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The 21st Century Supply Chain Executive: Global and Green

This report from international talent firm Korn Ferry outlines what skills will be needed to make a company's supply chain as efficient and sustainable as possible in the coming years. Read More

Coca-Cola Taps WWF to Cut Water Use and Emissions

Days after releasing environmental performance data in its latest Sustainability Report, Coca-Cola unveiled new targets for reducing water use and greenhouse gas emissions as part of an extended partnership with WWF. Read More

Should You Power Down Your Servers to Save Electricity?

For years, there's been a great debate among consumers whether turning off their PCs at night is a good way to save electricity, or whether it reduces the lives of their computers. Now, with power-savings one of the core missions of Green IT, professionals are debating whether they should power down servers at night as well. Read More

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Guidelines for Carbon Dioxide Capture, Transport, and Storage

These Guidelines are intended to guide full-scale demonstration of and build public confidence in CCS technologies by informing how projects should be conducted. Read More

UPS to Be First to Roll Out Hydraulic Hybrid Delivery Trucks

After 18 months of prototype testing, shipping giant UPS has ordered seven hydraulic hybrid vehicles in the first commercial purchase of the technology that combines a high-efficiency diesel engine with a hydraulic propulsion system. Read More

Understanding the Green SPECpower Benchmark

In the middle of this year, the Standard Performance Evaluation Council (SPEC) released the final version of the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark --- a new suite of tests that details power and performance in a single number. Andrew Binstock tells you everything you need to know about this important green specification. Read More

Telecommuting and the Green Office of the Future

The greenest office may be no office at all since facilities represent a huge expense and large source of greenhouse gas emissions as employers heat and cool rarely-used conference rooms and illuminate empty cubicles. Allowing employees to telecommute from home at least part of the week could cut costs significantly. Read More

Wal-Mart Ramps Up Standards for Suppliers in China, Around the Globe

Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott with the company's head of international operations and the firm's business chief in China delivered a stern message to suppliers of the world's biggest retailer: Go green the Wal-Mart way or Wal-Mart will take its business elsewhere. Read More

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Bright Green Buildings: Convergence of Green and Intelligent Buildings

In this wide-ranging 218-page report, the Continental Automated Buildings Association examines bright green buildings, the term CABA has coined for the intersection of smart buildings equipped with sophisticated controls systems and high-performance environmentally efficient structures. Read More

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Cool Trends: 10 things cities are doing now to reduce greenhouse gases

The International Society of Sustainability Professionals set out to answer the following question: What strategies can communities and municipalities in the developed world implement now to reduce greenhouse gases that can be easily retrofitted into an existing community and offer multiple benefits? Read More