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The Nominees Are…

Leslie Quigley — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:55:10 +0000

The time has come to make a CHOICE. For the economy, future generations and for the sake of nature!

We must decide who will reign the title of the 2009, Green America People’s Choice Award!

“The People’s Choice Award is a celebration of the leaders of the green economy, and a challenge to corporate America to follow their path.”

In order to get nominated these businesses must pass Green America’s screening process. Green America only chooses businesses that are socially and environmentally responsible.

So, without further ado;

Meet the Top 10 Nominees…
(Listed in alphabetical order.)

Environmental Defense Fund: New Online Resource Will Help Companies Go Green

edfblog — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:40:25 +0000

Making green the new business as usual is catching on fast. Smart business leaders are looking for ways to cut costs and reduce their environmental impact — but they may not know exactly how to do it.

Environmental Defense Fund has just launched the Innovation Exchange, a first-of-its-kind online resource that allows businesses to quickly identify steps they can take, from greening their fleets to reducing paper use.

The new EDF site provides companies with recommendations, case studies, publications and tools to make changes that are good for the environment and the bottom line, for example:

Advice by industry, from financial services to transportation.
Dozens of case studies from a range of companies.
Five simple steps to get started.

Tax Credits Available in 2009

Dawn Killough — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:27:50 +0000

As was previously reported on Green Building Elements, Congress was contemplating how to include the continuation of energy efficiency tax credits in the “economic bailout.” Well, they did it, and even managed to increase some of the incentives.

Here is a brief run-down of the credits available in 2009: