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Walmart’s Green Future
This week, Walmart (NYSE:WMT) released its 5th annual Global Responsibility Report. Titled “Beyond 50 Years: Building a Sustainable Future,” the report outlines the corporation’s goals to reduce its impact on the environment, improve efficiency in terms of its supply chain and address social issues. While the company’s goals are lofty (create zero waste, use 100% [...]
Walgreens Adds 13 More EV Charging Stations
Walgreens (NYSE:WAG) and Car Charging Group, Inc. are planning on expanding their EV charging station partnership. Both companies have agreed on installing 13 more EV charging stations at Walgreens locations in the Orlando and Tampa/St. Petersburg areas. In addition, the two companies have also stated they plan on rolling out more EV charging stations in [...]
Six Walmart Stores Go Solar in Colorado
Walmart recently expanded its solar commitment to Colorado by partnering with SolarCity to begin six new solar projects, which will reduce air pollution and help the state get closer to its renewable energy goals. Walmart marked its 100th solar installation in the United States and moved the company closer to its long-term goal of using [...]
Johnson Controls Grabs $5.4M Battery Deal
The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC) has announced it’s awarded a $5.48-million lithium-ion battery technology development contract to Johnson Controls Inc. (NYSE:JCI) The $5.4 million will be used to aid in the process of developing JCI’s lithium-ion battery technology for plug-in hybrids vehicles. The award is co-funded by the DOE and includes a [...]
Top 10 Ways Microsoft Keeps it Green
Microsoft Corporation, just known as Microsoft to the masses, is a multinational corporation headed up in the United States and is known for the development, manufacturing, support, and licensing of a broad range of services and products relating to the computer industry. Aside from its operating system and Microsoft Office supplies, it is known for [...]
How HP and Dell Keep it Green
HP and Dell are each taking different approaches to sustainability. One is emphasizing removing toxic compounds from manufacturing the other is focused on recycling through take back programs. HP is better than Dell at removing toxic compounds from their designs. They have reduced PVC and BFRs have completely phased out beryllium and other compounds. However, [...]
Siemens Jumps Into Electric Vehicle Market
In order to demonstrate the benefits of centralized ICT (Information and communication technology) architecture, the Corporate Technology Research department at Siemens and its partners are teaming up to build the next generation of electric cars. Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, project RACE (Robust and Reliant Automotive Computing Environment of Future [...]
GE Energy Doubled Solar Investments in Past Year to $1.4 Billion
GE Energy Financial Services has announced another renewable energy investment. While presenting at the Infocast Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit in San Diego, General Electric Company’s investing arm boasted it had doubled its commitment to solar power in the last year with its $1.4 billion investment in the sector. “We started last year with [...]
Top 10 Ways Starbucks Keeps it Green $SBUX
Starbucks Corporation is an international coffee company that has a base in Seattle, Washington but locations all around the globe. Currently, Starbucks Corporation is the largest coffeehouse company all around the world, with over 17,000 stores in more than fifty countries, including over 12,000 in the United States alone, and 1,200 in Canada. Starbucks Corporation [...]