Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EPA Adaptation Plans, Chemical Safety, Water...
The EPA has released 17 climate change adaptation implementation plans for its various regions and offices – such as the Office of Water, and the Office of Air and Radiation – to provide more detail...
View ArticleEnvironmental Management Certifications on the Rise
ISO certifications in environmental management systems grew 9 percent to 285,844 in 2012 while energy management certifications grew 332 percent to 1,981, according to the annual ISO Survey of...
View ArticleCarbon Budget to be Spent by 2034, PwC Warns
The world is on track to blow the 2 degree Celsius carbon budget, estimated by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the next 89 years, within 21 years, according to...
View ArticleEPA Enforcement Programs Vulnerable to Climate Change
The EPA has outlined a number of areas in which its enforcement programs will be vulnerable to the effects of climate change, along with some ways the agency can start adapting its activities to cope....
View ArticleHow to Best Manage Your Firm’s EH&S Program
Big-data driven environmental, health and safety (EH&S) programs not only improve companies’ health and safety records, they also can be fully integrated into sustainability and other business...
View ArticleClimate Change and Big Business: Bridging the Gap
Of the 10 most expensive hurricanes in US history, eight occurred within the past decade. To a lot of people, the increased severity of storms points directly at climate change. Personally, I’m...
View ArticleElements of a Sustainable Packaging Initiative
Benchmarking, “right-sizing” and noticing the impact of secondary packaging are just three of the elements needed when establishing a sustainable packaging initiative, reports Greener Package. As...
View ArticleCisco Manages Energy for Multitude of Electronic Devices
Cisco has been talking about the internet of things for a few years. Now the company is beginning to talk about powering down all these “things” to save energy. In July 2013, Cisco acquired JouleX – a...
View ArticleBioplastics Firm Brews Compostable Coffee Pods
Biome Bioplastics’ biodegradable coffee pods can provide a sustainable packaging alternative in the $6.6 billion global single-serve coffee capsule market, the UK natural plastic developer says. The...
View ArticleHow to Implement a Sustainable Packaging Initiative
The first step a business should take when trying to realize a sustainable packaging initiative is determining the objective that its packaging is seeking to attain, according to a white paper from...
View ArticleUtilities Turn to Wood to Reduce Emissions at Coal-Fired Plants
Utilities anticipating stricter regulations on coal-fired power plants are turning to wood to help lower carbon output. Minnesota Power, which is trying to convert to one-third renewables and one-third...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: ISO 14001 and RoHS List Revisions, Wireless...
The ISO 14001 Working Group (TC 207/SC1 WG5) has released Committee Draft 2, the latest step in revising the environmental management standard. The draft now enters a three-month balloting period,...
View ArticleNovelis Commissions Europe’s Largest Aluminum Recycling Plant
Novelis has commissioned the expansion of an aluminum recycling plant in the UK, increasing the plant’s capacity by more than a third and making it Europe’s largest closed-loop recycling operation for...
View ArticleStaples, Alcoa Endorse e-Stewards Standard Version 2.0
Wells Fargo, Staples, Bank of America and Alcoa are among the companies to exclusively use e-Stewards recyclers to ensure toxic electronic wastes are not exported to developing countries, processed...
View ArticleInvestors Boost Industrial Wastewater Treatment
A growing number of investors are focusing on the water sector, according to a New York Times Dealbook piece. The paper profiles XPV Capital, which has $150 million under management and holds stakes in...
View ArticleHow to Turn Trash into Profit
Join Ecova, Graybar and Environmental Leader for a free waste management webinar, Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 11am PST/2pm EST. Waste management has long been viewed as a necessary expense that has commanded...
View ArticleSustainability Messages Must Be Backed up by Real Action; Here’s How
The success of Chipotle Mexican Grill’s “Scarecrow” video goes beyond its glossy Cannes-worthy visuals or the 7 million views it has received since its launch last month: the online advertisement is a...
View ArticleGreen Fleet Roundup: Toyota, Panasonic, Tesla, Navistar, Volvo Trucks
Toyota will display a concept version of its fuel cell vehicle scheduled for launch around 2015 at the Tokyo Motor Show at the end of the month. The FCV Concept (pictured) has a driving range of at...
View ArticleHelium Improves Energy Efficiency of Hard Drives
HGST is shipping a helium-based hard drive platform to improve data center capacity, power usage, cooling and storage density. The new 6-terabyte Ultrastar He6 hard drive seals the spinning disks...
View ArticleUnited Airlines Launches Cargo Carbon Calculator
United Airlines, in partnership with Sustainable Travel International, has launched a cargo emissions and offset calculator that computes per capita carbon emissions for customers shipping via United...
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