Guide Helps Fleet Owners Choose Exhaust Gas Scrubber
Fleet owners should consider factors including vessel type, trading patterns and local conditions when choosing an exhaust scrubber for their vessels as a way of helping meet upcoming regulations,...
View ArticleGreen Building Materials ‘$254bn Annual Market by 2020′
The worldwide market for green construction materials will grow from $116 billion in 2013 to greater than $254 billion in 2020, according to a report from Navigant Research. These green building...
View ArticleWhy US Companies Don’t Do ISO 14001
Consultants have cited costs and the economic recession as reasons why rates of ISO 14001 certification in the US lag behind other parts of the world. Deb Iafrate, a consultant with Eagle Group USA in...
View ArticleKohl’s Sustainability Report: Carbon Intensity Down 2.8%
Kohl’s relative emissions were down 2.8 percent last year to 7.74 metric tons of CO2e per 1,000 square feet of building space, from 7.96 the year before, according to the company’s 2012 corporate...
View ArticleMost Firms Don’t Report GHG Emissions, Report Says
Only 37 percent of the world’s largest companies report their greenhouse gas emissions fully and correctly, according to research from the Environmental Investment Organisation. The Environmental...
View ArticleGM Signs Climate Declaration
General Motors, Method Products and Novelis are among the latest seven US businesses to sign a statement urging federal policymakers to take action on climate change, calling it “one of America’s...
View ArticleImportant Considerations for Product Stewardship Legislation
Product stewardship legislation has been proposed and considered in a number of states. Legislation is often used to compel various product manufacturers and industries to participate in a qualified...
View ArticleMarijuana Growers Siphon Electricity From Power Lines
Electricity thieves cost utilities billions of dollars each year and marijuana growers are some of the biggest culprits. Awesense, a Vancouver-based company that provides sensors and software to detect...
View ArticleWaitrose to Halve Packaging by 2016
Waitrose yesterday announced a goal to cut its packaging in half by 2016 compared to 2005 along with other changes to its products that the UK supermarket chain says will save about 100 metric tons of...
View ArticleAHA Drives Hospital ‘Sustainability Roadmap’
The American Hospital Association has launched a website to help managers and staff at health care organizations implement sustainability improvements at their facilities. The Sustainability Roadmap...
View ArticleWater Innovation Competition Pairs Startups, Food Companies
Imagine H2O has announced an initiative to establish pilot programs for water startups — the winners of its food and agriculture competition — with commercial growers and food processors in...
View ArticleSustainable Packaging Roundup: Novelis, Mars, Monadnock
Novelis has announced the commercial availability of what it says is the industry’s first independently certified, high-recycled content aluminum designed specifically for the beverage can market. With...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: EPA Bee Report, Post-Sandy Aid, Energy...
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR, pictured) has urged President Obama’s administration to contract for the remaining $1.5 billion in energy savings performance...
View ArticleFracking Should Up Recycled Water Use, Ceres Says
Hydraulic fracturing operations should scale up their use of recycled water and non-freshwater resources, and practice better water management planning if shale energy production is to grow as...
View ArticleThomson Reuters Launches ESG Indices
Thomson Reuters has launched a new family of environmental, social and corporate governance indices. The Thomson Reuters Corporate Responsibility Indices were developed jointly with S-Network Global...
View ArticleMcDonald’s Owner Spends $1m of His Own Money for Energy Efficiency
A McDonald’s franchise owner has built a new restaurant in Garfield Heights, Ohio, to be super energy efficient, spending about $1 million of his own money for the upgrades. Bob Jursich, the franchise...
View ArticleLightweighting Vehicles Saves Fuel, Minimizes Environmental Footprint
Glenn Daehn and Anthony Luscher from The Ohio State University discuss their lightweight metal-based vehicles research, which is funded by the Alcoa Foundation Advancing Sustainability Research...
View ArticleNew Research Validates Steel’s Advantages in the Race to 54.5 MPG
The current and pending US EPA and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) tailpipe emissions and fuel economy standards will require a footprint-based, fleet-average fuel economy of...
View Article$8m Project Drives Bio-Based Economy
Small and medium businesses in northwest Europe can apply for Innovation Coupons worth up to €10,000 ($13,109) each to help them assess the feasibility of taking a bio-based idea or technology to...
View ArticleTemperature Simulator Saves Food Companies Money
National Energy Technologies has released an Eco Cube for refrigeration that the company says can cut energy use between 10 and 20 percent and save businesses money on food and beverage preservation by...
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