Waste-to-Energy Mapping Tool Matches Waste Producers, Anaerobic Digesters
The EPA’s Pacific Southwest Region has launched the US’s first waste to biogas mapping tool, aimed at supporting the use of organic waste for energy projects. The tool is an interactive map that aims...
View ArticleWrightspeed Saves Commercial Trucks More Than 20 Times the Fuel of a 100 MPG Car
Wrightspeed has unveiled Route, a retrofit electric drive powertrain with an on-board generator engineered for the surprisingly large medium-duty commercial fleet market. In the US alone, this part of...
View ArticleStarbucks, Staples, Three Others Join Better Buildings Challenge
Starbucks Coffee, Staples, and The J.R. Simplot Company are among five companies that have this week joined the White House’s Better Buildings Challenge. Starbucks, Staples and Simplot have pledged to...
View ArticleMicrosoft, Sprint Call for Extension to Wind Power Tax Credit
Microsoft and communications firm Sprint have become the latest US firms to petition congressional leaders for an extension of the production tax credit for wind power, which is scheduled to expire...
View ArticleCoke Doubles Mexico PET Recycling Center
Coca-Cola Co. and its Mexican bottlers are investing $34 million to double the capacity of the PetStar SA de CV food-grade PET recycling plant in Toluca, Mexico, Waste & Recycling News reports....
View ArticleRio+20: Coke, Unilever, Other Giants Lead Natural Capital Initiative; Plus a...
The Coca-Cola Company, Dow Chemical and Duke Energy are among 24 major companies that have agreed to develop a methodology to assign value to the world’s forests, freshwater and marine systems. The...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Rio+20, Japan Nuclear, Refrigerants Settlement
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is heading the US delegation for the Rio+20 summit, and President Obama will not be in attendance. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and other senior U.S. officials are...
View ArticleContract Wins: WES and NSTAR, Ameresco and University of Alaska, DuPont...
Energy management services firm World Energy Solutions has been selected by NSTAR, the largest Massachusetts-based, investor-owned electric and gas utility and a Northeast Utilities company, as an...
View ArticleFord Sustainability Report: Normalized Manufacturing Emissions, Energy Drop 10%
Ford has reduced the amount of energy used to produce one vehicle in its manufacturing facilities by 10 percent from 2010 to 2011, and by 22 percent in the last six years, according to the company’s...
View ArticleVodafone, Microsoft, Other Companies Save $33m in Flight Costs Under WWF Program
Microsoft, BSkyB, BT, Vodafone UK and other organizations saved £21 million ($33 million) in flight costs over the past two years under a carbon reduction program run by the World Wildlife Fund. The...
View ArticleHarnessing Social Media to Advance Corporate Citizenship Efforts
Companies want their corporate citizenship story to strike readers as both authentic and compelling. Increasingly, corporations are turning to social media to talk about their citizenship efforts. Even...
View ArticleDon’t Ignore the Innovation in Front of You
I admit it. I’m a sucker for big, bold innovation. It gets headlines, and reassures our belief in human ingenuity. A great example is HP’s flexible display. I was introduced to this research project at...
View ArticleMarriott, Hilton, Hyatt Among 23 Hotels Launching Carbon Measurement Standard
Fairmont, Hilton, Hyatt, InterContinental and 19 other international hotel companies have agreed on a standard to calculate the carbon footprint of hotel stays and meetings. The International Tourism...
View ArticleStakeholders’ Environmental Perceptions Affect the Bottom Line, Deloitte Says
News about a company’s environmental behavior affects its market value, according to a report from Deloitte. The report, “Drivers of Long-Term Business Value: Stakeholders, Stats and Strategy,” says an...
View ArticleRio+20: Pepsi, Coke, Levi Strauss to Set Water Efficiency Goals; Other Summit...
CEOs from The Coca-Cola Company, Pepsico, Levi Strauss & Co., Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever and 40 other international companies have agreed to set targets on their own water efficiency and...
View ArticleTarget Sustainability Report: Carbon Intensity Down 5% Over 2007
Retail giant Target decreased its carbon intensity measured on a per square foot basis by 5 percent and measured against sales by 3 percent from 2007 to 2011, putting the company on track to met its...
View ArticleEvaluating the ROI in Going ‘Green’
When the environmental movement of this century began to really gain steam a few years ago, many companies decided to “go green” in a variety of ways. While some companies implemented recycling...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: ISO 13315 for Concrete, Aquaculture...
New standard ISO 13315-1:2012, Environmental Management for Concrete and Concrete Structures – Part 1: General Principles, has been released to help the construction industry manage its environmental...
View ArticleValue Chain Sustainability: Collaboration the Key to Success
In today’s economy companies must increasingly compete for customers and resources, and consumer interests and resource scarcity are changing the way they do business. To stay competitive, companies...
View ArticleTop Marks for EPA on 2011 Sustainability Scorecard
The EPA met all of its sustainability and energy goals for 2011 and remains on track to meet all seven future goals on its Office of Management and Budget sustainability scorecard, amid mixed results...
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