Publix Saves Two Billion Shopping Bags
Initiatives started by Publix Super Markets in mid-2007 have saved two billion single-use paper and plastic shopping bags from being used, the company has announced. The company trains front service...
View ArticleTelecom Industry to Shift More Capital to Energy Efficiency
The telecom service industry will invest more than 61 percent of its capital expenditures into sustainable infrastructure by 2016, representing a $194 billion market, according to a Pike Research...
View ArticlePepco Saves Delaware College $9 Million in Energy Costs
Pepco Energy Services will save Delaware Technical Community College more than $9 million in energy costs by installing more than $7 million in energy conservation measures at the college’s Wilmington,...
View ArticleCafedirect Using Carbon Credits to Fund Green Coffee
Cafedirect – the UK’s largest fair trade hot drink supplier – is using the carbon market to fund adaptation projects that, in turn, support the sustainability of its own coffee production. As one of...
View ArticleUS Airways, Shutterfly Drop Sustainable Forestry Initiative
US Airways, Shutterfly, Energizer, Allied Electronics, Phillips Van Heusen, Pitney Bowes and Ruby Tuesday will stop using the Sustainable Forestry Initiative seal on their products, marking a growing...
View ArticleHilton, BSR Launch Sustainable Procurement Center
Hilton Worldwide and sustainability consultants BSR have launched a three-year initiative to help procurement professionals make more informed purchasing decisions based on the best available...
View ArticleNREL Model Improves Predictions of Shade Effects on Solar PV
Using microinverters instead of typical string inverters can improve solar panels’ performance in shade by more than 12 percent, according to a new National Renewable Energy Laboratory test procedure,...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Google Wind Line, EU Aviation, Superfund...
The $5 billion, Google-backed offshore wind energy transmission line proposed for the mid-Atlantic U.S. will advance to an environmental review stage after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management found...
View ArticleSteel Plants Could Provide 20 MW of ‘Green’ Thermal Energy
Steel plants located just outside Sheffield’s city center could be connected to the UK city’s existing district heating network (pictured) to provide an extra 20 MW of thermal energy, Phys.org reports....
View ArticleEricsson Sustainability Report: Direct Carbon Intensity Drops 6%
Direct emissions from telecommunications firm Ericsson’s in-house activities totaled around 0.84 Mtonnes during 2011. This corresponds to a six percent reduction in direct emissions intensity from...
View ArticleAPP to Suspend Natural Forest Clearance
Asia Pulp & Paper is suspending natural forest clearance on its own pulpwood plantations in Indonesia, effective June 1, as part of a new commitment to international standards on High Conservation...
View ArticleFedEx Express: Fleet 16.6% More Efficient Than in 2005
FedEx Express’ vehicle fleet was 16.6 percent more fuel efficient in 2011 than it was in 2005, the company has announced. The company has a goal of making its vehicle fleet 20 percent more fuel...
View ArticleHow Regulation, Profitability and Sustainability Affect Aerospace Industry
Panel at the Global Aerospace Summit 2012 discuss how the environment, fuel prices and legislation impact the civil aviation industry. Moderator • Marion C. Blakey, Chair, International Coordinating...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Energy Star, UL and Eco-Institut, ISO 50001,...
The EPA and DOE’s Energy Star program has introduced a specification for uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). ??Using an Energy Star-certified UPS in a data center can save a company hundreds of...
View ArticleInternational Paper Expects to Meet 12 Sustainability Goals by 2020
International Paper has outlined 12 voluntary sustainability goals that it expects to meet by the end of the decade, including a 15 percent efficiency improvement in its purchased energy use. The...
View ArticleEnergy Efficiency Gaining Ground in Inefficient States, ACEEE Says
Energy efficiency is gaining momentum in states that have traditionally been behind the curve in pushing such technology, according to research by the American Council for Energy-Efficient Economy. But...
View ArticleInnovation a Part of BASF’s DNA
A key element of future-proof brands is innovation. As someone with a particular interest in building tough, resilient brands of the future, I’m always curious how big companies keep their innovation,...
View ArticleUltracapacitors Give Power Lift to Automated Guided Vehicles
The commercial and consumer vehicle markets have made significant inroads in cleaning their technology and improving the performance and lifespan of their energy storage systems. One way to achieve...
View ArticleInvestor Coalition Pushes Shale Gas Industry to Clean Up Fracking
A coalition of 55 investment firms and institutional investors is urging the shale gas industry to adopt best practices to clean up hydraulic fracturing, a controversial production technique used to...
View ArticleMining Industry ‘to Spend $20bn on Renewable Energy and Conservation by 2020′
Worldwide investment by the mining industry in renewable energy and energy conservation will reach about $8.4 billion by 2016 and nearly $20 billion by 2020, according to a new report from Pike...
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