Sushi Joint Serves Edible QR Codes, Sustainable Fish
A California sushi restaurant has launched a program that uses edible technology — served on the sushi — to provide diners with sustainability information about the fish. Harney Sushi’s will print...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Arkansas GHG Plan, Science Advisory, Keystone...
The EPA has approved Arkansas’ program for permitting new and modified facilities that emit significant amounts of greenhouse gases – making the state the first in the region to replace a federal...
View ArticleCO2 Could Produce Valuable Chemical Cheaply
Brown and Yale Universities researchers say they have found a cheaper, more sustainable way to use CO2 to make acrylate, an important commodity chemical used to make materials from polyester fabrics to...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: Fisker, WRScompass, Sionix, GreenBlue
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Fisker Automotive: Electric car company executive chairman and founder Henrik Fisker (pictured) has resigned....
View ArticleApple Sustainability Report: GHGs up 34%, Down Per Dollar
Apple’s lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions rose 34 percent last year – a fact omitted by the company’s recently updated environmental report. But sales far outpaced emissions, rising 45 percent from...
View ArticleIBM Mobile App to Help Solve Water Challenges
IBM has launched a crowdsourcing project to help capture, share and analyze information about the water distribution system in South Africa. The project, called WaterWatchers, is driven by a free...
View ArticleHershey to Source 10% Certified Cocoa by Year’s End
Hershey says it is on track to source at least 10 percent of its total global cocoa purchases from certified sources in 2013. The company also has set benchmarks for reaching 100 percent certified by...
View ArticleSolarCity Expands to Nevada
SolarCity plans to open a new location in Nevada and expects to create hundreds of jobs in the state in the next several years. SolarCity says its expansion is due in large part to the efforts of...
View ArticleHow to ‘Rebuild Green’ After Natural Disasters
Sustainability executives and city officials discuss rebuilding green after natural disasters at Saint Louis University’s Sustainable Disaster Recovery Conference.
View ArticlePwC Verifies Ecometrica GHG Software ‘Audit Ready’
Ecometrica say it has become the first environmental accounting provider to secure assurance of audit readiness, following a review by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The move comes as the UK’s largest...
View ArticleKlean Kanteen, Steripen Join Travelers Against Plastic
Klean Kanteen and water purification company Steripen have joined a campaign to reduce plastic waste left by travelers. Seattle-based travel companies Crooked Trails and Wildland Adventures founded the...
View ArticleThe Environmental Impact of Paper in an Ever Expanding Digital World
We all have a need to communicate – to share and consume information. For marketing and advertising professionals it is no longer a choice of how to spread dollars between print, radio and TV. The...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup Sets Carbon Neutral Target
The America’s Cup has partnered with Offsetters Climate Solutions in an effort to make the 34th annual sailing event carbon neutral. This summer’s San Francisco race will be the first in the America’s...
View ArticleEat Sustainable Easter Eggs, Save the Rainforest
Divine Chocolate and Booja Booja make the most rainforest-friendly Easter eggs, according to a survey of chocolate brands based on their use of palm oil, while Lindt, Thorntons and Guylian rank at the...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Water Stewardship, LEED, ISO 14001, 50001
So far 12 companies, utilities, and communities in Brazil, Canada, China, India, South Africa and the US have confirmed that they will implement the Beta AWS Standard, which the Alliance for Water...
View ArticleUS Falls Behind China in Low-Carbon Competitiveness
China outpaced the US to become one of the top three G20 economies best prepared to compete in a low-carbon economy, according to an index developed by Australian think tank The Climate Institute and...
View ArticleInternational Paper Joins WWF Group
International Paper has joined the Global Forest and Trade Network in North America, one of World Wildlife Fund’s initiatives focused on eliminating illegal logging and promoting environmentally and...
View ArticleMicrosoft Improves Efficiency at Dublin Data Center
Microsoft has improved the efficiency of its Dublin data center, a facility hailed for its energy-sipping qualities when it came online in 2009. Microsoft has lowered the Power Usage Effectiveness...
View ArticleContract Wins: Smart & Final, Ecova, Rolls-Royce, Daimler, Sapphire Energy
Warehouse grocery store Smart & Final has expanded its range of services with Ecova, selecting the company to provide waste management services at about 150 grocery and foodservice stores. Ecova...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: ExxonMobil, Goodrich, E-Waste Prison Sentence
The Department of Transportation has fined ExxonMobil $1.7 million for alleged pipeline safety violations relating to the company’s Silvertip pipeline, which leaked about 1,500 barrels of oil into the...
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