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    1. PricewaterhouseCoopers Announces Significant Progress in Carbon ...

      Explore Latest Press Releases (Sep 23 2009) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

      PricewaterhouseCoopers Announces Significant Progress in Carbon ... At the Carbon Disclosure Project event that kicked off Climate Week in New York City, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) announced that it reduced its carbon footprint 10% in fiscal year 2008, the most recent full-year data available. The firm decreased its carbon emissions by more than 30,000 metric tons and remained on track to achieve its four-year carbon emissions reduction goal of 20% by 2012. The baseline for comparison is data from an FY07 carbon footprint analysis, which showed PwC's greatest environmental impact stemmed from emissions created by travel, office workspace and partner and staff commuting. PwC has made great strides in reducing its emissions -- and expects to generate significant short and long-term cost savings -- through sizable investments and behavioral change from its people as they support a healthier, more sustainable environment. Examples include: (Read Full Article)

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    2. IBM Achieves Record 10th Straight Number One Showing on TOP500 ...

      Explore Latest Press Releases (Jun 23 2009) Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing

      IBM Achieves Record 10th Straight Number One Showing on TOP500 ... For a record-setting tenth consecutive time, an IBM system holds the number one position in the ranking of the world's most powerful supercomputers. The IBM computer built for the "roadrunner project" at Los Alamos National Lab -- the first in the world to operate at speeds faster than one quadrillion calculations per second (petaflop) -- remains the world speed champion. IBM also declared its intent to break the exaflop barrier, and announced that it had created a research 'collaboratory' in Dublin, in partnership with the Industrial Development Agency (IDA) of Ireland, which is focused on both achieving exascale computing and making it useful to business. An exaflop is a million trillion calculations per second, which is 1000 times faster than today's petaflop-class systems. The latest semi-annual ranking of the World's TOP500 Supercomputer Sites was released today during the International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg, Germany. Results show the IBM system ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   IBM

    3. AT&T Appoints First Chief Sustainability Officer

      Explore Latest Press Releases (May 14 2009) Emissions , Solar

      AT&T* today announced the appointment of Charlene Lake as senior vice president public affairs and chief sustainability officer. In this capacity, Lake will lead AT&T's efforts to achieve a wide range of specific, sustainable business objectives, working with the Public Policy Committee of the Board of Directors, the Chairman's office, and AT&T's executive management team to further integrate sustainable business practices across AT&T and its supply chain. "Our appointment of a chief sustainability officer reflects our commitment to our long-term future and the communities where we live and work," said Randall Stephenson, chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T Inc. AT&T has taken a number of steps in the last 18 months to strengthen its commitment to sustainable business practices and operations, including: Establishing accountability with the AT&T Board of Directors. At the end of 2007, AT&T changed the ... (Read Full Article)

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    4. PricewaterhouseCoopers Ranked #5 on Computerworld's Top Green It ...

      Explore Latest Press Releases (Apr 22 2009) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Emissions

      NEW YORK, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) announced today that IDG's Computerworld has selected the firm as one of the top Green IT Organizations for 2009. This honor is part of the magazine's annual Top Green IT ... (Read Full Article)

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