Thursday, 6 September 2007

First Online Green Corporate Governance Network Launched

The Internet’s first Green Corporate Governance Network is up and running. This social network is the very first site that has been devoted exclusively to global warming-related corporate social responsibility (CSR)...

The Internet’s first Green Corporate Governance Network is up and running. This social network is the very first site that has been devoted exclusively to global warming-related corporate social responsibility (CSR).

Founded by GreenMachines.com, which was initiated this year to facilitate the transition from an economic corporate culture to an ecologic one, the mission of the network is to help turn climate-related corporate decision-making into a public process in order to focus the technological and economic power of business corporations on the fight against global warming.

The hub of the GreenMachines Network is the Corporate Sustainability Forums which includes Forums like:

1)The Whistle - about whether particular corporations are violating laws designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions;

2)The Long View - about long-term profit-maximizing, carbon footprint-reducing investments that corporations can make to develop or implement carbon dioxide ("CO2") capture and/or sequestration technologies;

3)Value Added - about steps that corporations can take although not required by law or motivated by profit, including developing or implementing CO2 capturing or sequestering technologies, or publishing Corporate Sustainability Reports; and

4)Deconstruction Zone - about the accuracy of a company's Corporate Environmental Responsibility Reports or other green PR.

The Forums are moderated, spam-resistant, and searchable. Anyone can read the Forums using a web browser or newsreader, or monitor any Forum using an RSS reader. Registered members can also monitor any thread within any Forum by email

Members can network by posting to the Forums, by using GreenMachines' Private Messaging System, and through GreenMachines' email system. Members can also contact each other by AIM Screen Name, Yahoo Messenger Handle, ICQ Number, MSN Messenger Handle, or Skype Name. Members are also able to create and participate in opinion polls.