Welcome back to Corporate Climate Response News. Every Thursday we deliver the latest news on what companies are doing in terms of climate change action. Compiled by Environmental Leader, this is the centre for corporate sustainability updates, covering topics like carbon footprint and life cycle analysis, green power and RECs, energy efficiency, offsetting, emissions trading, climate change policy updates, and more. We also keep you posted on upcoming Corporate Climate Response events.
Enterprise Offers Voluntary Carbon Offset Program To Customers Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car, owned by the Taylor family of St. Louis, have announced a voluntary customer carbon offset program - the largest of its kind in the industry, according to the company, and ...
Telling A Product’s Backstory Is Major PR Challenge How companies tell their backstories will be the critical business communication challenge of the next decade, Alex Steffen writes in a World Changing article.
Good companies are getting better at telling the backstories - everything that happened to get the object or service to a customer, everything that will happen ...
AIG To Buy 310,000 Carbon Credits American International Group plans to provide funding to support projects that reduce or sequester greenhouse gas emissions, through the purchase of CO2 emission offset credits, in the Xinjiang and Sichuan provinces of China.
The proposed projects will generate 310,000 metric tons of CO2 offset ...
P&G Sets Sales Target For Greener Products Procter & Gamble has announced five-year sustainability goals as part of its 2007 Global Sustainability Report (PDF).
P&G says that it plans to generate at least $20 billion in cumulative sales of products with reduced environmental impact over the next five years. Financial ...
Pace Launches Corporate Sustainability Commitment Dubbed Ecogration LGlobal energy and carbon management firm Pace has launched a new corporate sustainability commitment called ecogration. This is an extension of Pace's commitment to providing integrated solutions while addressing the impact of the carbon-constrained world on clients' business activities...
Agilent Installing Solar Power System Agilent Technologies is installing a 1-megawatt solar power system at its Santa Rosa Campus, Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal reports.
Sunpower will install its SunPower Tracker, which follows the sun's movement throughout the day. The system is expected to generate ...
California Air Board Approves Measures To Reduce Emissions The California Air Resources Board has approved six measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Sacramento Bee. The proposals are on track to become law by Jan. 1, 2010, though all are still subject to revision.
The newly approved measures include:
Smartway ...
Kettle Foods Powers Potato Chip Facility With Wind Turbines Potato chip and snack food-maker Kettle Foods has installed 18 wind turbines on the roof of its new Beloit, Wisconsin manufacturing facility, MediaPost reports.
The "architectural wind system" from AeroVironment played a key role in Kettle Foods’ recent receipt of the ...
Kimberly-Clark Pumps Landfill Methane To Manufacturing Facility Kimberly-Clark will use methane gas from a landfill to generate steam for a Jackson, South Carolina manufacturing facility, AP reports.
The methane gas will be released by waste decomposition at the Three Rivers Solid Waste Authority landfill. Siemens Building Technologies is designing and ...
BP Criminal Fines & Safety Upgrades For Air Violations Approach $500 Million BP Products North America has agreed to pay a total criminal fine of more than $60 million for violations of federal environmental regulations in Texas and Alaska. In addition to the penalty, the company will spend approximately $400 million on safety upgrades and improvements ...
Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car, owned by the Taylor family of St. Louis, have announced a voluntary customer carbon offset program - the largest of its kind in the industry, according to the company, and ... 
American International Group plans to provide funding to support projects that reduce or sequester greenhouse gas emissions, through the purchase of CO2 emission offset credits, in the Xinjiang and Sichuan provinces of China.
The proposed projects will generate 310,000 metric tons of CO2 offset ... 
Procter & Gamble has announced five-year sustainability goals as part of its 2007 Global Sustainability Report (PDF).
P&G says that it plans to generate at least $20 billion in cumulative sales of products with reduced environmental impact over the next five years. Financial ... 
LGlobal energy and carbon management firm Pace has launched a new corporate sustainability commitment called ecogration. This is an extension of Pace's commitment to providing integrated solutions while addressing the impact of the carbon-constrained world on clients' business activities...
Agilent Technologies is installing a 1-megawatt solar power system at its Santa Rosa Campus, Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal reports.
Sunpower will install its SunPower Tracker, which follows the sun's movement throughout the day. The system is expected to generate ... 
The California Air Resources Board has approved six measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Sacramento Bee. The proposals are on track to become law by Jan. 1, 2010, though all are still subject to revision.
The newly approved measures include:
Smartway ... 
Potato chip and snack food-maker Kettle Foods has installed 18 wind turbines on the roof of its new Beloit, Wisconsin manufacturing facility, MediaPost reports.
The "architectural wind system" from AeroVironment played a key role in Kettle Foods’ recent receipt of the ... 
Kimberly-Clark will use methane gas from a landfill to generate steam for a Jackson, South Carolina manufacturing facility, AP reports.
The methane gas will be released by waste decomposition at the Three Rivers Solid Waste Authority landfill. Siemens Building Technologies is designing and ... 
BP Products North America has agreed to pay a total criminal fine of more than $60 million for violations of federal environmental regulations in Texas and Alaska. In addition to the penalty, the company will spend approximately $400 million on safety upgrades and improvements ...