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  • Short selling abounds in clean techs

    Today's temporary ban on short selling of US stocks by the Securities and Exchange Commission revealed a lot of this activities going on in the clean technology sector, according to the solar technology company Evolution Solar . "Not only have financial companies been targeted, but many alternative...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-19-2008

  • Cosmetic show in full green force

    I've been running around at the annual HBA cosmetic event in New York city for the past two days and that led me to not being able to do my blogging job, for which I apologize. Fortunately, the 3-day show is full of green news, events and presentations. For my stories on new green packaging products...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-11-2008

  • Green marketing 101

    Marketers may have to attend Greenwashing seminars and classes if they want to learn the do's and don'ts on how to use green words in their advertisings. All over the world, public advocates are scrutinizing every green word in marketing and advertising and this summer alone found major companies...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-26-2008

  • Pollution solution in China

    As China's Beijing continues to be shrouded with smog days before the Olympic games, more transportation solution is being offered to reduce air pollution from companies such as Segway and Alcoa . Chinese and Olympic officials are going to use the zero-emissions Segway PT for stadium and event hall...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-04-2008

  • Bitter accusations on sugar plants

    Sugar manufacturer Imperial Sugar is taking offense on the citations and allegations made by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) agency regarding the company's workplace safety. Last week, OSHA issued Imperial Sugar an $8.8m fine , said to be the third largest in OSHA's history...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-28-2008

  • Greenwashing doesn't wash

    Goodyear found that out when the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) forced the company to apologize to its customers for misleading them on the environmental benefits of Goodyear's Eagle LS2000 range of tires. Goodyear also has to offer partial refund of the tire's purchase...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-02-2008

  • Carbon Market: The good, the bad and the money

    After finding some of the pros and cons of cap and trade carbon schemes in the US, several studies were recently published on the carbon market's global bottomline: How much should energy-intensive industries pay for compliance. According to market analyst Point Carbon , global carbon markets could...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-03-2008

  • Constructing a booming market

    Whether green buildings will be voluntary or mandated in New Jersey , the overall green construction trend is booming despite the US housing slump. Green home building has already gone mainstream and is expected to be worth $12 to $20 billion (6%-10% of the market) this year, according to a new report...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-29-2008

  • EU steel under carbon fire

    The German steel industry could buckle under the competitive pressure driven by Europe's carbon emission trading. According to steel maker ThyssenKrupp , steel production outside Europe is not being impacted by costs for CO2 certificates leading to a divergence in competitive conditions. As a consequence...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-28-2008

  • Retailers stop toying with standards

    No more child's play for retailers when it comes to selling toy products. Toys "R" Us and Wal-Mart recently announced stricter standards for their toys' product safety requirements such as increased quality assurance testing and reduction or phaseout of certain chemicals and metals...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-25-2008
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