A December 2008 study by Ceres and the RiskMetrics Group finds that IBM, British retailer Tesco plc, Dell, Johnson & Johnson, and Nike rank highest among large global companies addressing climate and energy-related challenges while niche retailer Abercrombie & Fitch apparently has not factored these issues or mitigated its carbon footprint, at all.
Ceres/RiskMetrics Group studied how [...]
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Going Green at the Keyboard: How Companies Can Significantly Reduce PC Power Usage
Posted in Executive Recruiting, Executive Search, Green Marketing, Sustainable Marketing, Telecommuting, tagged carbon footprint, carbon footprint reduction, Executive Recruiting, Executive Search, green business executives, Green Marketing, hiring green, Telecommuting, Verdiem, virtual office on September 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the biggest challenges for any company – even green ones – is reducing the amount of power consumed by its office computers.
The amount of power used by the typical PC is signficant: nearly 600 kilowatt hours of electricity, annually.
Concerned hiring managers we have spoken to say that the subtle and not-so-subtle reminders they send to their [...]

