Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EU Aviation Tax, Transportation Deal, Exxon...
EU lawmakers backed a Commission plan to suspend for a year a law that would make all airlines using EU airports pay for their carbon emissions. The committee said that the suspension could be...
View ArticleCoke Slams Guidelines – but GRI Argues its Case
The latest version of the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Reporting Guidelines — G4 — will require companies only to provide disclosures and indicators relevant to their business, a GRI...
View ArticleLevi’s, BBVA, Ebay Top Social Media Sustainability Index
Levi Strauss, financial company BBVA, Ebay, Danone and General Electric top the SMI-Wizness Social Media Sustainability Index 2012, an annual review analyzing how major companies use social media to...
View ArticleDriving Operational Excellence through Sustainable Asset Management
Environmental Leader, Aberdeen and IHS outline successful strategies used by some of the top performers and discuss creating a sustainable asset management strategy to drive operational excellence in...
View ArticleNestle Hosts Wind Turbines at Bottling Plant
Nestle installed its first wind energy project at its Nestle Waters North America (NWNA) bottling plant in Cabazon, Calif. The two wind turbines will provide power for 30 percent of the facility where...
View ArticleIf We Want Competitive Economies, We Must Manage Our Water Better
It’s no accident that New York City, the largest economy in the United States, was built between two rivers, with access to water reservoirs, an ocean and eventually the Great Lakes via the Erie Canal....
View ArticleEPA to Decide Coal-Fired Ferry Fate
An EPA ruling that could determine the fate of the S.S. Badger – one of the country’s last remaining coal-fired steamships – is expected shortly. The 410-foot Badger ferries passengers and vehicles...
View ArticleBiofuels Well Below US Targets, Government Says
Cellulosic biofuels will likely remain well below targets set by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). That law set a target...
View ArticleU.Conn, Johns Hopkins Install QAS Sustainability Software
The University of Connecticut, Temple University, Johns Hopkins University and financial management company National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance will install Quality Attributes Software’s (QAS)...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Energy Star Criticism, BPA and Prop 65, ISO...
The Window & Door Manufacturers Association, which represents manufacturers of residential and commercial window, door and skylight products, is calling on the EPA to address additional concerns...
View ArticleJaguar Land Rover Sustainability Report: Normalized Manufacturing Energy Use...
Automaker Jaguar Land Rover cut its normalized energy use from manufacturing by 23 percent year-on-year, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. In financial year 2010/11 the company...
View ArticleShale Gas Boom a ‘Game Changer’ for Manufacturing
The current record-low natural gas prices “will be a game changer” for North American companies that rely on feedstock or direct energy usage to compete on a global level, according to analysis by RBC...
View ArticleFord to Cut Vehicle Waste 40 Percent by 2016
Ford Motor Co. yesterday unveiled a five-year global strategy to reduce waste sent to landfill between 2011 and 2016 by 40 percent per vehicle. The initiative will reduce waste to just 13.4 pounds per...
View Article80 Campuses Use Revolving Loan Funds for Energy Efficiency Projects
A new database populated with revolving loans for higher education campuses shows energy efficiency improvements totaling more than $118 million at 80 institutions. The Campus Sustainability Revolving...
View ArticleMilitary Base Saves $300,000 with Composting
The US military composted 670 tons of food waste at its Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Wash., in 2012, diverting the food from landfills and saving $300,000 in disposal costs, the base’s...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Heavy Vehicle Pollution, Keystone XL, IT...
The European Environment Agency is looking for haulers to pay for air pollution costs from heavy goods vehicles, which is estimated at $56-$60 billion per year, or about half of all road transport...
View ArticleCisco, IBM, Intel Win Climate Leadership Awards
Intel, Cisco Systems and IBM are among the 23 Climate Leadership Award winners selected by the EPA, the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO), the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)...
View ArticleDoe Run Sustainability Report: Environmental Capital Spending Jumps 45%
Lead producer Doe Run’s spending on environmental capital investment and operations increased by around 45 percent year-on-year, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. The company’s...
View ArticleArcelorMittal, Gold Fields Win Carbon Tax Delay
After objections from heavy polluters, including metal companies ArcelorMittal and Gold Fields, South Africa has delayed implementing a carbon tax until 2015. In his budget speech this week, minister...
View ArticlePublic Environmental Concern at ’20-Year Low’
The economic crisis and a lack of governmental leadership on green issues has driven concern about the environment among citizens around the world to 20-year lows, according to a multi-country poll by...
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