Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Solar Tariffs, Formaldehyde, ‘Sue and Settle’...
The White House is negotiating to drop its steep tariffs on Chinese solar panels, and the EU is talking with China to avoid tariffs scheduled to take effect next month, the New York Times reports. The...
View ArticleToyota, Mercedes Join DOE Hydrogen Partnership
Toyota, Mercedes-Benz and Nissan are members of the Energy Department’s newly launched public-private partnership focused on advancing hydrogen infrastructure to support transportation energy options...
View ArticleGRI Releases Latest Guidelines
The Global Reporting Initiative today released the latest version of its sustainability reporting guidelines, G4, and says they will place more emphasis on materiality. But GRI hasn’t yet posted the...
View ArticleHospitals Can Reduce Energy 62%
A study conducted by a research team at the University of Washington, titled Targeting 100!, identifies a process for newly constructed hospitals that integrates architectural, mechanical and central...
View ArticleSteps Towards Enhancing the Sustainability of Packaging
Sustainable packaging encompasses multiple initiatives, including producing effective solutions with minimum resources, protecting the product, transport efficiency and effective end of life...
View ArticleNetafim’s Water-Saving Technology Wins Award
Drip- and micro-irrigation company Netafim’s technology that halves water use compared to other irrigation solutions while increasing crop yields has won the firm the 2013 Stockholm Industry Water...
View ArticleRunning Shoes’ Carbon Footprint ‘More than 60% Manufacturing’
More than two-thirds of a running shoe’s carbon footprint can come from manufacturing processes, with a smaller percentage arising from acquiring or extracting raw materials, according to Massachusetts...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Nestle Cocoa, Concrete EPD, LG, Declare
Nestlé USA announced that it will source 100 percent UTZ Certified cocoa beans for its line of everyday Crunch bars. The UTZ label is designed to ensure sustainable farming and better opportunities for...
View ArticleVW Heads Microcontroller Energy Efficiency Standards Group
Volkswagen will chair an expanded working group to establish an energy-efficiency benchmark for microcontrollers aimed at making automotive end products more energy aware. Semiconductor vendors...
View ArticleISTA Launches ‘Responsible Packaging’ Guide
The International Safe Transit Association has published a sustainable packaging guide that ISTA chairman Larry Dull says is the first of its kind. The Responsible Packaging by Design Guide will help...
View ArticlePorts Power Docked Ships with Electricity
All 13 international cargo terminals at the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach will power docked ships with electricity by the end of this year, cutting air pollution from the ships at berth by...
View ArticleCSR a ‘Business Requirement, Not Option’
Global consumers have clear and specific expectations for the role companies should play in addressing social and environmental issues with 93 percent wanting to see more of the products and services...
View ArticleEPA Proposes Renewable Fuel Standard Modifications
The EPA has proposed changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard program that include new renewable fuel pathways aimed at enhancing the ability of the biofuels industry to supply advanced biofuels,...
View ArticleSeattle Municipal Efficiency Measures Save $1.25m
Energy conservation measures enacted at facilities operated by the City of Seattle have saved the municipality and taxpayers $1.25 million since 2008, according to an official report. While this is the...
View ArticleUNEP Launches Sustainable Food Production Clearinghouse
A project by Kellogg’s and other groups aimed at spreading sustainable technologies and growing practices for rice is among the initiatives already submitted to the United Nations Environment...
View ArticleLocus Software Automates Discharge Monitoring Reporting
Locus Technologies has expanded its Environmental Information Management (EIM) software to automate the generation of discharge monitoring reports (DMR), which can help companies realize immediate cost...
View ArticleOrganic Cotton ‘Shows Signs of Stabilizing’
Organic cotton farmers produced 138,813 metric tons of fiber in 2011-12, an 8 percent drop in production from the previous year, compared to a 37 percent drop in 2010-11, the Textile Exchange says. In...
View ArticleGreen Fleet Roundup: Network Rail, UQM, Waste Industries, Halliburton, PacLease
Network Rail has invested in two Mercedes Benz Vito E-Cell all-electric minibuses (pictured) that ferry its employees to and from the train station. The 8-seater minibus has an 80-mile range between...
View ArticleGerman Beer Industry ‘Threatened by Fracking’
Anheuser-Busch InBev and other German brewers want Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to block any laws that would allow hydraulic fracturing, which, they say could contaminate water used to make...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: TSCA Update, Utility Shield Law, Mining Guidance
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) announced bipartisan legislation to update the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act. Vitter said the bill would both strengthen consumer...
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