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Stewards Jolly
Mega-corporations sign U.N.-sponsored climate compact |
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06 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Stewards Jolly Mega-corporations sign U.N.-sponsored climate compact More than 150 companies, including Ikea, Unilever, and Coca-Cola, have signed a U.N.-sponsored climate declaration that commits them to setting and reporting on emissions-reduction goals, while asking governments to enact a post-Kyoto, market-based plan. OK, it's a voluntary pact with a touchy-feely name -- "Caring f ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, greening biz operations, news, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Turned Offset
Leading banks suggest regulation of carbon-offset market |
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29 Jun 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Turned Offset Leading banks suggest regulation of carbon-offset market Not long ago, the phrase "carbon offset" was a kind of magic. Investing in far-off green projects, the thinking went, made up for emissions at the source. Poof! But complications arose, and now a group of more than 10 major banks wants to move toward regulating the market -- at least the voluntary offsets that aren't government-regulat ... |
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| Topics: business, carbon trading, climate, news (all these topics) |
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Prospects May Have Shifted During Flight
Booming airline industry gives nod to climate change |
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18 Jun 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Prospects May Have Shifted During Flight Booming airline industry gives nod to climate change The world's biggest air show opens in France today, and the commercial airline industry is all hepped up on salted peanuts: after two years in the red, it's expected to reap $5 billion in profits this year. Both Boeing and Airbus announced billions of dollars of aircraft orders today, and the industry -- which spews ab ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, greenish companies, news (all these topics) |
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Check Baby Check Baby One Two ... 300
Wachovia, fourth-largest U.S. bank, plans to build 300 green branches |
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01 Jun 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Check Baby Check Baby One Two ... 300 Wachovia, fourth-largest U.S. bank, plans to build 300 green branches The fourth-largest bank in the U.S. will build only green branches by the end of 2008, aiming for 300 eco-friendly offices by 2010. Wachovia, based in Charlotte, N.C., is expanding into California and will begin its green experiment there. It is also seeking LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Cou ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, green building, news (all these topics) |
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Can Hemp Dashboards Be Far Behind?
Union leader, Ford call for green progress in Detroit |
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01 Jun 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Can Hemp Dashboards Be Far Behind? Union leader, Ford call for green progress in Detroit Could Big Auto be shifting gears? Speaking at a business conference on Michigan's (car-free) Mackinac Island yesterday, Ford Motor Company Chair Bill Ford Jr. and United Automobile Workers President Ron Gettelfinger both addressed the need for Detroit to get with the green program. "Unfortunately, there is an impression among th ... |
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| Topics: Big Auto, business, climate, news (all these topics) |
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Money Makes the World Not Drown
British retailers launch climate campaign, UBS unveils global-warming index |
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25 Apr 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Money Makes the World Not Drown British retailers launch climate campaign, UBS unveils global-warming index Eight companies in Britain have launched a campaign called "We're in This Together," offering products and price cuts to help customers lessen their eco-impacts. Leading retailers Tesco and B&Q, for example, halved the costs of light bulbs and insulation, and a cell-phone company will pay a ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, England, news, shopping (all these topics) |
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Paying It Forward
U.S. investors worth $4 trillion beg feds for climate action |
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20 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Paying It Forward U.S. investors worth $4 trillion beg feds for climate action For a long time now, the Bush administration has said it can't possibly take action on climate change because it will harm the economy. Now the economy is all like, "Hurt me, baby, please." Yet another business-oriented coalition -- this one including investors who manage a combined $4 trillion -- is ... |
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| Topics: business, carbon trading, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, news (all these topics) |
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Plights of the Roundtable
International business group joins chorus begging for emissions regulations |
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22 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Plights of the Roundtable International business group joins chorus begging for emissions regulations Yet another group of businesses has come out in support of international greenhouse-gas regulation. The Global Roundtable on Climate Change, which includes nearly 100 large companies, issued a statement Tuesday espousing an increasingly common belief: "If we delay too long in beginning the changeover to increasingly de-carboni ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, news (all these topics) |
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Bed Bath & Behind
Ceres publishes list of top 10 industry laggards on climate change |
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14 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Bed Bath & Behind Ceres publishes list of top 10 industry laggards on climate change Which companies will be caught with their pants down when greenhouse-gas regulations hit? Environmental investment group Ceres has released a list of 10 U.S. corporations that shareholders say have failed to adequately plan for the climate-changed future. The list includes Wells Fargo, urged to reduce emissions from financial clients, and big-b ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, news (all these topics) |
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Now Who's a Moonbeam?
On heels of climate report, governments and businesses get real |
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05 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Now Who's a Moonbeam? On heels of climate report, governments and businesses get real Heeding a call from French President Jacques Chirac, 46 nations are backing a plan to create a powerful new U.N. Environment Organization that could police climate offenders. Egregious emitters Russia, China, India, and the U.S. didn't leap up and down volunteering to j ... |
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| Topics: business, California, climate, environmental justice, France, news, politics, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics) |
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Upward Mobility
ExxonMobil says it's taking climate change seriously -- seriously |
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29 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Upward Mobility ExxonMobil says it's taking climate change seriously -- seriously Guess who said this about climate change: "We know enough now -- or, society knows enough now -- that the risk is serious and action should be taken." No, not some dirty hippie, but an executive from oil behemoth ExxonMobil. (Ow, our jaw!) Greenhouse-gas reduction has become a theme of Exxon's advertising, and the company is p ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, energy, news, oil (all these topics) |
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We're All Alright
Blair, McCain lead pep rally at World Economic Forum |
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29 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| We're All Alright Blair, McCain lead pep rally at World Economic Forum Let's start the week with a bit of rhetorical optimism. In a high-profile speech this weekend at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland -- a gathering of leading politicians and businessfolk from around ye olde globe -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair offered a hopeful outlook for climate action. "I believe we are potentially on the verge of a bre ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, news (all these topics) |
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Davos and Goliath
This year, World Economic Forum can't avoid climate change |
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24 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Davos and Goliath This year, World Economic Forum can't avoid climate change Every year, some 2,000 business and political leaders descend on snowy Davos, Switzerland, for an unrivaled meeting of minds and money. As the five-day World Economic Forum kicks off today, attendees will tackle an issue of great concern: how to get Bono's autograph. Also, some of them will address climate change. In a survey, twice as many participants as ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, news (all these topics) |
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They Grow Up So Fast
Corporations join green groups to push for U.S. climate action |
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19 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| They Grow Up So Fast Corporations join green groups to push for U.S. climate action Quivering under the bed was an option, but 10 major corporations have bravely formed a coalition with four U.S. green groups instead, calling for a national limit on carbon emissions. Their aim is a 10 to 30 percent cut over the next 15 years, using a cap-and-trade system that would allow over-emitters to buy credits from those who fall under the ca ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, news (all these topics) |
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Dude, You're Gettin' a Conscience
PC honcho Michael Dell announces new green initiatives |
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10 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Dude, You're Gettin' a Conscience PC honcho Michael Dell announces new green initiatives Amidst the energy-sucking glitz of Las Vegas, PC magnate Michael Dell announced that his eponymous company is greening up, and encouraged others to follow suit. Dell addressed two green-itiatives at an International Consumer Electronics Show speech yesterday. The first, a new partnership with carbon-offset provider Ca ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, green living, news, recycling (all these topics) |
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A Royal Al-ly
Gore lends heft to sustainable-business campaign launched by Prince Charles |
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05 Dec 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| A Royal Al-ly Gore lends heft to sustainable-business campaign launched by Prince Charles We were so excited when we saw that Prince was recruiting Al Gore for a green campaign. We loved thinking about the velveteen rocker and the ex-veep partying like it was 1999 again. But alas, it was gently pointed out to us that it's Prince Charles who's brought Gore on board, convincing him to join a project called Accounting ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, news, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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No More McDonald's For Them
French prime minister proposes an import tax on Kyoto-averse countries |
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14 Nov 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| No More McDonald's For Them French prime minister proposes an import tax on Kyoto-averse countries We'd like to preface this story on French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin with an amuse bouche: his name always makes us think of that Singing Nun tune from the '60s, which led us to a lyrics site today, which featured the offer, "Send the Singing Nun ringtones to your cell phone." What a world we live in. OK, ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, France, news (all these topics) |
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Morgan Bang for the Buck
Morgan Stanley will invest $3 billion in carbon trading and offset projects |
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27 Oct 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Morgan Bang for the Buck Morgan Stanley will invest $3 billion in carbon trading and offset projects Investment giant Morgan Stanley announced today that it will invest $3 billion in carbon trading and offset projects over the next five years. Expecting a rush to purchase offsets as the Kyoto Protocol's 2012 deadline approaches, the bank is playing the middleperson -- buying offsets from emissions-cutting projects now, with the pla ... |
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We Put the 'Pro' in 'Procrastinate'
Twiddling our thumbs on climate change could cost $20 trillion a year by 2100 |
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16 Oct 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| We Put the "Pro" in "Procrastinate" Twiddling our thumbs on climate change could cost $20 trillion a year by 2100 Failure to fight global warming could cost $20 trillion a year by the end of the century, says a new study from Tufts University -- and that doesn't include costs of biodiversity loss or unpredictable events like the shutdown of the Gulf Stream. That enormous figure -- representing the cost of doing ... |
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Biz Bang
Big business increasingly acting to fight climate change |
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19 Sep 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Biz Bang Big business increasingly acting to fight climate change More and more big companies are waking up and smelling the climate change, recognizing that it could have a notable impact on their bottom lines, according to the fourth annual survey by the Carbon Disclosure Project. The CDP, backed by large institutional investors, got responses from 360 of the Financial Times 500 major companies; 87 percent said climate change rep ... |
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Covering Their Assets
Insurers must address climate change or face trouble, big U.K. firm warns |
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06 Jun 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Covering Their Assets Insurers must address climate change or face trouble, big U.K. firm warns Lloyd's of London, the world's oldest insurance market, yesterday warned U.K. insurers that they are in danger of being "swept away" by future global warming-related financial claims. In a report punchily titled "Climate Change, Adapt or Bust," Lloyd's encouraged insurers to adjust coverage-c ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, London, news, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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They Should Volunteer to Be Penalized for That
Bush's voluntary emissions-reduction programs not amounting to much |
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26 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| They Should Volunteer to Be Penalized for That Bush's voluntary emissions-reduction programs not amounting to much Are you sitting down? We've got some earth-shattering news: the Bush administration's voluntary programs to reduce industrial greenhouse-gas emissions aren't working. A report issued yesterday by the Government Accountability Office stated that many industry participants in the U.S. EPA' ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, Department of Energy, news, US EPA (all these topics) |
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A Spat on the Back
California governator at odds with biz lobby over plan to cut CO2 |
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07 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| A Spat on the Back California governator at odds with biz lobby over plan to cut CO2 Arnold Schwarzenegger's til-now cozy relationship with the California Chamber of Commerce has hit turbulence over the Republican governator's ambitious proposal to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The chamber has denounced a preliminary report from the California EPA's climate action team, which predi ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, business, California, climate, news, politics (all these topics) |
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A Greening Tide Lifts All Boats
Reports say cutting greenhouse gases will enhance California's economy |
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23 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| A Greening Tide Lifts All Boats Reports say cutting greenhouse gases will enhance California's economy Curbing greenhouse-gas emissions will massively boost California's economy, according to two independent analyses of the state's ambitious plans for fighting global warming. The Center for Clean Air Policy, a D.C.-based environmental think tank, found that California could meet its proposed 2010 emissions goals -- man ... |
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| Topics: business, California, climate, news (all these topics) |
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Giving Us the Business
World's biggest firms give lip service to cutting CO2 but lag on results |
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15 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Giving Us the Business World's biggest firms give lip service to cutting CO2 but lag on results More than 70 percent of the world's 500 largest companies by market capitalization volunteered information on how climate change is affecting their businesses for a survey this year, but the info they released is not exactly heartening. According to a new report by the Carbon Disclosure Project, a London-based initi ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, news, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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