Is Your Firm’s EH&S Technology Up to Par?
Join Verdantix, CH2M Hill, Enablon and Environmental Leader for a free environmental, health and safety (EH&S) webinar, Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 8am PDT/11am EDT. Organizations are increasingly...
View ArticleRetail Supply Chain Sustainability Needs a ‘Hub’
The retail industry has reached something of a watershed as corporate demands for more efficient supply chain operations intersect with rising consumer demand for sustainable retailing. Despite the...
View ArticleeCycling Leadership Awards Go to Samsung, Best Buy, Dell, HP
Samsung received the inaugural eCycling Leadership Award from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) for leading recycling efforts in the electronics industry. The award acknowledges the amount of...
View ArticleBridging the Behavioral Gap for Recycling Success
In the environmental and product stewardship industry, there is a lot of talk about the barriers that stand in the way of really successful recycling in product take-back programs. Physical barriers,...
View ArticleSolar Express Rolls Through Chicago
The city of Chicago launched Chicago Solar Express, a streamlined permitting, zoning and interconnection process for those seeking to place solar installations on residential and commercial properties....
View ArticleContinuous Emissions Monitoring System Offers Dual Analysis for MACT Compliance
Thermo Fisher Scientific’s continuous emissions monitoring system (CEMS) for wet stack particulate matter emissions enables simplified compliance with EPA regulations for utility companies, cement...
View ArticleGreen Building Insurance Industry ‘Booming’
The green building insurance market is competitive and growing, the Insurance Journal reports, with green construction industry driving this growth. By 2015, between 40 percent and 48 percent of new...
View ArticleDuPont, Huntsman Cotton Processing Technology Cuts Water, Chemical Use
DuPont Industrial Biosciences, in collaboration with Huntsman Corporation, says a six-year study of its enzymatic bleaching technology shows reductions in water use, energy consumption and chemical use...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Samsung’s ISO 50001, CSX’s LEED, WhiteWave
Samsung Electronics has received ISO 50001 energy management certification for all sites worldwide. The company’s Gumi, South Korea site was the first to receive certification, in July 2011. Samsung...
View ArticleHome Depot, KB Home Win EPA Water Awards
Home Depot and KB Home were among several companies and organizations honored by the EPA for their commitment to water efficiency and support of the WaterSense program. Since the EPA launched the...
View ArticleWorld’s First LEED v4 Certified Project: Haworth Showroom in Beijing
Haworth’s showroom in Beijing’s Parkview Green building has been recognized as the world’s first certified LEED project under the United States Green Building Council’s (USGBC) new LEED version 4 beta...
View ArticleLEED v4 Tips on Building Materials
Building material suppliers have a number of options available to them, including life cycle assessments (LCAs), environmental product declarations (EPDs) and health product declarations (HPDs), to...
View ArticlePower Plant Carbon Pollution Drops 10% in Two Years
Carbon pollution from power plants has decreased 10 percent from 2010, according to EPA data. The agency yesterday released its third year of greenhouse gas data detailing carbon pollution emissions...
View ArticleIs Capitalism 2.0 the Answer to a Sustainable Economy?
Since the collapse of communism, more than twenty years ago, capitalism has been, more or less, the only show in town. As a system for running our economies, it is widely acclaimed for having delivered...
View ArticleHumble USB Cables Poised to Become Powerful
It has become a common practice to charge cell phones and other small devices by plugging them into a computer with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable. But in 2014, the USB cable will be able to...
View ArticleTimberland Touts PET Recycling
This Timberland promo video looks at the company’s plastic recycling program.
View ArticleASHRAE Updates Indoor Air Quality Standard
The newly published 2013 version of ASHRAE’s indoor air quality standard sets minimum ventilation rates and contains other revisions that apply to institutional and commercial buildings. ANSI/ASHRAE...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Water Act, Clean Car Plan, GHG Targets
The House approved, 417-3, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013, Maritime Executive reports. Lawmakers rejected a Democratic amendment that would have delayed provisions to streamline...
View ArticleInvestors to IR Firms: Disclose Materiality Assessment Processes
To further advance integrated reporting (IR), businesses should close perceived or actual information gaps by disclosing their materiality assessment process, say investors. To understand the strengths...
View ArticleMacroeconomic Drivers Reviving Cleantech Investment
Macroeconomic drivers have reignited cleantech investment and expanded its reach across sectors and industries, according to research by cleantech research firm Kachan & Co. and nonprofits As You...
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