3 Steps to Build a Culture of Sustainability and Achieve Global Environmental...
While it’s widely expected for companies to drive sustainability outcomes by setting specific, time-bound targets, reaching goals is a unique journey for every business. Innovation, investment and...
View ArticleSmart Planet Technologies Introduces Eco-Friendly Barrier Coating
Smart Planet Technologies has announced a new coating, EarthCoating Hyper-barrier (HB40), that the company says provides a cost-effective, environmentally friendlier alternative to Polyvinilidene...
View ArticleGrocery Delivery Services Cut CO2 Emissions Up To 75%
Grocery deliver services — such as those offered by Amazon, Safeway, FreshDirect and Google — can cut carbon dioxide emissions by 20 to 75 percent compared with individual household trips to the store,...
View ArticleCoke Grants Recycling Bins to Municipalities, Schools, City of Chicago
The Coca-Cola Foundation/Keep America Beautiful Bin Grant Program is awarding communities, schools, universities and organizations with grants of recycling bins, allowing these entities to either...
View ArticleElectronics Recycler Launches E-Waste Tracking Software
Electronic Recyclers International (ERI) has launched a new tracking and transparency system that gives customers complete real-time access to the status of their organizational recycling efforts, the...
View ArticleNYC Expands Plastics Recycling, Launches Food Waste Challenge
New York City has put two initiatives into effect to improve its waste and recycling efforts. The first is an expansion of its recycling program to include the recycling of all rigid plastics,...
View ArticleGroups Urge Farm Energy Bill Support
More than 100 national, state and regional organizations have written to members of the US Congress urging them to support a Farm Bill with mandatory funding for renewable energy and energy efficiency...
View ArticleOle Miss Hydration Stations Cut Waste, Encourage Reusable Bottles
The Ole Miss office of sustainability highlights its Aqua Rebel refillable water bottle stations and how Ole Miss uses these in a different way than any other campus.
View ArticleCosmetics Industry Targets Consumer Behavior
Cosmetics companies need to address the environmental consequences of consumption if they are to significantly reduce their ecological footprints, Sustainable Cosmetics Summit organizers say. Measures...
View ArticleFTSE Launches Environmental Technologies Index
FTSE Group has launched an environmental technologies index, FTSE ET100, designed to measure the performance of companies whose core business is in the development and operation of environmental...
View ArticleBelkin Debuts Smart Resource Management, Installs Echo Electricity at DoD Sites
Belkin has launched Echo, an advanced sensor technology system for buildings that analyzes the use of water, electricity and natural gas to reduce waste. Designed initially for utility companies and...
View ArticleHow to Manage Scope 3 Emissions
Properly managing value chain, or Scope 3, emissions is a critical survival tool companies must use to gain competitive advantage in a resource-constrained future, the Carbon Trust says. Value chain...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: EPA Slammed on Chemicals, Printers Demand...
At its current rate, the EPA will take over a decade to judge the toxicity of 83 chemicals prioritized for review, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office, FierceGovernment says....
View ArticleCompanies Increasingly ‘Pursue Triple Bottom Line’
Echoing the growth in corporate social responsibility reporting, a growing number of mostly small- and medium-sized companies are taking environmental and social stewardship further and becoming...
View ArticleNASA Clears Biofuel-Powered Jets for Takeoff
NASA researchers say commercial airlines can safely fly using plant-based biofuel, following successful test flights in California. The flights studied the effects of alternate biofuel on engine...
View ArticleKimberly-Clark Professional Partners with TerraCycle for Laboratory,...
Kimberly-Clark Professional has introduced a large-scale recycling effort for nontraditional cleanroom waste such as cleanroom garments, gloves, hoods, boot covers and hairnets. The company says it is...
View ArticleVerizon Plans $100m Investment in Solar, Fuel Cells
Verizon says it will invest $100 million in solar and fuel-cell energy projects with SunPower and ClearEdge Power that will help power 19 of its facilities in seven states across the country. When...
View ArticleMotor Vehicles and Stormwater Runoff
Roads and highways play a vital role in shaping the economic prosperity of a community, as well as the quality of life for its citizens. Unfortunately, the motor vehicles that regularly utilize them...
View ArticleMeat, Dairy Industries Trial Sludge Purification
A new way to purify sludge may help the meat and dairy industries lower the environmental impact of their wastewater treatments, Phys.org reports. Sludge accounts for half the operating costs and 65...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Building Products, Sediment Control, LEED,...
The International Living Future Institute and the Health Product Declaration Collaborative will align their building products standards to simplify disclosure requirements for manufacturers. The two...
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