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  Lean and Green Efficiency is key to survival for manufacturers By Eric Decker  , of BizTimes Published March 5, 2010 biztimes.com   The manufacturing industry has never had a glamorous public image, and to most people, it is not considered a...

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  The Evolution of Innovative Green Brands By Marc Stoiber Created 2010-03-11 05:00 As consumers, we define ourselves by the brands we keep. Like totem poles, they tell the story of who we are and where our allegiances lie.  It's disappointing to see those brands rest on...

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  How Cisco's Packaging Diet Saves $24 Million a Year By Claudia Girrbach Created 2010-03-10 03:12 My last post here, "How to Work with Your Vendors to Go on a Packaging Diet," was born of the frustration my colleagues and I felt from dealing with the wasteful and...

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  Greeting cards can be embellished with online attachments and crowdsourced designs, or sold through monthly subscriptions—but the fact remains that most are still just ... well, greeting cards. Not so the Postcarden, a pop-out card that transforms into a...

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  Four Steps to Prepare for the Low-Plastic Future By Ellie Moss Created 2010-03-03 10:36 www.greenbiz.com [Editor's Note: This article follows earlier coverage on how chemicals and the toxicity of products have become strategic issues for businesses. Posts...

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  Supermarkets pledge to cut packaging's carbon impact by a tenth Plastic spirit bottles and lightweight glass are on the shopping list as supermarkets commit to cutting packaging waste within three years James Murray, BusinessGreen, 04 Mar...

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  Supermarkets pledge to cut packaging's carbon impact by a tenth Plastic spirit bottles and lightweight glass are on the shopping list as supermarkets commit to cutting packaging waste within three years James Murray, BusinessGreen, 04 Mar...

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PayItGreen Member is Recognized  Corporate America Family Credit Union in Oak Brook has introduced the Pay It Green promotion to help reduce the costs and environmental impact of paper statements and other conventional banking services. The credit union is teaming with PayItGreen to...

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  Can greener gadgets save us from e-waste?   By David Biello www.scientificamerican.com One laptop per child seems a simple slogan, chock full of benefit. What could go wrong when you put the power of the Internet and solar cells into the hands of children in the...

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  Unwrapping Quiznos' Greener Packaging By Marc Gunther Created 2010-02-23 11:08 www.greenbiz.com People sometimes say we need to save the planet for our kids. I sometimes think our kids are going to save us. If you doubt it, ask Rick Schaden. Schaden is CEO...

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  How to Work with Your Vendors to Go on a Packaging Diet By Claudia Girrbach Created 2010-02-24 04:56 www.greenbiz.com Packaging -- especially wasteful packaging -- has become a bright spot on the radar for companies and individuals that are working on reducing their...

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    The Olympic Effect     Potential host cities spend millions attracting the Olympic Games. The hope for a return on their investment is largely economic. Construction contracts, increased tourism and associated business dynamism. Sometimes cities...

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  Doing the right thing for the environment Greening your business doesn’t have to cost a fortune; small steps add up Sacramento Business Journal - by Kelly Johnson Staff writer     When sisters Jennifer Neves and Heather Ramsey decided to open a salon and...

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  Tips on Going Paperless from J.P. Morgan A new report by J.P. Morgan, “Sustainable Treasury Management: It’s Easier Than You Think,” can be used as a guide by paper-intensive corporate treasury operations to move toward a sustainable future. Each component of treasury...

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  Packaging Companies Rethink the Box: The State of Green Business 2010 By Joel Makower Created 2010-02-15 03:09 www.greenbiz.com Editor's Note: To celebrate the launch of the third annual State of Green Business report, we will be highlighting over the next two weeks the 10...

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The State of Green Business www.huffingtonpost.com         Thank goodness for the "State of Green Business Forum," the annual roll-out of Greenbiz.com's State of Green Business Report. Unlike the plethora of studies and conferences on...

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  The State of Green Business 2010: Green Innovation Becomes a Great Idea By Joel Makower   www.greenbiz.com Created 2010-02-05 03:02 Editor's Note: To celebrate the launch of the third annual State of Green Business report, we will be highlighting over the next two weeks...

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  Deloitte: Best Practices for Going Green www.triplepundit.com  By Deborah Fleischer | February 1st, 2010  Comments   What do you think of when you hear Deloitte? You might think of a professional services firm or Big Four auditor. Today, the company...

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  What Does the FDA's BPA Decision Mean for Companies? By Richard Liroff Created 2010-01-25 03:05   www.greenbiz.com On January 15, 2010, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shifted its position on the safety of the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA), expressing for...

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Con Ed e-bill program seeks to build on early success   Chartwell's Best Practices Newsletter   Con Edison continues to increase customer participation in its electronic billing and payments program through a multi-channel marketing campaign, “Go Green with E-Bills.”...

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  How to Find the Greenest E-Waste Recycler By Matthew Wheeland Created 2010-01-20 00:51   www.greenbiz.com A recent seminar from the EPA offered a primer for small business and local governments on how to avoid the pitfalls of e-waste recycling, but the lessons offered...

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  Financing Our Cleantech Future By Joel Makower Created 2010-01-18 00:11   www.greenbiz.com My longtime friend and colleague Bill Green changed jobs recently. That's not normally newsworthy — friends and colleagues do that all the time. But if you're concerned...

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  Is Google poised to become a green utility? New Google Energy subsidiary files for permission to buy and sell wholesale electricity BusinessGreen.com Staff, BusinessGreen, 08 Jan 2010 www.businessgreen.com   Google's growing interest in the...

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  What You Should Know About Green, Eco-Friendly Promotional Items by Rob Hard, January 9, 2010 www.businesstraveldestinations.com From biodegradable and reusable shopping bags to apparel made with soy and bamboo or corporate gifts made from corn plastic, organizations...

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  want font. www.greenissexy.com A Dutch Design firm, SPRANQ, has just released their new “ecofont” which is designed to use less ink when printed – up to 20% less, they claim on their website. The font is designed much like Swiss cheese, therefore not filling in the...

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  2010 - The beginning of the end for green businesses James Murray predicts that the next 12 months will see green businesses accelerate their inevitable march into the mainstream BusinessGreen, 31 Dec 2009 www.businessgreen.com   For the...

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 Greener Pastures Ahead? Five Trends You’ll See in 2010 Posted By Environmental Leader On December 21, 2009 @ 1:33 am In Business-to-Consumer, Green Marketing, Guest Column, Strategy & Leadership | 2...

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  What Are You Excited Most About in 2010? www.greenbiz.com   By GreenBiz Staff Created 2009-12-24 17:38 Oakland, CA — "Thinking about your company’s green initiatives for 2010, what are you most excited about?" As the sun began to set on 2009, we...

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  An interview with Whole Foods CEO John Mackey   By Brian Gaar Updated: 12:39 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009 www.statesman.com   By its founder's own admission, the past fiscal year was a trying one for Whole Foods Market Inc. Chief executive John...

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  Sustainable Workplace Cultures Social, Environmental and Economic Sustainability in Organizations www.workplaceculture.com May 30, 2008 Andree Iffrig   How sustainable is your organization? How healthy is your workplace culture? Use five factors to rate your...

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  10 Best Practices for Building Green Teams By Deborah Fleischer Created 2009-12-07 13:13   www.greenbiz.com GreenBiz.com and Green Impact have partnered to release a new report, "Green Teams: Engaging Employees in...

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  A Dozen Tips for the Total Greening of Your Business By Carrie Langford Created 2009-12-03 12:32   www.greenbiz.com During the past several years, the word "green" has taken on new meaning and usage as it has quickly entered the business vernacular in its many...

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 Madison Gas & Electric, serving customers in Madison, Wisconsin, created an inexpensive 30 secondtelevision commercial showing local viewers how easy it is to pay their bills online. The commercial aired for two weeks at the end of September, 2009 during which time the...

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 Con Edison, a utility company servicing customers in New York, highlighted the positive impacts of going green with paperless e-bills. In September, Con Edison added e-bill messaging on the bill envelopes which generated a level of enrollments that broke the record set back in November, 2007...

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 Making an Impact with PayItGreen NACHA's PayItGreen program is an important industry initiative focused on educating consumers and businesses about the positive environmental impacts of choosing electronic payments, bills and statements over paper.  Millions of tons of paper are...

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  The Eight Biggest Myths about Sustainability in Business By Vijay Kanal Created 2009-11-23 04:45   www.greenbiz.com In our research, and in engagements with dozens of Fortune 1000 companies, we are sometimes surprised at the reluctance to pursue environmental...

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- SlashGear - http://www.slashgear.com - Dell goes green with new packaging for Mini 10 netbooks Posted By Shane McGlaun On November 18, 2009 @ 7:14 am In archive | No Comments Dell is trying to give itself a green makeover to not only help the...

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Nike, Stonyfield Farm, Unilever Top Latest Climate Counts Scorecard By GreenBiz Staff Created 2009-11-18 06:00 Manchester, NH — Nike has taken the top score for the annual Climate Counts scorecard for the second year in a row, but there are some companies...

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  Going Green in Marketing Communications Nov 13, 2009 1:42 PM, By Scott Richardson www.chiefmarketer.com   The future of business has a big streak of green....

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  Take Care Using the Word 'Sustainability' By Roberto Piccioni Created 2009-11-13 08:00   www.greenbiz.com Why do some people bluster when you talk about sustainability while others get excited?  Consider the question: "How’s your...

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  WHY YOUR COMPANY SHOULD USE ELECTRONIC BILLING By Mark Henricks   www.allbusiness.com     When one of Victor Bousso’s customers phones in an order for audio equipment to Sound Factory, Bousso goes online and logs on to his electronic billing...

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The Companies Mixing Up Greener Cement By Jonathan Bardelline Created 2009-11-12 07:00   www.greenbiz.com Oakland, CA — You don't have to look far to see just how much concrete humans use. Everything from highways to high-rise and bridges to runways around the world are...

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  Industry Leaders Launch New Companies and Products at Opportunity Green Conference, Generating Momentum and Potential for the Future The Opportunity Green Sustainable Business Conference, which brings together leading companies and visionaries in business, technology, and design to...

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  Consumer Brands Should Think Twice Before Making Green a Fundamental Part of Brand Messaging, Veteran Store Designer Says www.sys-con.com   NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 11/04/09 -- Retailers, foodservice chains and consumer product manufacturers should think long and hard before...

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  Corporate Citizenship Can Behavioral Economics Jump-Start Green Leadership? Avril David 11.03.09, 2:58 PM ET     If you've eaten in a hurry in New York City lately, then you're no stranger to the type of behavioral nudging that can be done by making you aware of...

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  The Big Picture on Eco-Engineering Our Environmental Impact By Dave Douglas Created 2009-11-03 05:15   www.greenbiz.com [Editor's Note: GreenBiz.com is pleased to present the first in a series of excerpts from Dave Douglas's new book, "Citizen Engineer: A Handbook...

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  Southwest rolls out ‘green plane’ to show commitment to environment By Richard N. Velotta (contact), In Business reporter Fri, Oct 30, 2009 (3 a.m.) www.lasvegassun.com DALLAS — Southwest Airlines hopes to enhance its reputation for being...

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  Using Sustainability Labels to Drive Performance By Melissa Schweisguth Created 2009-10-28 13:16   www.greenbiz.com It seems like a new sustainability certification or standard is announced weekly. As these increase, along with corresponding logos and taglines, so too...

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  MINI-FORESTS RISE FROM PAPERLESS BILLING AS CON EDISON SEEDS 5,000 TREES NEW YORK – Con Edison today joined legendary entertainer Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project (NYRP) and the New York City Parks Department to plant 5,000 trees at Alley Pond Park in Queens, Marine...

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  Is it Really That Easy Going Green? by Jeremy LaDuque, Elements Inc. www.renewableenergyworld.com We all know that person who fashionably expresses concern for the destruction of our environment – and then they drive off in their gas-guzzling SUV to their home that's lit up like a...

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  Do People Really Care About the Climate? By Joel Makower Created 2009-10-25 17:55   www.greenbiz.com Do people care about the climate? It's an open question these days, and opinion polls offer little help. Some show that climate ranks fairly low among public concerns,...

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  What Business Pros Can Learn from School Kids About Corporate Responsibility By Tom Savage Created 2009-10-21 21:41   www.greenbiz.com You don't necessarily need an expensive MBA or a degree in environmental sciences to learn about social and environmental...

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  The Yin and Yang of CSR Reporting By Jill Kolling Created 2009-10-22 01:59   www.greenbiz.com Crafting an effective corporate social responsibility (CSR) report is both an art and a science. A blend of facts and feelings. An amalgamation of quantitative and qualitative...

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  Is green business good business? You wouldn't think accounting would have an environmental angle     TERRENCE BELFORD   www.theglobeandmail.com Special to The Globe and MailPublished on Monday, Oct. 19, 2009 12:00AM EDTLast updated on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009 3:37AM...

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Six Key Lessons on Mapping Out a Business Case for Sustainability Initiatives By David Bent Created 2009-10-19 16:03   www.greenbiz.com "Finding the business case" is the holy grail of corporate sustainability professionals. For over a decade they've set out to...

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  Bridging the Apathy Gap - What Motivates Consumers? By Suzanne Shelton Created 2009-10-19 09:59   Published on GreenBiz.com (http://www.greenbiz.com) We have long preached that screaming "Save money!" at consumers isn’t enough to get them to...

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  Fiserv Drives Paperless Bills with New E-mail and Mobile Presentment www.paymentsnews.com Fiserv has announced that Biller Direct HV, a hosted solution that integrates electronic billing and payment (EBP) capabilities into company websites, has been enhanced with new delivery and...

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Eco-friendly relationships blossom at green-networking events Groups have sprung up around the country to provide a way for environmentally minded entrepreneurs to meet and drum up business. By Cyndia Zwahlen September 29, 2009 latimes.com SMALL BUSINESS Environmentally minded business...

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  E-bill and recurring online payment usage impact customer retention, profitability and on-time bill payments BROOKFIELD, Wis., Aug 13, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV),the leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced a new study...

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By James Murray, BusinessGreen LONDON, UK -- Several U.K. supermarkets are facing fresh calls to sever ties with meat suppliers in Brazil facing prosecution for their alleged involvement in illegal deforestation. Following the release earlier this month of a Greenpeace investigation linking a raft...

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