Prenova announces the results of a survey revealing that large retail operations are choosing to decrease energy consumption because they see significant quarterly savings as a result. Performed in conjunction with Chain Store Age the results of the survey are unequivocal. 50 percent of retailers with 500 to 999 stores, and over 60 percent of retailers with 1,000 stores or more, indicated that sustainable energy initiatives help them save money on energy every quarter. Complete survey results and analysis are available on Prenova’s website.

Office Depot was recognized with an award for its “Outstanding Environmental Leadership” by Office Products International at the eighth annual European Office Products Awards banquet held in Frankfurt, Germany. Office Depot was given this special industry recognition for the Company’s long-standing commitment to the environment, proven global track record and successful implementation of an industry-leading environmental strategy. A panel of senior industry executives from all channels of the European office supplies industry formed the awards judging panel.

Wal-Mart announces its first substantial purchase of wind energy in the U.S. The wind power will supply up to 15 percent of the retailer's total energy load in approximately 360 Texas stores and other facilities.

The renewable energy will come from a Duke Energy wind farm under construction in Notrees, Texas, and is expected to begin producing electricity for Wal-Mart by April of 2009

The Wal-Mart Foundation announces a $1.1 million grant to the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Idaho. The grant will be used to help launch a "Greening the Games" initiative to reduce the overall carbon footprint of the upcoming games.

Thousands of athletes with intellectual disabilities from more than 100 countries will travel to Idaho to compete in the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games February 7-13. Earlier this year, the Wal-Mart Foundation awarded an additional $500,000 grant to the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games, for a total contribution of $1.6 million in support of the event.

ViewSonic launched a new campaign focused on its commitment to conducting business in an environmentally responsible manner. By designing energy-efficient products and adopting recycling programs that reduce the amount of waste ending up in landfills, ViewSonic has taken steps toward a more eco-friendly approach.

ViewSonic has built energy-saving features into all of its products, aimed at helping customers not only save energy, but to save them money as well. All of the company’s displays are ENERGY STAR compliant, and all displays released since July of 2008 will feature a power-saving Eco Mode that offers up to a 56 percent energy savings. In addition, the LCD technology in ViewSonic’s TVs and digital signage products use up to 40 percent less electricity than a plasma product of the same size.

AT&T is launching the www.att.com/csr from 1E on 310,000 desktop computers across its domestic operations to help improve energy efficiency. Powering down corporate PCs during non-work hours is expected to save AT&T more than 135 million kilowatt hours of electricity a year and eliminate 123,941 tons of carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to the electricity required to power 14,892 homes.

HP unveils renewable energy initiatives in its facilities, research and products to support a new goal to double the company’s global purchases of renewable power from under 4 percent in 2008 to 8 percent by 2012.

This complements HP’s goal to reduce energy consumption and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions from HP-owned and HP-leased facilities worldwide to 16 percent below 2005 levels by 2010.

To reduce its carbon footprint, HP is relying on diversified renewable energy resources, improving energy efficiency and placing a strong emphasis on energy reduction and optimization at a number of its facilities around the world.

Vault.com is proud to announce the release of the company’s first digital-only book, the Vault Guide to Green Programs. The guide, which details how many prominent North American companies are incorporating environmental concerns into their business practices, is Vault’s first-ever guide to only be released online and not printed in book form. Along with the companies profiled in the guide, Vault is committed to going green. More Vault guides will be digital-only in the future, and the company has it’s own “green team” whose mission is to ensure that Vault’s products and offices are more environmentally-friendly.

Dell has met its carbon neutral goal ahead of schedule, achieving a major milestone in its commitment to be the ‘greenest’ technology company on the planet and fulfilling a pledge to operate efficiently, maximize investment in green power and responsibly offset remaining impacts.

Dell met its goal early by implementing an aggressive global energy-efficiency campaign and increasing purchases of green power, verified emission reductions and renewable energy certificates. Since 2004, the company’s annual investment in green electricity from utility providers, including wind, solar and methane-gas capture, has grown from 12 million kWh to 116 million kWh, an increase of nearly 870 percent. Earlier this year, the company announced that its global headquarters campus is powered by 100 percent green energy.

College students and recent college grads would prefer to work for more environmentally-friendly companies and buy greener products, according to a survey conducted by Experience, the nation’s leading provider of career services for college students and alumni. The poll of 2,774 college students and recent grads from across the nation reveals an enormous benefit for hiring managers who tout their environmental commitments to Gen Y.

More than five billion 12-oz. servings of beer or about one in seven beers brewed by Anheuser-Busch in the United States are expected to be brewed using renewable fuel by the end of 2009, thanks to environmental efforts at the company's 12 U.S. breweries. The company's breweries in Houston and Fairfield, Calif., are currently installing alternative energy technology that will be operational by year end, and as a result the company's U.S. breweries will run on more than 15 percent renewable fuel.

The Houston brewery will use biogas from a nearby landfill as part of an alternative fuel plan that when combined with the facility's bio-energy recovery system (BERS), is anticipated to provide more than 70 percent of the brewery's fuel needs. The Fairfield brewery will use BERS, a technology that turns brewing wastewater into fuel, and receive electricity from solar panels being hosted on-site.

As the environment continues to take center stage on the national agenda, ABC Radio Networks will power its Dallas building with 100 percent renewable energy. The new contract will cut 5,442 metric tons of CO2 emissions throughout the life of the contract — or the equivalent of removing 987 cars from Dallas roads. The decision makes ABC Radio Networks one of the first media outlets based in Dallas to go green.