An EcoPinion Survey found that customers are interested in incentives for green products and services from utilities, but they prefer upfront, as opposed to long-term, savings.

A new report from Business for Social Responsibility examines how mainstream financial institutions are incorporating environmental, social and governance criteria, the barriers that are preventing broader use of such principles in the mainstream, and possible solutions to the challenges.

The newly launched service is based on the Lean Six Sigma strategy and will target water and energy use wherever these resources are used, such as in transportation, data centers, IT systems, manufacturing and distribution or retail facilities.

Sam's Club will offer solar panels and an array of energy saving products at nine Southern California locations, where the company has created Home Efficiency Centers to focus customer attention on goods for greening their dwellings.

The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has told Clorox it should alter some of the claims about its Green Works cleaning products.

The two California utilities have announced plans to invest heavily in wind and solar energy projects, giving a boost to clean energy for the state.

Big U.K. firms should give employees more of a say in greening their workplaces, and U.S. companies need to live up to their eco-friendly business practices internally as well as externally, according to findings from two worker attitude surveys.

Fairchild Semiconductor and Salamander Designs have developed teams and programs to examine their enhance their environmental performance.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to launch a Web portal to information and resources about environmental compliance, pollution prevention and other green issues specific to retailers, the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) said.

The U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority ruled against a Shell ad that referred to an oil sands project and refinery expansion as sustainable methods of providing energy.