Reevaluating the Marketing of ‘Stuff’
If I want to live in a more sustainable/efficient house, I know what to do. I do a blower-door test, install double paned-Low E-argon filled windows, insulate my attic and maybe install a passive...
View ArticleMarriott Mumbai Taps Nalco for Water Reduction
The 583-room Marriott Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre and Marriott Executive Apartments has used Nalco products to help reduce water use in its cooling systems by 16 million gallons per year. The...
View ArticleAT&T to Roll Out Plant-Based Packaging
AT&T will start transitioning to a plant-based plastic in packaging for its branded wireless accessories, the company has announced. The plastic is composed of up to 30 percent plant-based...
View ArticleLuminant to Sue EPA Over Cross-Border Pollution Rule
Luminant – Texas’s largest power generator – has announced the shuttering of facilities across the state, and launched a legal challenge against the regulations it blames for the closures: the EPA’s...
View ArticleMost Soft Drink Makers Lack Recycling Goals
Only three out of eight major soft drink companies have recycling goals, according to a study by Green Research. PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Company, and Nestlé Waters North America all have recycling...
View ArticleFacebook, Amazon Panned on Energy Management and Transparency
Amazon, Netflix, Facebook and other major internet firms are failing to adequately disclose their carbon footprint, according to a report by independent analyst Verdantix. The report, Carbon Strategy...
View ArticleUmow Lai’s Director of Sustainability Discusses Aussie Carbon Tax
With the introduction of the carbon tax fueling intense debate about sustainability across Australia’s economy, Straight Talk sat down with Umow Lai’s Director of Sustainability, Shane Esmore, to talk...
View ArticleBayer Saves 1m Gallons Through Water Reuse
Bayer HealthCare has saved more than a million gallons of water since January with a wastewater treatment system at its animal health division headquarters in Shawnee, Kan. CDI Industrial &...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Double Counting Biofuels, Regulatory Timeout,...
The Obama administration has told a federal court that it has no objection to reopening lawsuits brought by both industry and environmental groups challenging national air quality standards for...
View ArticleEnvironmental Software Briefing: Aecom, Tendril, Ecobee, Constellation...
Consultancy Aecom has developed a tool to assess the sustainability performance of a company’s supply chain. The Supplier Tracking and Assessment tool for Sustainability collects, analyzes, and reports...
View ArticleGrocery Bag Giant Settles on Recycling Claims
The ChicoBag Company, a reusable bag firm, has announced that the lawsuit filed against it by Hilex Poly Company LLC, Superbag Operating Ltd. and Advance Polybag Inc. – three of the largest domestic...
View ArticleManaging Environmental Impact with a Global Framework and Local Execution
Environmental management poses both challenges and opportunities for companies with operations around the world. The challenges can seem onerous when you consider variations in local environmental...
View ArticleISO 50001: From Energy Project to Energy Plan
When it comes to energy, companies have three options: do nothing at all, undertake individual energy projects, or deploy an energy program that pushes lasting performance improvement. Any company that...
View ArticleEmpire State Building Awarded LEED Gold Certification
The Empire State Building has been awarded LEED Gold for Existing Buildings certification. It is the tallest and almost certainly the best-known building in the U.S. to receive the award, according to...
View ArticlePhilips, Bayer Top CDP Rankings; Amazon, Apple and Warren Buffett Fail to...
Philips Electronics, Bayer and Cisco have topped the Carbon Disclosure Project’s 2011 carbon performance and disclosure rankings, as for the first time, a majority of the world’s largest public...
View ArticleInova Health System Discusses Sustainability Program
In part 1 of a two-part video, Seema Wadhwa, Sustainability Engineer for Inova Health System, talks about how INOVA started their sustainability program and made Going Green a part of their corporate...
View ArticleFairmont Cuts GHGs 8% in Four Years
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 8.4 percent by the end of 2010, compared to 2006 levels, the company has announced. The reduction takes Fairmont almost halfway towards...
View ArticleAccelerating Large Scale Clean-Energy and Carbon-Sequestration Solutions
Jonathan Isham Jr., an Associate Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, gives a talk back in January 2010: The Challenge of ‘Getting to 350′: On Accelerating Large...
View ArticleGlencore Hazardous Waste Triples, But Suspended Solids Fall
Commodities company Glencore incurred four significant environmental fines in 2010 and its hazardous waste output more than tripled last year, according to the company’s first sustainability report....
View ArticleCompliance & Standards Briefing: Green Smartphone, RoHS, NSF Suit, Low-Flow...
Samsung’s Evergreen, a smartphone for “environmentally conscious” consumers (pictured left), has earned platinum accreditation from UL Environment’s Sustainable Product Certification standard, the...
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