Air Miles enhances green offering
GreenSaver, Canada’s longest established not-for-profit organization dedicated to energy efficiency, has announced an exclusive partnership with Canada’s Air Miles reward programme.
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Carbon offset program for hotel guests
Coast Hotels & Resorts has launched a programme so that guests staying at any of the Canadian chain’s 17 participating properties can voluntarily offset harmful greenhouse gas emissions from their hotel stay by purchasing carbon credits in eco-friendly projects.
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Ethical incentives and rewards programme launched
Compliments Green, which describes itself as “the first fully integrated ethical incentives and rewards solution”, has been launched by Read more ...

Cash for customers who go paperless
Bank launches an eco-promotion to give away US$30,000 in cash prizes to encourage customers to go paperless. Read more ...

Meta Payment Systems launches eco-friendly prepaid card
US-based Meta Payment Systems has launched an ‘eco-friendly’ prepaid card for bank customers.  Read more ...

Sainsbury’s in partnership for alternative heat
Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King used his speech at the BASE conference this week to announce a partnership with Imperial College London’s Faculty of Engineering and Grantham Institute for Climate Change. The partnership will officially launch on 16th March and initially last for 5 years. Read more ...

BT achieves first WWF award for cutting one in five flights
As British Airways lurches into a major strike, there is a gracious irony about the announcement that BT has become the first company to successfully cut 20 per cent of its business flights as part of WWF's One in Five Challenge. Read more ...

Eco-brand launches in Croatia
What is claimed as the first Croatian eco-brand has been launched in the country. Read more ...

M&S extends 'eco-plan' after saving £50m
Marks and Spencer plans to extend its ethical and environmental commitments by a further eight years, after its scheme launched in 2007 saved the company £50m last year. Read more ...

Hotels offer rewards if they forego cleaning altogether
Saving the environment offered as the excuse for savings estimated at US$22 a room
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Air Miles enhances green offering
GreenSaver, Canada’s longest established not-for-profit organization dedicated to energy efficiency, has announced an exclusive partnership with Canada’s Air Miles reward programme.
Read more ...

Carbon offset program for hotel guests
Coast Hotels & Resorts has launched a programme so that guests staying at any of the Canadian chain’s 17 participating properties can voluntarily offset harmful greenhouse gas emissions from their hotel stay by purchasing carbon credits in eco-friendly projects.
Read more ...

Ethical incentives and rewards programme launched
Compliments Green, which describes itself as “the first fully integrated ethical incentives and rewards solution”, has been launched by Read more ...

Cash for customers who go paperless
Bank launches an eco-promotion to give away US$30,000 in cash prizes to encourage customers to go paperless. Read more ...

Meta Payment Systems launches eco-friendly prepaid card
US-based Meta Payment Systems has launched an ‘eco-friendly’ prepaid card for bank customers.  Read more ...

Sainsbury’s in partnership for alternative heat
Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King used his speech at the BASE conference this week to announce a partnership with Imperial College London’s Faculty of Engineering and Grantham Institute for Climate Change. The partnership will officially launch on 16th March and initially last for 5 years. Read more ...

BT achieves first WWF award for cutting one in five flights
As British Airways lurches into a major strike, there is a gracious irony about the announcement that BT has become the first company to successfully cut 20 per cent of its business flights as part of WWF's One in Five Challenge. Read more ...

Eco-brand launches in Croatia
What is claimed as the first Croatian eco-brand has been launched in the country. Read more ...

M&S extends 'eco-plan' after saving £50m
Marks and Spencer plans to extend its ethical and environmental commitments by a further eight years, after its scheme launched in 2007 saved the company £50m last year. Read more ...

Hotels offer rewards if they forego cleaning altogether
Saving the environment offered as the excuse for savings estimated at US$22 a room
Read more ...

Dreaming of a green Christmas
People have aspirations to achieve a green Christmas and New Year, according to a new study by Friends Provident. Read more ...

Small businesses have will for eco-measures but lack resources
Small firms would like to embrace more environment friendly working practices, but many have delayed implementing them during the recession. Read more ...

Eight out of ten grocery manufacturers step up investment in sustainability
New research from food and grocery expert IGD reveals that 85% of manufacturers have either stepped up their investment in sustainability or kept it the same during the recession despite just over two-fifths (42%) believing it is not yet high enough on the shopper agenda. Read more ...

City pilots incentive-based recycling scheme
A city has started a rewards scheme to incentivise household recycling. Read more ...

Telco starts recycle and reward scheme
Progamme lets people make money from old phones, music players and laptops. Read more ...

Gconomy card rewards environmental actions
Recycling rewards programme RecycleBank is introducing a payment card that gives rewards for environmentally friendly behaviour. Read more ...

Canadian retailers start eco-rewards initiative
A group of 18 major Canadian retailers and sponsors in the Air Miles Reward Program have joined forces to participate in an ecological initiative. Read more ...

Last chance for views on the next generation social bank
In July the UK Government launched a consultation into the design and functions of a Social Investment Wholesale Bank. The consultation period will close this week on October 7. Read more ...

Brands urged to keep eco messages simple
Brands are being urged to keep their messages simple if they want to truly engage consumers with their new eco-friendly campaigns. Read more ...

Sustainable packaging growing in importance
Sustainable packaging is becoming a growing consumer issue, reports analysts Datamonitor and while it is not yet a primary motivator of purchases, it is becoming a consumer expectation.
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