Latest Carbon footprint Stories

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM), the leader in powering video, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, today unveiled a new sustainability initiative dedicated to helping customers run more carbon-efficient Web infrastructure and improve their energy consumption. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100225/AKAMAILOGO ) Akamai's sustainability initiative includes a focus on enhancing the carbon...

CHICAGO, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- GrubHub.com (http://www.grubhub.com/), a fast-growing online service that shows people all the local restaurants that deliver and allows them to order directly online or by phone, has found a unique approach to reduce its carbon footprint. Through its carbon credit program, GrubHub.com buys credits that offset the environmental impact of the greenhouse gas emissions from all the vehicles delivering food ordered on its website. To determine how many carbon...

Study finds new evidence of pre-colonial land use patternsA new study led by Ohio University scientists suggests that early Native Americans left a bigger carbon footprint than previously thought, providing more evidence that humans impacted global climate long before the modern industrial era.Chemical analysis of a stalagmite found in the mountainous Buckeye Creek basin of West Virginia suggests that native people contributed a significant level of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere through...

ATLANTA and WASHINGTON, April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TRX, Inc. (www.trx.com) (OTHER OTC: TRXI.PK), a world-leading provider of travel technology, process automation, consulting and data services; and OAG, the global leader in aviation intelligence, providing products and services to the global aviation community, today announced a worldwide reseller agreement to provide access to the leading carbon emissions calculator, the TRX Airline Carbon Emissions Calculator. Under the terms of...

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The British Consulate-General - San Francisco's (BCGSF) leadership is dedicated to exploring ways to improve its sustainability performance. The strategic sustainability vision of the BCGSF is set to lead the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) by example utilizing industry best practices to become the first "carbon neutral" British Consulate by June 2011. With the help of Verdafero Inc. (http://www.verdafero.com/), the San Francisco...

CHICAGO, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- As an industry first, Dyson's patented Airblade(TM) hand dryer is the first hand dryer to earn the Carbon Reduction Label from the Carbon Trust. Furthermore, Dyson research found that the manufacture of the new polycarbonate-ABS Dyson Airblade(TM) produces 50% less CO2( )emissions than the aluminum equivalent launched in 2007. The Carbon Reduction Label recognizes manufacturers' commitment to the further reduction of their product's carbon footprint - the...

PURCHASE, N.Y., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- One year after PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) and the Carbon Trust launched an innovative partnership that began with certifying the carbon footprint of Tropicana Pure Premium® orange juice, Tropicana is announcing a groundbreaking pilot program that could drastically reduce its lifecycle carbon footprint and have a dramatic impact on the broader agricultural landscape for orange growers and producers of other agricultural products. To view the multimedia...

Such burns release less carbon dioxide than wildfires, scientists findThe use of prescribed burns to manage western forests may help the United States reduce its carbon footprint.Results of a new study find that such burns, often used by forest managers to reduce underbrush and protect bigger trees, release substantially less carbon dioxide emissions than wildfires of the same size."It appears that prescribed burns can be an important piece of a climate change strategy," says...

POOLE, England, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The sustainability movement is upon us, with new government initiatives and campaigns such as '10:10'* popping up every week many of us are making a conscious effort to be more environmentally friendly and help meet the new government recycle targets. According to a recent study by the BBC, businesses produce over 40% of carbon emissions in the UK! And given that for most of us workers, we will spend the majority of time in the workplace rather than...

VANCOUVER, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - One of the largest fruit and vegetable wholesalers in the United States will be installing energy-saving technology from Smartcool Systems Inc. and managed by EcoCurrents LLC, in all of its distribution and ripening warehouses after achieving an energy savings of over 20% in its headquarter facility. Jimmy Alvarez, president of Olympic Fruit & Vegetable labeling the results as 'impressive', has committed to installing the "ESM" at its other...