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By Scaling Back Catalogs, JC Penney to Save 30% on Paper

Posted by Environmental Leader on 19/11/2009

J.C. Penney will cease publishing its twice-annual Big Book catalogs, instead focusing on its Christmas catalog and other niche catalogs. The move will save the retailer 25-30 percent in paper use, according to published reports.The company is not acting solely to save paper. Rather, consumers sh ...

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Best-in-Class Manufacturers Cut Energy Use by 24%, Study Shows

Posted by Environmental Leader on 12/11/2009

Best-in-class manufacturers typically reduce their energy consumption by 24 percent compared to laggard companies that increase their energy use by 6 percent, according to new benchmarking research from Aberdeen Group.Other findings reveal that best-in-class companies also reduce their emissions ...

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Sustainable Property Management: Reducing Carbon And Cost

Posted by Environmental Leader on 12/11/2009

Many organizations are facing increasing cost challenges and pressure to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. One area of opportunity they’re beginning to recognize for both cost and CO2 emission reductions is their real estate portfolios.Buildings, particularly older structures, are a ma ...

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Sustainable Sites Initiative Rates Landscaping Sustainability

Posted by Environmental Leader on 09/11/2009

Corporate campuses and other commercial sites can turn to a new rating system to help design more sustainable and environmentally friendly landscapes.The Sustainable Sites Initiative has released a system for rating landscapes as they are created. While the system is likely to see more use in the ...

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Companies display green products and technologies at UCLA conference

Posted by AditiJ on 09/11/2009

Opportunity Green, a L.A.-based company, collaborated with UCLA's Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies to host the third annual sustainable business conference to give start-ups and Fortune 500 companies the opportunity to display the latest...

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