Is Sustainability All about the Supply Chain?
A manufacturer of home decorative items engaged my company sometime ago to conduct a scope 1 and scope 2 GHG emissions inventory, mainly to meet the requirements of a retailer’s sustainability...
View ArticleDuke Energy Threatens Coal Plant Closure In Light of EPA MACT Rule
Duke Energy Ohio is threatening to decommission all six coal-fired generation units at a plant near Cincinnati, by Jan. 1, 2015, unless changes are made to a proposed U.S. Environmental Protection...
View ArticleIBM, Accenture Lead Responsible Government Suppliers
IBM, Accenture, HP, Merck, Dell, Boeing and McKesson have all held their positions among the most responsible government contractors, according to rankings by Corporate Responsibility magazine. The...
View ArticleDell, Sony, Sprint Vow to Push Recycling; Feds Unveil E-Waste Strategy
Dell, Sprint and Sony have agreed to help the Environmental Protection Agency encourage certified electronics recycling, as the Obama administration unveiled a national strategy to encourage better...
View ArticleOwens Corning Cuts GHG 24%, Sets Out 8 New Goals
Owens Corning cut its greenhouse gas intensity by 24 percent in 2010, according to its 2010 sustainability report, which also sets out the company’s eight-point goals for 2020. The company reduced its...
View ArticleWalgreens to Host 800 EV Charge Points; GM to Launch Smart Grid Pilot
Pharmacy chain Walgreens plans to offer electric vehicle charging stations at about 800 locations across the country by the end of the year, making it the nation’s largest charging station retail host....
View ArticleHigher Education and Sustainability Discussion at NECSC
At the NECSC conference, a panel of presidents from Vermont institutions of higher education address the driving forces likely to affect higher education and our sustainability efforts. Moderator:...
View ArticlePolicy & Regulatory Briefing: Growing the Grid, Budget Veto Threat, Gulf...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday approved guidelines for growing the nation’s electricity grid to accommodate renewable energy and market competition, The New York Times said. The...
View ArticleFewer than 25% of Local Governments Use Alternative Energy, Says Report
Fewer than a quarter of US local governments employ any form of alternative energy generation, according to survey results. Just 23.4 percent of the more than 2,100 local governments surveyed for...
View ArticlePackaging & Waste Briefing: Tetra Pak, Nestle, Dow Chemical, Coca-Cola
Tetra Pak, one of the world’s biggest food packaging firms, says it is developing packaging based on 100 percent renewable materials. It also plans to increase the supply of Forest Stewardship...
View ArticleUSPS Saves $400m on Energy Since FY2007
The U.S. Postal Service has accumulated over $400 million in avoided energy costs since fiscal year 2007, the service has announced. USPS made the announcement on the second anniversary of New York...
View ArticleLighting Brief: GE, Philips, FZLED, Magnalight
GE Lighting has announced that it will buy Lightech, a privately held lighting technology company based near Tel Aviv. Lightech specializes in LED electronic drivers and halogen transformers. The...
View ArticleEnvironmental & Energy Executive Moves: Recyclebank, Serious Energy,...
Serious Energy: The manufacturer of energy-efficient building components and software has appointed John Pitcher as vice president of research and development. Pitcher founded energy management...
View ArticleSustainability on the Agenda at Military Conference
Texas military leaders and environmental specialists met with the community and various agency counterparts at the Power of Partnerships Sustainability Conference.
View ArticleBudget Cuts and Environmental Career Trends
In the U.K., the self-proclaimed “greenest government ever” announced in October some of its most vicious spending cuts to the environment. This year alone, the budget of the Department for...
View ArticleBenchmarking Environmental Sustainability Goals
Goals signal intent and drive behavior. Some companies announce sustainability goals to signal their commitment to become sustainability leaders and to compete for superior positioning with their...
View ArticlePolicy & Regulatory Briefing: EPA and Interior Budgets, Capture Incentives, RGGI
The House will debate this week the EPA and Department of Interior fiscal 2012 spending bill, the Hill said. The proposal would give the EPA $7.1 billion and the Interior $9.86 billion. Among its...
View ArticleGreen Building Brief: ITC, SAS, and Nation’s Largest Net-Zero Energy Building
Part of the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., has been awarded LEED Platinum status. NREL’s Research Support Facility (pictured), at 220,000 square feet, is...
View ArticleUS Pulls Record Energy During Heat Wave
The extreme heat wave that swept through the Midwest and has now moved to the northeast has massively increased the demand for electricity as people turn to their air conditioning for relief from the...
View ArticleGRI and CDP Detail Expanded Services
Services offered by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) are evolving to help companies at every stage of their reporting, representatives from the two...
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