Environmental Executive Moves: Ameripen, XL Group, SCS, Carbon Friendly,...
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. American Institute for Packaging and the Environment: The trade body’s first executive director Joan Pierce is...
View ArticleTexas Cities Pursue ‘Toilet-to-Tap’ Water Technology
In response to the drought — lake levels in Wichita Falls, Texas dropped below 40 percent capacity last week — several Texas cities are pursing projects to turn treated sewage into millions of drinking...
View ArticleSolar Panel Makers Fail to Report Waste
Solar panel makers are generating millions of pounds of polluted sludge and contaminated water, hazardous waste that is not always reported, an investigation from Associated Press found. Solar...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: UL CCD 172 for Toys, Green-e Energy,...
UL Environment has launched its revised EcoLogo Standard for Sustainability for Toys: CCD 172, which establishes a points-based model for evaluation, and adds a platinum level of certification. The...
View ArticleNearly 80% of Sustainability Workers Pursue More Training
Sustainability is an emerging field with highly educated individuals entering into it from a wide range of backgrounds, which has created demand for specialized training, according to key findings from...
View ArticleM&S Using Water-Saving Packaging to Transport Flowers
Retailer Marks and Spencer is using modified atmosphere packaging, which uses less water, to transport thousands of flowers over Valentine’s Day. The company, which already uses the special packaging...
View ArticleGE Software Maintains Power to Critical Industrial Applications During Outages
New software from General Electric (GE) is designed to help industrial customers quickly manage power in their plants when facing power outages. By integrating GE’s C90Plus Automation Control System...
View ArticleBT’s CSO Discusses Sustainability and the Data Revolution
BT’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Niall Dunne, discusses the importance of changing consumer behavior, and how the current data revolution is allowing sustainable consumption to be not only...
View ArticleHow to Bolster Sustainable Remediation through Stakeholder Collaboration
US organizations are increasingly putting sustainability center stage to guide business operations. Meanwhile, many of these same organizations are grappling with legacy sites with contaminated soils...
View ArticleCalifornia Reconsiders Flame Retardants
California officials have proposed changes that would eliminate the use of toxic flame-retardant chemicals, and change the way it conducts flammability tests. The state aims to overturn a 1975 law,...
View ArticlePatagonia Pushes Anti-Consumerism Agenda
Outdoor clothing and equipment company Patagonia started focusing on sustainability after staff at its Boston store became sick from formaldehyde, which was seeping from clothing stored in the...
View ArticleEPA Releases 2012 Chemical Data
The EPA has released its 2012 Chemical Data Reporting information on more than 7,600 chemicals in commerce. The CDR database contains comprehensive use and exposure information on the most widely used...
View ArticleMicrosoft Outlines Progress on Internal Carbon Price
Microsoft has used funds collected over the past six months from its internal carbon offset fee to invest in renewable energy projects, including wind, hydro and biomass, as well as provide grants to...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: $2.3m Clean Water Settlement, Timber Regs,...
Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing has reached a $2,302,500 settlement including a $556,244 civil penalty for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act at its facility in Coffeyville,...
View ArticleCDP Investors Up 10 Percent in 2013
A record 722 investors with $87 trillion in assets have become signatories to the Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) climate change program in 2013, up 10 percent from last year’s 655 investors with $78...
View ArticlePuma Launches Cradle-to-Cradle Sportswear Line
Sportswear company Puma has launched InCycle, the brand’s first “closed-loop” collection of footwear, apparel and accessories, all of which have earned the Cradle to Cradle Certified Basic...
View ArticleMinneapolis Commercial Buildings to Report Energy, Water Use in 2014
Minneapolis, Minn. officials have approved a city ordinance that requires large commercial buildings to report energy and water use annually, beginning in 2014. This makes Minneapolis the first Midwest...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Cement Sustainability, Forest Stewardship...
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Cement Sustainability Initiative has launched a Product Category Rule providing a common methodology for concrete producers who wish to issue...
View ArticleBill Proposes PACE Financing for Water Conservation
Texas state Sen. John Carona (pictured) has introduced legislation that would allow building owners to use private sector financing for water conservation and energy-efficiency improvements through...
View ArticleInvestors Double Support for Environmental and Social Proposals
Support for environmental and social shareholder proposals at US public companies more than doubled between 2005 to 2011, according to a study by the IRRC Institute (IRRCi). During this time frame,...
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