Kimberly-Clark Selects PE International for Sustainability Management
Kimberly-Clark has selected PE International to help manage its corporate-wide sustainability initiatives after identifying between $75 million and $100 million in potential savings. PE International’s...
View ArticleVirgin Serves In-Flight Sustainable Food
Virgin Atlantic has partnered with the Sustainable Restaurant Association to serve sustainable food on in-flight meals. By the end of the year, all of Virgin Atlantic’s caterers worldwide will have...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Prop.65 Suits, Ahold’s LEED Boom, RoHS Failures
Law firm the Chanler Group has filed Proposition 65 civil complaints in the Superior Court of California against spice and flavoring manufacturer McCormick & Company, coffee and flavoring...
View ArticleEmployees Take Corporate Sustainability Efforts Home, Study Says
Employees who participate in workplace sustainability programs are likely to promote sustainable practices at home, and encourage others to participate. And three out of four will make purchasing...
View ArticleWWF Lobs Deforestation Charges, Asia Pulp & Paper Fights Back
Asia Pulp & Paper today released a report that says it has not violated its zero-deforestation policy. The report investigates allegations made last month that two of APP’s suppliers were clearing...
View ArticleFord Expands CO2-Cutting Paint Process
Ford Motor Company says it is expanding its 3-Wet paint capacity by 50 percent this year, adding the environmentally friendly process to four more plants on three continents. It expects the process to...
View ArticleGE to Build $110m Fracking Research Center
General Electric says it will build a $110 million research center in Oklahoma to study oil and gas extraction technologies including hydraulic fracturing. GE Oil & Gas is the company’s...
View ArticleProduct Stewardship: Working to Minimize the Environmental Impacts of Products
Recently, I spoke with a young man in his early 20s about recycling and the conversation moved to product stewardship. I asked him if he knew what the term meant. He thought for a moment, shook his...
View ArticleAce Hardware Uses Fuel Cells for Electric Forklifts
For its newest retail distribution center in Wilmer, Texas, Ace Hardware will deploy 65 GenDrive fuel cell units from Plug Power for its fleet of electric lift trucks. Plug Power’s GenDrive units...
View ArticleMeadWestvaco Chooses American Tree Farm System, Root: 1 Wine Partners with...
Packaging and packaging materials supplier MeadWestvaco Corporation has said it will give purchasing preference to certified wood supplies – specifically wood that is certified under the American Tree...
View ArticleGM Invests $332m for Fuel-Efficient Powertrains
General Motors has said it will invest about $332 million in four manufacturing sites to produce more fuel-efficient engines and transmissions. The investments at plants in Flint and Bay City, Mich.,...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Dam Removal, Barging Frack Water, Superfund
The Interior Department yesterday recommended that four PacifiCorp hydroelectric dams be removed from the Klamath River in Oregon and California, at a cost of $450 million, to aid salmon runs and water...
View ArticleBASF Launches Sustainable Construction Website
BASF’s Green Sense Concrete reduced the carbon footprint of the One World Trade Center by 15,838,267 kg CO2 in the construction of the building’s first 40 floors, according to the chemical company’s...
View ArticleUnilever Sustainably Sourcing 36% of Agricultural Raw Materials
Unilever says it is sourcing more than a third of its agricultural raw materials sustainably, putting the global consumer goods and food company closer to its target of 100 percent by 2020. With 36...
View ArticleVerizon Sustainability Report: Carbon Intensity Down 10%
Verizon cut its carbon intensity by 10 percent in 2012, to a monthly average of .05726 metric tons of CO2 per terabyte of throughput, and by 37 percent since its 2009 baseline, according to the...
View ArticleBattle Lines Drawn Over Tailpipe Pollution Rules
The American Petroleum Institute and the American Lung Association have released contradictory reports that, respectively, castigate and praise the EPA’s Tier 3 clean-gasoline proposal. The agency...
View ArticleNBA to Offset More Than 10m Pounds CO2
The NBA, partnering with Sprint and the Natural Resources Defense Council, has pledged to offset more than 10 million pounds of CO2 as it tips off NBA Green Week, which runs through April 12. NBA Green...
View ArticleJohnson Controls Boosts Air Handling Unit Manufacturing Capacity
Johnson Controls expanded its Guangzhou, China, factory to meet the increasing demand for energy efficient building technologies. The factory will house a fully-automated air handling unit assembly...
View ArticleSustainability at Kilroy Realty
Sara Neff, director of sustainability programs with Kilroy Realty, discusses the evolution of sustainability at the company, which owns and operates 12.5 million square feet of commercial real estate...
View ArticleValuing Water to Make the Best of Capital
Running down resources carries a high price tag. Four of the 10 cities with the highest water tariffs globally are in water-scarce Australia. Among them is Adelaide, which taps water from the River...
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