Sustainability Drives Competitive Advantage in Food Industry Supply Chain
Parents – mainly mothers – determine most household food purchases. Questions race through their minds as they navigate the labyrinth of products, packaging and prices. Is this healthy for my family?...
View ArticleEcoAd Patent Fast-Tracked
EcoMedia’s application seeking patent protection for its controversial EcoAd advertising program has been granted special status within the Commerce Department’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The...
View ArticleIkea: Stock Market Pressures Hinder Sustainability
Ikea’s private ownership helps the company act sustainably, according to the firm’s CEO, in a case study prepared for the launch of Climate Week NYC. “What is good for our customers is also good for us...
View ArticleEU ETS to Cost Airlines $1.5bn in 2012; BA Hit Hardest
The cost for airlines of joining the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme in 2012 will be approximately €1.1 billion ($1.5 billion) using a carbon price of €12 per ton, or a total of €10.4 billion...
View ArticleAt Clinton and UN Forums, Investors Push for Sustainability Ratings,...
Investors have launched two major drives to improve the quality of information on companies and funds, pushing a rating system for social and environmental impacts, and asking countries to mandate...
View ArticleAnheuser-Busch, GE Form Alliance to Cut CO2, Water
Anheuser-Busch InBev and GE have formed a strategic alliance that they expect to cut 100,000 tons of CO2 emissions a year from AB InBev plants across China. The initiative will also develop solutions...
View ArticleLess Is More, Part VI: Budgeting for Sustainability
This will be the second to last in the series and, probably, these will be the most complicated since we are talking about some subtle aspects in the design of machines. In the last posting we looked...
View ArticleDairy Farming and Sustainability
Promo video highlighting sustainability advancements at California dairy farms.
View ArticleSoftware Briefing: AltaTerra, Microsoft, HP, Hara, Xerox
AngelPoints, CloudApps, GreenNurture, and Tripos Software are four of the most prominant vendors in the emerging market for software that aims to get employees to think green, according to a new...
View ArticleMaersk Line to Test Sulfur-Cutting Exhaust Cleaner
Shipping giant Maersk Line is to test a new exhaust gas cleaning system that it says could cut sulfur emissions by more than 97 percent. The scrubbing system has been developed by Belco and designed...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: GOP Green Projects, Retrofit Tax Incentives,...
Some high-profile Republicans who have attacked President Obama over his failed efforts to stimulate clean energy jobs with federal support have nonetheless written the Energy Department to request...
View ArticleA Message to the Food Industry: Be Selfish
sel-fish – adjective devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one’s own interest, benefits, welfare, etc. Outside of the relatively small community of sustainability and CSR...
View ArticleGE Energy Signs $3bn in Contracts
GE Energy has announced more than $3 billion in new customer agreements across its business, including waste-heat recovery, wind turbines, water treatment and a manufacturing efficiency contract with...
View ArticleClinton, Branson Launch Major Building Energy Efficiency Projects
President Bill Clinton’s Clinton Global Initiative and Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room have both launched partnerships with companies such as Lockheed Martin, Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs and...
View ArticleWaste Heat Recovery from Gas Compression Can Reach 90%
Heat recovery provides an enticing opportunity for industries using gas compression processes, according to a trade journal. About 50,000 Btu/hr of thermal energy is available to be recovered for every...
View ArticleEPA Launches Green Product Web Portal
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a green products web portal that can help manufacturers find information on standards and criteria for designing greener products. On the new...
View ArticleOffshore Wind Seminar with Ram Power
The Council of State Governments/Eastern Regional Conference brought together industry experts, officials and staff from Northeastern U.S. states and Eastern Canadian provinces that have been...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: LEED Stadium, Energy Star Increase, Rogue UL...
AEG, the entertainment giant, plans to build a $1 billion, 72,000-seat football stadium in downtown Los Angeles to LEED standards, the first in the National Football League, Smart Planet reported. The...
View ArticleTexas Sues EPA Over Power Plant Pollution Rules
Texas filed a petition for review of the EPA’s – the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule – in a federal appeals court, the Houston Chronicle reports, saying the state doesn’t have enough time to comply with...
View ArticleWhy Sustainable Companies Have More Engaged Employees
Labor Day has come and gone. Many of us will reluctantly turn our attention away from summer diversions and will approach our work with renewed focus. As we head into autumn with its relentless...
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