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So remember way back when, when Dell made a move off the grid by powering 100 percent of its 2.1 million square-foot global headquarters campus, home to more than 10,000 employees, with 100 percent green power? Well heres the follow up!

Judi Greenwald, Director of Innovative Solutions, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, is interviewed about a partnership between the Pew Center and Toyota to undertake a study and project to improve corporate energy energy efficiency nationwide. Such improvements are aimed at reducing corporate carbon emissions.

For all those days when you believe your green values aren’t aligned with your workplace but you can’t - or don’t want to - make the eco-entrepreneur step, here are some immediate action steps to try out at the office this Monday.

Remember: while many green teams start from humble beginnings, they can grow exponentially - pent up passion for green amongst employees can be powerful driving force.

It was a serious two hour talk on climate change realities. And, what did we eat for lunch: steak. A large chunk of medium rare cow meat in tepid gravy. Sauce and solemn speech aside, I found the plat du jour ironic. Here we were, serious business people (some even part of the “sustainability task force”), earnest as heck about doing our part to learn about the adapt prong of the two-pronged “mitigate and adapt” prong to tackle climate change.

Okay so there are lots of companies that are making strides to become eco-friendly. Very often it is a thin line between “greenwashing” and actual improvements but that is a different story all together. So I’m doing my usual perusing around the web today and I come across a story that almost knocks me off my feet, Nike is the most eco-friendly practicing business!

This story is about a Vancouver company called Clean Slate that is producing modern, organic blank tees (and hoodies etc). Their pricing INCLUDES all your silk screening and they even have graphic designers you can hire to help you design your shirts. They have doen corporate orders for Whole Foods, Capers, Yoga Marathon and many more. Looks like a great way to have organics for your shwag or employees.

Corporate America is cashing in on their customer's desire to do good by selling more products through corporate responsibility campaigns. Is this concept a movement that could transform American business, or are consumers seeing through it?

The market has fallen sharply, and Solar stocks have fallen even more following rumors that Congress will pass the Energy Bill without the Production Tax Credit or Investment Tax Credit. Given this volatility and Renewable Energy's reputation for profitless startups, now might seem like an excellent time for a risk adverse investor to abandon...

Printing just 800 posters with an eco-friendly printing company will produce the following energy and environmental savings: 0.33 trees preserved for the future, 30.90 lbs of greenhouse gases prevented and 237,000 BTUs of energy not consumed.

Corporate social responsibility is an ever growing task for companies, and with today’s “green” movement, this concept takes on a whole new dynamic.

It's estimated that 97 billion e-mails whisk through cyberspace every day. And according to GreenPrint Technologies, despite 20th century predictions of a paperless office, Americans use enough sheets every year to build a 10-foot-high wall that would stretch from New York to Tokyo and beyond.

If the Victoria (dirty) Secret fiasco is anything of a hint of what’s to come for corporations like Sears from the new breed of powerhouse non-profits and their vigilant, eco-savvy members, Sears’ management is going to incur a few expenses over the next couple of months, including:

Advil extra-strength costs for 8am boardroom headaches: $65.

Corporate responsibility/environment awareness is growing everyday, and companies are starting to see the positive impacts it can have on profit margins. So whats the quick and easy solution right now before you can get all of corporate on board? Well the answer is......One Percent for the Planet!

Andrew Vickerman, Head of Communication and External Relations for the mining company Rio Tinto, describes trends in communicating sustainable development and corporate responsibility at the International Visual Communications Association (IVCA) Clarion Awards 2007.

Interesting article on the role of corporations in reducing carbon emissions.