Kimberly-Clark Sustainability Report: 99.9% of Virgin Fiber From Certified...
Kimberly-Clark, the company behind Kleenex, Scott and Huggies, has made significant progress on some of its 2015 sustainability goals, including aiming to source 100 percent of its virgin wood fiber...
View ArticleBetter Place Opens Battery Swap Network
Better Place, the electric vehicle venture started by entrepreneur Shai Agassi, has opened its first publicly available battery switching stations, where drivers can swap out a discharged pack for a...
View ArticleWinning App Helps Commercial Buildings Get Energy Star Benchmark
Melon, an app that simplifies the process of getting an Energy Star benchmark for a commercial building, was one of the big winners in the US government’s Energy for Apps competition. The Melon app...
View ArticleAccenture: 44% of Senior Execs say Sustainability ‘Critical’ to Business
Forty-four percent of senior executives say that sustainability is critical to their businesses, according to an Accenture report, and that figure rises to 64 percent in emerging markets. The...
View ArticleThe Impact of Fracking
Fracking and Our Energy Future brings a panel of experts and activists together to discuss the impact of hydraulic-fracturing natural gas extraction. A Q&A with the audience follows. Moderated by...
View ArticleSpartech Expects Over $1m in Energy Savings with World Energy Solutions
Spartech Corporation has awarded World Energy Solutions a three-year energy management contract expected to save the plastics producer more than $1 million in energy costs. The contract covers a range...
View ArticleFinancing Goes ‘Green’
Energy prices and consumption seem to be on an upward trajectory. In fact, energy costs have steadily risen over the last decade and are expected to carry on doing so as consumption grows worldwide....
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Rio+20, Natural Gas Lobby, NRC, Camp David...
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development has released a policy report directed toward the Rio+20 conference that outlines a set of policy recommendations from the business community. The...
View ArticleHow Gaming Can Deliver Your Sustainability Targets
To compete with rivals, it is a good idea to think ahead. Even though green legislation affecting business is relatively new, it pays for companies to review their green strategy to protect themselves...
View ArticleDel Monte Foods, Others Join KKR’s Green Portfolio Program
Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts is adding seven of its portfolio companies, including Del Monte Foods, healthcare products firm Capsugel and telecommunications firm TDC, to an...
View ArticleAlcoa Sustainability Report: 4.5% Drop in Water Intensity, but Landfilling up...
Last year saw aluminum products supplier Alcoa cut its normalized water use by 4.5 percent from 2010 levels, but increase the amount of waste it sent to landfill by 10 percent, according to the...
View ArticleAccor Launches Carbon Footprint Calculator for Events
Accor, the European hotel group that owns the Sofitel and Adagio brands, has launched an interactive tool designed to help seminar organizers determine the carbon footprint of an upcoming event. Accor,...
View ArticleTimberland Hunts Down Sustainable Store Materials
A look at how Timberland finds reclaimed materials for its retail stores
View ArticleEnvironmental March Madness Tournament: Colby Profile & Q&A
As part of our sponsorship of Enviance’s first-ever Environmental March Madness Tournament for environmental studies, Environmental Leader is publishing Enviance-penned profiles of the winning schools...
View ArticleFleet Roundup: SAE vs. CHAdeMO, Tesla, Waste Industries, Volvo
The battle over DC fast-charge standards heated up at a recent California State Senate public committee meeting. A GM representative asked the state to limit adoption of DC fast chargers to only those...
View ArticleGE Steam Cycle Solution Improves Performance for Power Plant Boilers
GE Intelligent Platforms has updated its Steam Cycle Control solution approach beyond the boiler control by adding boiler and turbine auxiliary equipment control strategies. This reduces the need for...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: ZigBee, EMAS, ISO 14001, LEED
The ZigBee Alliance says there are now more than 500 ZigBee certified products available to the market, a 60 percent increase since August 2011. This makes ZigBee – designed for monitoring, controlling...
View ArticleShaw Industries, Kilian Reveal Chemical Substitution Successes
German sign manufacturer Kilian Industrieschilder and carpet firm Shaw Industries are among the companies that have found environmentally friendly substitutes for problematic or dangerous chemicals in...
View ArticleMost Retailers Using Energy Management in Over Half Their Stores, Report Says
Some 63 percent of retailers now have an energy management system in at least 50 percent of their stores, according to a report by retail and multi-site facilities management organization the...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs to Pump $40bn into Clean Energy
Goldman Sachs Group plans to invest $40 billion over the next 10 years into renewable energy, an area where the bank expects demand to grow as the global appetite for energy increases and major...
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