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It's a fact -- Green is Good for business. Whether employing the cost efficient strategies of waste reduction, leveraging the feel good value of environmentally responsible practices, or taking advantage of rapidly growing markets in green building, clean tech & transportation, biofuels, organic health, recycling, sustainable fashion, carbon offsets, industrial ecology, bio-mimicry, green procurement, green marketing, or green banking ... Green Business Strategies are boosting image, enthusiasm, and bottom line.

By demonstration, here are select headlines from the last few weeks of green business reporting:


Morgan Stanley launches carbon bank
http://www.climatebiz.com/sections/news_detail.cfm?NewsID=35728

$100k for Sustainability inventions
http://www.climatebiz.com/sections/news_detail.cfm?NewsID=35812

Wells Fargo invests solar, loaning green
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=35806

Weather Channel going green
http://www.climatebiz.com/sections/news_detail.cfm?NewsID=35801

Icarus helps companies green air travel
http://www.climatebiz.com/sections/news_detail.cfm?NewsID=35809

Pepperidge Farm to install hydrogen fuel cells
http://www.climatebiz.com/sections/news_detail.cfm?NewsID=35765

Kroger Supermarkets to sell E85
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=35832

Dole making supply chains carbon neutral
http://www.climatebiz.com/sections/news_detail.cfm?NewsID=35721

Businesses embracing green procurement
http://www.climatebiz.com/sections/news_detail.cfm?NewsID=35700

PepsiCo switches to green power
http://www.climatebiz.com/sections/news_detail.cfm?NewsID=35649

Data centers "cooling" energy consumption
http://www.greenercomputing.com/columns_third.cfm?NewsID=35825

Dell launches energy efficient desktop
http://www.greenercomputing.com/news_third.cfm?NewsID=35821

CitiGroup spends $232M on green data center
http://www.greenercomputing.com/news_third.cfm?NewsID=35814

Intel tool highlights energy wasting apps
http://www.greenercomputing.com/news_third.cfm?NewsID=35799

Corporate responsibility = corporate profitability,
via World Inc book, by Bruce Piasecki
http://www.worldincbook.com/

Sony develops bio-battery
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=35803

Sony launches recycling program
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=35754

Sony cuts power consumption in 90% of products
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=35718

Smart grids growing
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=35802

Ford to convert paint fumes to electricity
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=35835

GM Manufacturing plant achieves zero waste landfill
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=35833

GM & plug in hybrids
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=35795

Chevron saving $20M in Colorado via energy efficiency projects
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=35784

Chevron expanding geothermal business
http://www.greenpowermagazine.com/newsletters/2007/gp_newsletter_8-07.htm#in

Ormat expanding geothermal business
http://www.greenpowermagazine.com/newsletters/2007/gp_newsletter_8-07.htm#in

REI launches eco-sensitive line
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=35764

Origins offsets 100% of energy usage
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/08/20/origins-offsets-100-of-electricity/

Office Depot lowers carbon emissions 10%
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=35818

Best Buy to build only eco-friendly stores
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/08/17/best-buy-to-build-only-eco-friendly-stores/

Thin-flim photo voltaic market growing fast
http://www.greenpowermagazine.com/newsletters/2007/gp_newsletter_8-07.htm#in

Organic solar cell breaks world record
http://www.greenpowermagazine.com/newsletters/2007/gp_newsletter_8-07.htm#in

AOL co-founder to build sustainable luxury resorts
http://www.greenerbuildings.com/news_detail.cfm?NewsID=35112

Milliken launches energy conservation
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=35807

Fraser Paper utilizes heat exchanger to cut electricity
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=35813

New York unveils LEED affordable housing development
http://www.greenerbuildings.com/news_detail.cfm?NewsID=35733

Green building not so pricey - study says
http://www.greenerbuildings.com/news_detail.cfm?NewsID=35782

Walmart, HP & CocaCola improve ethical reputations
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=35484

GoodCommonSense to sell effective fuel saver product
http://www.goodcommonsense.net/smartfuel.html

And many, many more!


The Good News
The world's leading corporations are taking notice -- and are acting fast to employ the financial opportunities that are green business. Multi-level benefits, including: cutting operations costs, earning new profits, increasing customer loyalty, enhancing positive brand associations ... and so much more -- are proving to be cutting edge tools for increasing bottom line results.

For more on what's happening in corporate greening, skim the links on past newsletters ...



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