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The Green Purchasing Network, a Japanese environmental network, announced the winners of the 7th Green Purchasing Award, which recognizes outstanding effort in promoting green purchasing.
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The Forest Products Association of Canada says that its member companies are seeking Environmental Choice Program or 'EcoLogo' certification for their biomass cogeneration sites.
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The system enables Office Depot to ensure that paper used in its printed marketing materials is 'environmentally preferable' and establishes a new level of transparency in the process of paper procurement.
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The Sony Music Studio in Tokyo is indirectly using 300,000 kWh per year of green power generated by the Choshi-Byobugaura Wind Power Station in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, to meet a part of its power requirements.
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Alcan Inc. and the International Business Leaders Forum have awarded the first-ever Alcan Prize for Sustainability to the Forest Stewardship Council. The FSC will receive a $1 million cash prize.
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Pepsi Cola of Klamath Falls has installed the Northwest's largest solar electric system, 172 kilowatts at three locations -- a system that will generate all the energy the facilities will use over the course of a year.
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More than 200 Food Lion stores in eight states have earned the Energy Star designation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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The analysis reviewed 200 technologies and practices in order to select those that promise to save at least 0.25% of national electricity use; avoid 'lost opportunities' in new construction, rehab, or equipment replacement; or capture important regional opportunities.
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The company has substantially increased the recycled content of its standard behind-the-counter stock, the company's highest consumption area.
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The company has announced that its Ceiling Recycling Program has now diverted more than 20 million square feet of old acoustical ceiling tiles from landfills to recycling applications.
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Office Depot is offering customers who return eligible used ink and toner cartridges to any of its U.S. stores the choice of a free ream of 35% post-consumer recycled content paper or $2.50 on their next purchase of any ink, toner, or fax product.
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ACC announced a total of 19 awards to these companies for their company-wide or plant-specific progress.
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With the health care sector in the midst of a major construction boom, a new tool has arrived to aid hospitals in their efforts to build facilities that are healthy for people and the environment.
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Kraft Foods Inc. said it plans to more than double its purchase of ethical coffee to 6,000 tonnes in 2005 as the maker of the Kenco and Maxwell House coffee ranges mulls the launch of a mainstream ethical brand.
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The newly adopted policy requires consideration of environmental factors such as energy efficiency, resource conservation, waste minimization, recycled content, and toxicity when selecting vendors and products for its operations.
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Two Boston-area hotels today were awarded Energy Star labels for superior energy efficiency.
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USGBC is pleased to introduce the brand new LEED Green Building Rating System for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI).
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R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company has received Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) 'Multi-site Chain-of-Custody' certification for all of of its U.S. magazine, catalog, retail insert and directory printing plants.
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GreenerPrinter.com, a new environmentally friendly printing service, offers businesses the first online, certified “green” printer to ship products in a “climate-neutral” way -- having a zero net-impact on the earth’s climate.
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Starbucks Coffee Co. has received approval from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to use recycled content in food packaging, specifically Starbucks hot beverage cups. Following successful testing, Starbucks expects to convert its hot beverage cups to 10% recycled material, an industry first.
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The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has granted Starbucks supply chain member, Mississippi River Corporation, the first-ever approval to use recycled content in food packaging, specifically Starbucks hot beverage cups.
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Cisco Systems, Microsoft and Intel have endorsed the Electronics Industry Code of Conduct (EICC) established by Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and IBM last month.
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If enacted by federal regulators and Congress the new standards will avoid the need for 25 new power plants, advocates say.
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The third-annual award, announced at the U.S. Green Building Council's Greenbuild conference in Portland, Ore., recognizes the most exciting products added to the GreenSpec Directory during the past year (though some products may have been on the market longer).
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Convincing senior executives to buy into resource-efficient energy projects takes more than numbers. Context and relevance are critical. By Loren Snyder
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