unveiled a new product Tuesday to help companies comply with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gas reporting rules.

How Cisco’s Packaging Diet Saves $24 Million a Year

The technology giant has implemented three best practices as part of a sustainability pilot project that are netting huge savings in materials and transportation costs as well as waste management.

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Inside Cisco’s Sustainable Packaging Project

This slideshow from Cisco Systems outlines some of the steps the company has taken to save $24 million per year as part of its sustainable packaging pilot.

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Walmart, Tesco Vendors Get Supply Chain Help from Five Winds

Five Winds International has created a new website to help companies meet supplier sustainability requirements being imposed by retailers.
 

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Eco-Dentists Aim to Clean and Green

With 500 members in 42 states and 11 countries, the Eco-Dentistry Association has launched a certification program for green dental practices and named its two inaugural recipients.

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‘Outsourcing’ Emissions Hides Countries’ True Carbon Footprints

Around a third of industrialized countries carbon emissions are exported to developing nations.

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eBay Sells ‘Green’ Used Goods with Rainforest Reward

eBay made a big push Monday to get consumers to commit to using products over new ones with the launch of a new green shopping website. The company will reward the first 250,000 people who make the reuse pledge with a donation toward the protection of an acre of rainforest.

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Greening the Workhorses of American Fleets

Medium-duty trucks, a mainstay for American fleets, produce more than 80 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. Environmental Defense Fund and PHH Arval are now offering fleet managers a framework for reducing emissions from the vehicles.

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Bovis Lend Lease Teams with 1e to Cut Energy Use by 90,000 kWh

The construction and project management firm has installed 1e’s PC power management suite on 3,000 computers in Europe, allowing the firm to make quick progress on its corporate-wide energy efficiency goal.

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Three Simple Checkpoints on the Road to a Clean Energy Future

In the midst of a gold rush of clean technologies, some observers believe we’re still years from making a dent in the national carbon footprint. But these three shovel-ready technologies show a low-carbon future is already within sight.

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