Honda Technology Reduces Door Panel Weight by 17%
Honda Motor Co. has developed a technology to join steel and aluminum, which the automaker says will reduce vehicle weight to improve fuel economy. Traditionally, outer door panels have been made of...
View ArticleSC Johnson Sustainability Report: Solid Waste Drops 2 Points
From 2010 to 2011, SC Johnson reduced its waste output by 2 percentage points, as the company aimed to reduce its solid waste by 70 percent of 2000 levels by 2016. Since the baseline year, the maker of...
View ArticleThe North Face Apparel Recycling to ‘Clothes the Loop’
The North Face has launched a pilot clothing take-back/recycling program called Clothes the Loop, aimed at keeping billions of pounds of apparel and footwear out of landfills. The program works like...
View ArticleGreyhound to Install DriveCam Across Entire Fleet
Greyhound Lines will deploy driver risk and fleet management program DriveCam across its entire fleet of more than 1,700 buses, in an effort to reduce fuel consumption and improve safety. DriveCam will...
View ArticleConstellation Offers Rate Response to Commercial Customers
Constellation Rate Response allows Constellation power customers who are participating in traditional load response programs to receive a reduced rate on their electricity supply throughout the year or...
View ArticleAmyris, Poet, Gevo Leaders in Alternative Fuels, Report Says
Alternative fuel developers face a make-or-break year as leading companies, such as Amyris, Poet, Solazyme, Gevo, Novozymes and Mendel, race to show substantial revenue, according to a report by Lux...
View ArticleTar Sands Up to 8 Times More Energy-Intensive Than Conventional Oil
The net energy, or “energy returned on energy invested,” of unconventional sources such as tar sands and shale gas is generally much lower than for conventional resources, according to research by the...
View ArticleAsda, Molson Coors Launch Farming Water Guide
Supermarket Asda and brewer Molson Coors have partnered to launch a water management guide for farmers. Simply Sustainable Water, developed by sustainable farming organization Linking Environment And...
View ArticleSilk Expands Water Conservation Efforts
The soy milk and almond milk brand Silk has expanded its water conservation efforts through a partnership with Bonneville Environmental Foundation and a pledge to offset all of its water use. The brand...
View ArticleSequester Threatens Superfund, Air Pollution, Oil Spill Oversight
Superfund enforcement, air pollution monitoring and oversight of oil spills are all under threat from the severe budget cuts known as the sequester, which is scheduled to take effect in just over a...
View ArticleWhy US Beef Prices Are Climbing — and the ‘Green’ Connection
Many cattle ranchers in the US say their cattle—and, in many cases, their businesses—are literally living “from rain to rain.” While this situation seems to be getting very little attention in the...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Recycled Resins in Pipes, e-Stewards, Green...
A new standard in development, ASTM WK39632, Specification for 3–24 Inch Corrugated Polyethylene Pipe and Fittings with Recycled Resins, will provide assurance regarding quality of HDPE corrugated pipe...
View ArticleEcono Lodge Requires Recycling, Efficient Lights
EconoLodge is rolling out an environmental initiative that it says could save 6 million gallons of water and 12 million kWh of energy. All US Econo Lodge hotels, which are franchised by Choice Hotels...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: BP Fine, Chevron Suit, Water Bill, School...
The European Union has agreed its first law to regulate safety in offshore oil and gas drilling in EU waters, to present for final endorsement from member states and the European Parliament. The...
View ArticleMcCarthy, Moniz Look Likely for EPA and DoE Jobs
President Obama will tap air quality expert Gina McCarthy to head the EPA and nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz to head the Department of Energy, Reuters reports. Citing a source familiar with the...
View ArticleUS Firms Lead Way in Sustainability Yearbook 2013
Nine US-based companies including Molson Coors, Alcoa, Sonoco Products, Herman Miller and UnitedHealth Group have been awarded gold medals for sustainability practices in RobecoSAM and KPMG’s...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: BP Talks, Renewable Fuel Fraud, Monsanto, Corn...
Settlement negotiations between BP, the Justice Department and five states — Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas — continued Sunday night ahead of the major civil trial scheduled to...
View ArticleHigh Gas Prices: Maintenance Partly to Blame
Refinery maintenance is partially to blame for the rise in gasoline prices since the start of the year, according to the US Energy Information Administration. The EIA’s latest This Week in Petroleum...
View ArticleSustainability: 4 Steps to Getting Buy-in
The good news: There is a business case for sustainability. Several recent studies from leading scholars from Harvard and the London School of Economics confirm that companies with an operating model...
View ArticleGreen Fleet Roundup: ABB, Pennsylvania American, ChargePoint, B&Q
Estonia has become the first country to launch a nationwide fast-charging network for electric vehicles, using technology provided by ABB. The 165 web-connected direct current fast chargers are...
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