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Leading Edge Design Group (LEDG), a leading national provider of energy optimization services, announced today that it will offset its carbon emissions with the Carbonfund.org Foundation, one of the country's leading carbon offset organizations. In addition to their existing effort to reduce emissions by advancing corporate recycling initiatives, improving office-wide sustainable products and systems procurement, and establishing team car-pooling mandates for customer visits to reduce...

CarbonFree certification from NSF International and Carbonfund.org Foundation demonstrate product is carbon-neutral Sprint, LG Bring Users Carbon Neutral Cell Phone in Time for the Holidays BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Carbonfund.org Foundation applauded the announcement by LG Electronics USA and Sprint that the LG Mach smartphone with environmentally friendlier features will be available Nov. 11. LG Mach, available from Sprint for $99 with a...

Office supplies products distributor GoECOlife(TM) has renewed its commitment to carbon neutral products for a third year in a row. GoECOLife(TM) - Live Responsibly. RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, Calif. and BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Carbonfund.org Foundation and NSF International are proud to announce that GoECOlife(TM) has certified over 35 products as carbon neutral though the CarbonFree® Product Certification Program. GoECOlife is "committed to delivering...

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK) today announced that the company has been awarded the For People and Planet recognition in the retail category. The Carbonfund.org Foundation presented the award. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120110/LA33954LOGO) Overstock.com was chosen for this award because of its carbon-neutral shipping partnership with Carbonfund.org for its Worldstock Fair Trade initiative. Every purchase made...

Carbonfund.org announces new awards program to top partners of 2011 BETHESDA, Md., Feb, 6. 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Carbonfund.org Foundation is proud to announce its first For Planet and People annual awards, adding to Carbonfund.org's long history of facilitating our partners' goals to mitigate their carbon footprint. Since 2003, Carbonfund.org has worked with over 2,000 businesses and 750,000 individuals on climate solutions. Partners support renewable energy,...

WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Mac-Gray Corporation (NYSE: TUC), the nation's premier provider of laundry facilities management services to multi-unit housing locations, today announced that it received the Carbonfund.org Foundation's first annual For People and Planet award in the education category. Since Mac-Gray launched its Lighten the Load(TM) initiative in 2008 with Carbonfund.org, they have partnered with 29 academic institutions to offset more than 40 million...

Ecosearch.co Uses Google Search, Facebook to Plant up to 500,000 Trees BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Carbonfund.org Foundation is proud to announce the launch of Ecosearch.co, a free online search service that enables anyone to help protect the environment simply through their everyday web searches. Ecosearch.co generates revenue from Google, which it uses to support international reforestation projects. One year from now, Carbonfund.org hopes to have planted three...

WASHINGTON, July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Helping to educate consumers and retailers about environmental sustainability, LG Electronics and the Carbonfund.org Foundation announced today that LG products have earned the new CarbonFree®( )Certification label. The new CarbonFree( ) LG products, including consumer electronics, home appliances and solar panels, will be available in the United States in early 2012. Working with the Carbonfund.org Foundation, the leading nonprofit carbon...

SALT LAKE CITY, April 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK) (short cut: O.CO) today, announced the debut of carbon-neutral shipping for every purchase made from its Worldstock Fair Trade inventory, effective immediately. This sustainability effort establishes Overstock.com as one of the largest online retailers to take responsibility for the environmental impact of its product shipping program. Through a partnership with the Carbonfund.org Foundation, a leading...

For the month of April, PlanetShoes.com has partnered with the Carbonfund.org Million Tree Challenge to help reduce our impact on the planet. Waltham, MA (PRWEB) April 9, 2011 Global climate change is a serious issue that affects everyone whether you realize it or not. The clearing of large tracts of forests across the globe is contributing to rising temperatures, soil erosion, and habitat loss. In addition to losing the oxygen creating, air cleaning benefits that forests provide, the...