At eBay, we’re building some of the world’s most efficient data centers, and we want other companies to do the same. GigaOM reported earlier this week about eBay’s new Digital Service Efficiency (DSE) report, which measures how efficiently buying and selling transactions are delivered in terms of revenue, performance, cost and carbon footprint. The report…
eBay Instant Sale is a new, straight-forward tool for consumers to sell or recycle old electronics. In just a few steps, you can visit www.ebay.com/instantsale, identify your gadget and answer a few questions about its condition. You’ll then get an offer and if the price sounds right, just print the free prepaid shipping label, stick…
eBay CEO John Donahoe, joined Michel Gelobter, the founder of Cooler and Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, on a panel discussion at the National Press Club earlier today. The topic of discussion? A report released by Michel Gelobter of carbon-footprint consulting firm, Cooler. Commissioned by eBay, the report highlights…
Every year, eBay hosts an Innovation Expo that invites eBay employees, from every department and level of the organization, to develop prototypes for new products and breakthrough innovations that benefit our buyers and sellers. This year, more than 250 employees on nearly 80 teams competed for the top prize. eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and CEO,…
eBay Green Team’s Ashwin Seshagiri has a great anniversary blog post over on Green Team Talks. Today is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. In 1970, based largely on the work of a Senator from Wisconsin, there was a nation-wide demonstration in honor of the environment. There were parades and marches and sit-ins at universities….
According to the Climate Counts Blog, the biggest jump in their third annual Corporate Climate Scores was by eBay. With a jump of 48 points to 53 (yes, I realize that this means eBay was pretty low this time last year), eBay stands out among a list of 90 well-known consumer companies. For the second…
The following is a contributed blog post from eBay Green Team member Ashwin Seshagiri. Enjoy! Cheers, RBH When the eBay Green Team opened up to the public earlier this year, 40,000 people signed up over night. There was always a sense that green was important to eBay’s communities of buyers and sellers, but for a…
I was browsing through the magazines at the airport yesterday on my way to the Shop.org Annual Summit and I saw the above logo staring back at me from the front cover of Newsweek. It was the inaugural Newsweek Green Rankings in which they ranked the top 100 greenest companies in America. The stated goal…
eBay Give.Good.Green launches this week, the first eBay promotion to link all five of the company’s social good initiatives (eBay Foundation, eBay Giving Works, MicroPlace, WorldofGood.com and the eBay Green Team) with all eBay users to make a difference through a number of different activities on eBay. I managed to sit down with Jennifer Ibarra…
Gang, It has been a while since I did one of these so I thought it was about time for a new “5 Minutes with…” As I’ve tried to do with previous installments, I’ve tied the interview into some timely news or activity happening here. Kasey Hesse is based back in PayPal‘s Omaha, Nebraska offices…
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