{"id":1989,"date":"2007-09-26T09:34:47","date_gmt":"2007-09-26T08:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/index.php\/2007\/09\/26\/dell-to-go-carbon-neutral-by-late-2008\/"},"modified":"2007-12-19T15:37:25","modified_gmt":"2007-12-19T14:37:25","slug":"dell-to-go-carbon-neutral-by-late-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2007\/09\/26\/dell-to-go-carbon-neutral-by-late-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Dell to go &#8216;carbon neutral&#8217; by late 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/09\/26\/AR2007092601805.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"070928_dell.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/070928_dell.jpg\" title=\"070928_dell.jpg\" alt=\"070928_dell.jpg\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>Dell Inc. will neutralize its carbon emissions and become carbon neutral by the end of 2008, Chairman and CEO Michael Dell announced Wednesday. Dell is the first major computer manufacturer to announce its intention to balance its carbon emissions with activities that reduce carbon in the atmosphere. Companies have a responsibility to improve the environment, Dell said during a speech in Washington, D.C. (&#8230;) <span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Dell has also expanded its Plant a Tree for Me program, which allows individual customers to pay a small amount to plant a tree as a way to offset the energy consumption of the laptops or PCs they purchase from the company. Dell has announced a Plant a <\/span><st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Forest<\/span><\/st1:place><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\"> for Me program, partnering with companies including Salesforce.com Inc., Ask.com and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/financial.washingtonpost.com\/custom\/wpost\/html-qcn.asp?dispnav=business&amp;mwpage=qcn&amp;symb=AMD&amp;nav=el\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Advanced Micro Devices Inc.<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\">in a reforesting program intended to offset carbon emissions. Image source: i.dell.com. &gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/09\/26\/AR2007092601805.html\" target=\"_blank\">Continue<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\">News selected by Covalence <span class=\"linkbluetransmedium\">| Country: <\/span>Global <span class=\"linkbluetransmedium\">| Company: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/index.php\/ethicalquote\/?value=5\"><span name=\"intelliTxt\" id=\"intelliTXT\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/index.php\/ethicalquote\/?value=9\">Dell<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/index.php\/ethicalquote\/?value=9\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/index.php\/ethicalquote\/?value=9\">, AMD<\/a> <span class=\"linkbluetransmedium\">| <\/span>Source: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/09\/26\/AR2007092601805.html\" target=\"_blank\">PC World \/ Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dell Inc. will neutralize its carbon emissions and become carbon neutral by the end of 2008, Chairman and CEO Michael Dell announced Wednesday. Dell is the first major computer manufacturer to announce its intention to balance its carbon emissions with activities that reduce carbon in the atmosphere. 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