Novelis Invests $205M to Meet Auto Demand, Expand Recycling Operations
Aluminum rolling and recycling company Novelis says it will invest $205 million to further expand its global manufacturing operations serving the rapidly growing automotive market. The company will...
View ArticleVolvo Tests ‘Eco-Driving’ Technology
The Volvo Group is testing eco-driving technology that it says can help reduce fuel consumption by about 10 to 15 percent, saving trucking companies money and reducing carbon emissions. Eco-driving...
View ArticleICSC Launches Green Scorecard for Shopping Centers
The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) will next month offer shopping centers a way to benchmark energy, water, waste and recycling, and green operations. With consumer expectations...
View ArticleDarden Restaurants Sustainability Report
Darden Restaurants, a Fortune 500 company that owns brands including Red Lobster, Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse, has released its 2013 Citizenship Update.
View ArticleVerdantix Names Top Sustainability Assurance Suppliers
Bureau Veritas, Deloitte, DNV, EY, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) are the six leading suppliers of sustainability assurance, according to a Verdantix report. Increased scrutiny of environmental,...
View ArticleHoneywell Plans $300M Climate-Friendly Coolant Plant
Honeywell plans to invest about $300 million to increase production capacity for HFO-1234yf, a low-global-warming refrigerant for cars, including building a commercial manufacturing plant in Louisiana...
View Article91% Say Companies Should Implement More Sustainability Practices
Only 35 percent of Americans believe companies are doing more today than 10 years ago to address climate change, according to research conducted by Research+Data Insights for Hill+Knowlton Strategies...
View ArticleEnergy Users Could Pay for NOx Rules
A major Florida utility is exploring how to pass the cost of EPA nitrogen oxide regulations on to its customers, the Miami Herald reports. To comply with air quality guidelines issued in 2010, Florida...
View ArticleGreen Chemistry: Making Paint More Safe
One of the most exciting parts of my job is learning about technologies by American innovators and researchers that are solving some of our most pressing environmental problems. These discoveries are...
View ArticleMethod Could Lower Titanium’s Cost, Environmental Footprint
A new method for extracting titanium could lower its cost and make it more widely accessible, for example, for producing lighter car parts to improve fuel efficiency, according to research published in...
View ArticleTeijin, Onward, Fuji Xerox Launch Uniform Recycling Project
Teijin Limited, Onward Holdings and Fuji Xerox are launching a closed-loop uniform recycling system in China. The system is based on Teijin’s Eco Circle process that the company says incorporates the...
View ArticleAegis Sustainability Report
Aegis Limited, a global outsourcing and technology services company, has released its 2013 Sustainability Report.
View ArticleStaples Smashes Battery Recycling Goal
Staples Canada has diverted 71,370 kg of batteries from landfills so far in 2013, smashing the company’s goal of 60,000 kg this year. Staples Canada partners with Call2Recycle to collect and recycle...
View ArticleHershey Supply Chain: 100% Traceable, Sustainable Palm Oil by 2014
The Hershey Company has achieved its goal to source 100 percent mass balanced Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certified palm oil more than a year ahead of its original 2015 commitment....
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Chevron ‘Failure,’ BP Claims ‘Fraud, States...
The EPA accused Chevron of 62 violations of federal environmental law, related to an August 2012 fire at a Richmond, Calif., refinery that released a huge gas cloud and sent thousands of people to the...
View ArticleFuture Looks Green for Building Industry
Green building in North America will continue its strong growth in 2014, with the ongoing expansion of commercial real estate construction together with government, university, nonprofit and school...
View ArticleStop-Start Vehicle Sales to ‘Exceed 55M by 2022’
Total global sales for light duty stop-start vehicles (SSVs) will exceed 55 million by 2022, accounting for 54.3 percent of total vehicle sales, according to Navigant Research. By 2020, 82.8 percent of...
View ArticleCaesars Sustainability Report: Beats Emissions Goal a Year Early
Caesars Entertainment has published its 2012 CSR and Sustainability Report. Results include: GHGs Caesars’ emissions were down 11 percent versus a 2007 baseline – beating, one year early, its target of...
View ArticlePaint Firms Pay $1.1bn, Clean Up Lead Toxins
A Santa Clara County judge has ordered paint manufacturers Sherwin-Williams, NL Industries and ConAgra to put $1.1 billion into a state-held fund that will be used to clean up lead paint toxins in...
View ArticleGMOs: the Future of Sustainable Agriculture?
Genetically modified crops — that can feed 9 billion by 2050 and tolerate heat, drought and disease — are the future of sustainable agriculture, writes David Rotman, editor of MIT Technology Review....
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