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Kraft, Marks & Spencer Among Sustainable Packaging Award Winners
DuPont has announced the winners of the 20th DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, which recognized “achievements that improve the sustainability of products and processes.”Here are the winners:Kraft...
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CDM Projects Prevent 135 Million Tonnes Of CO2
The Clean Development Mechanism has taken some heat lately, but here’s some positive press. Projects to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in developing countries have prevented 135 million tonnes of CO2...
View ArticleAs Goes Wal-Mart…Retailer Says Green Product Adoption Up In 2007
Wal-Mart has announced an adoption rate increase of 66 percent from last year in its sustainability Live Better Index, which has been tracking consumers’ decisions to purchase five key eco-friendly...
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Green 15 – InfoWorld Picks Top Green IT Leaders
InfoWorld has unveiled its selections for the Green 15 awards. Recipients are organizations that have made significant energy-saving, waste-reducing initiatives.This year’s winners are, in alphabetical...
View Article‘Recyclable’ Is So Last-Century
Last fall, I used the term “greenwashing” in a panel discussion with business leaders in Austin, Texas. Though this is a phrase my business partner and I have been using since the early ’90s, some of...
View ArticlePrice Sensitivity of Environmentally-Friendly Products
According to Natural Marketing Institute’s 2007 LOHAS Consumer Trends Database, price is still a very important factor for determining purchase propensity. As shown in the figure above, nearly 60...
View ArticleVertigro Turns Algae Into Biofuel
CNN has an interesting video on Vertigro. Glen kertz grows algae in bags suspended in a greenhouse. Oil is extracted and turned into biofuel. The yield, according to Kertz, is 100,000 gallons of algae...
View ArticleVodafone Calls For 50% Reduction In Its Global Warming Emissions
Vodafone Group has announced that it will cut its CO2 emission by 50 percent by the year 2020 through increased energy efficiency and increasing the amount of renewable energy the company...
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Major Aviation Industry Players Ink Climate Change Pledge
At the third annual Aviation and Environment Summit in Geneva April 22 and 23, 2008, airlines, airports, and aircraft makers pledged for the first time to cut their emissions.More than 100 airports...
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EPA Insiders Report Widespread, Potentially Harmful Political Interference
Results of investigations by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) paint the EPA as an agency under siege from political pressures.Political appointees “have edited scientific documents, manipulated...
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Suez Buys 30% Stake in TerraCycle, Targets Tough-to-Recycle Waste Streams
French environmental management giant Suez has bought 30 percent of TerraCycle’s operations in Europe. The acquisition will allow Suez to expand its recycling services for challenging materials in...
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EU Considers Adding Six Substances to Restricted Chemicals List
The primary chemical law in the European Union, the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals or REACH, has proposed adding six new substances of very high concern to its...
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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: DOE Budget, EPA Stormwater Regs, Chevron Fire
The Energy Department would see its budget cut by 8.2 percent if sequestration were allowed to take effect as part of the fiscal cliff deal. Democrats say they are working to protect funding for clean...
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Network Rail Spends $60bn to Cut Carbon, Boost Capacity
Network Rail, the owner and operator of the UK’s rail infrastructure, plans to spend £37.5 billion ($60.4 billion) over five years on improvements aimed at cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 37...
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Dairies Pledge to Cut Water Use
Dairy UK has signed an agreement with the Waste and Resources Action Programme to cut the dairy industry’s water use and improve its water management. The agreement between the trade association and...
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Biofilters Minimize Effluent Load at Malting Plant
Biofilters installed at the Bairds Malt Pencaitland Maltings Plant near Edinburgh, Scotland, will reduce the plant’s trade effluent load, minimize environmental impact and reduce costs. With an annual...
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Trump Company Fined for Plane’s Carbon Emissions
A Donald Trump company has been fined by the UK’s Environment Agency for breaking the county’s carbon emissions rules. The penalty is for a flight to the UK in a plane owned by DJT Operations, a part...
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U.S. Airlines Fight New Carbon Taxes
The U.S. government is fighting British plans to institute new taxes on the aviation industry in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report in Business Green, citing a story...
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Major Retailers Sign Voluntary Sustainable Business Code
The European Retail Round Table (ERRT) and EuroCommerce have announced a voluntary sustainable business code for Europe’s retailers one year after the launch of the Retailers’ Environmental Action...
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Roundup – Bridgestone, EIA, Germany
Western Climate group sees carbon cuts and savings Reuters Bridgestone to Partner with the World Agroforestry Centre to Assist Rubber Tree Farmers in Indonesia Bridgestone CO2 Emissions to Rise 3.2%...
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