Campbell Sustainability Report: Normalized Water Use Drops 3.8%
Campbell Soup Company cut its normalized water use by 3.8 percent from 2010 to 2011, from 9.06 to 8.72 cubic meters per metric ton of food produced, according to the company’s latest corporate...
View ArticleOver $400m Invested in Water Technologies for Oil, Gas and Mining in Past...
Venture capital funds XPV Capital, Meidlinger Partners, Enertech Capital and Energy Ventures have all made multiple investments in companies offering water management products for extractive...
View ArticleDan Yates on the Relationship Between Utilities and Customers
Speaking at Google on Earth Day, Dan Yates, CEO of Opower, gave an inside look at how new technology is changing the relationship between utilities and their customers.
View ArticleIs Wall Street Beginning to ‘Get’ Sustainability?
Many of us in the sustainability profession look at the voluminous sustainability and CSR reports produced by public companies and wonder who reads them. In particular, we wonder if the analysts on...
View ArticlePerspectives on Continuous Improvement in Corporate Sustainability
My company recently announced that it achieved a set of aggressive five-year global environmental goals a year ahead of schedule, as part of our Go Green commitment made in 2008. We met or exceeded our...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Sustainable Tourism, Green-e Energy,...
The Global Sustainable Tourism Council announced four early adopters for its new criteria for destinations – Fjord Norway; Teton County, Wyoming; Mt. Huangshan, China; and St. Kitts & Nevis. The...
View ArticleVoluntary Carbon Offsetting Hits Three-Year High
The market for voluntary carbon offsetting hit a three-year high in 2011, with transactions worth more than $576 million taking place, according to research by environmental markets information service...
View ArticleHarris Poll: More 18- to 24-Year-Olds Say They’ll Pay Extra for ‘Green’ Products
Thirty-one percent of 18- to 24-year-olds say they take environmental issues into consideration when making purchases, according to Harris Interactive, a number that has risen from 24 percent in 2010...
View ArticleBayer Healthcare Installs 295 kW Solar Carport
SolarCity has completed a 295 kW solar installation at Bayer Healthcare’s manufacturing facilities in Berkeley, Calif. It’s the largest solar project in the city, according to the California Solar...
View ArticleClimate-Themed Bond Market Hits $174 Billion
The climate-themed bond market is much broader and deeper than previously thought, with $174 billion worth of bonds outstanding, according to a report commissioned by the HSBC Climate Change Center of...
View ArticleDeloitte: Life Cycle Assessments Can Add Value
Life cycle assessments are an important tool for firms trying to identify the areas of a product’s life that offer the largest potential opportunities for cutting costs and creating value, according to...
View ArticlePwC Report: How Companies Can Put a Dollar Value on Sustainability
Companies can measure the value of sustainability and how their environmental efforts directly contribute to profits, using two evaluation methods described in a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The...
View ArticleHP Unveils Net Zero-Energy Data Center Design
Hewlett-Packard has unveiled designs for a data center that requires no net energy from traditional power grids. The Net-Zero Energy Data Center architecture, designed by HP’s research arm HP Labs,...
View ArticleIntel, Xcel Energy, Alcoa Among US Companies Linking Exec Pay to Sustainability
Intel, Xcel Energy, Alcoa, ING, National Grid, Shell, and Suncor Energy are among the US companies tying executive compensation to sustainability performance, according to a report from The Conference...
View ArticleAlmost Half of Big Corporations Plan Renewables Increase, Study Says
Nearly half of the world’s largest corporations plan to moderately or significantly increase investment in renewable energy over the next five years, according to research by Ernst & Young. This...
View ArticleEnergy Efficiency at NYU Dorms
Dianne Anderson of NYU talks about energy efficiency in the student dorms.
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Chinese Wind Towers, Calif. Building Code,...
Wind energy towers produced in and exported from China have received production subsidies of about 14 to 26 percent and warrant US tariffs in the same range, the Commerce Department said in response to...
View ArticleFleet Roundup: Nissan, Volvo, Yellow Cab, Aqua America, Ford
Nissan will this summer test peak-shaving services, which will take power from its Leaf electric vehicle and send it for a limited time to a building during periods of peak demand. During the test, the...
View ArticleNokia Sustainability Report: Water Intake Down 9%, Normalized Factory...
Nokia’s water intake dropped by just over 9 percent from 2010 to 2011, from 1.4 million cubic meters to 1.3 million cubic meters, according to the company’s 2011 sustainability report. The...
View ArticleYoplait, Estee Lauder, Ampac Adopt How2Recycle Label
Several major brand names including Yoplait, Estee Lauder, Sealed Air, BJ’s Wholesale Club and manufacturer Ampac have agreed to adopt the How2Recycle Label, a voluntary recycling label developed by...
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