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Unilever, Toyota, HSBC Have Best Ethical Reputation

Posted by Environmental Leader on 25/04/2008

Geneva-based Covalence has published its third annual ethical reputation ranking, giving the best ranked companies as well as those companies which have made the most progress in the 1st Quarter of 2008.The main results across sectors are:> Unilever, Toyota and HSBC consolidate their leadership w ...

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Architect Norman Foster On Green Design

Posted by Environmental Leader on 25/04/2008

Architect Norman Foster discusses his own work to show how computers can help architects design buildings that are green, beautiful and “basically pollution-free.” He shares projects from throughout his career, from the pioneering roof-gardened Willis Building (1975) to the London Ghe ...

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Price Sensitivity of Environmentally-Friendly Products

Posted by Environmental Leader on 24/04/2008

According to Natural Marketing Institutes 2007 LOHAS Consumer Trends Database, price is still a very important factor for determining purchase propensity. As shown in the figure above, nearly 60 percent of U.S. consumers admit that while they care for the environment, they purchase items based on ...

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Vertigro Turns Algae Into Biofuel

Posted by Environmental Leader on 24/04/2008

CNN has an interesting video on Vertigro. Glen kertz grows algae in bags suspended in a greenhouse. Oil is extracted and turned into biofuel. The yield, according to Kertz, is 100,000 gallons of algae fuel per acre per year. Corn, Kertz says, yields 20 to 30 gallons.

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As Goes Wal-Mart…Retailer Says Green Product Adoption Up In 2007

Posted by Environmental Leader on 23/04/2008

Wal-Mart has announced an adoption rate increase of 66 percent from last year in its sustainability Live Better Index, which has been tracking consumers’ decisions to purchase five key eco-friendly products since April 2007.The index follows the adoption rates - sales compared to other prod ...

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