Standards & Compliance Briefing: ICLEI Community Protocol, Climate Action...
The ICLEI seeks feedback from local government staff and technical experts for its development of the US national standard – Community-Scale GHG Emissions Accounting and Reporting Protocol – for...
View ArticleSprint Buyback Program Ranked No. 1
Sprint Nextel’s phone buyback program is the top-ranked out of major US carriers, according to a report by Compass Intelligence. For the second consecutive year, Sprint’s trade-in program beat those...
View ArticleCoke, M&S, Timberland Win Ethical Corporation Awards
Timberland, Marks & Spencer, software company Credit 360, Coca-Cola Enterprises CEO John Brock and Life Technologies Corporation’s chief sustainability officer Cristina Amorim are among the Ethical...
View ArticleLondon Gov’t Urges Olympics to Rethink Dow Chemical Sponsorship
London’s city government has called on the International Olympic Committee to reconsider its sponsorship contract with Dow Chemical, saying the deal has tarnished the games’ reputation. The London...
View ArticleIIRC Releases Draft Integrated Reporting Framework
The International Integrated Reporting Council released a draft outline of an integrated reporting framework in an effort to establish a basic structure that will be globally accepted as the corporate...
View ArticleGreenpeace Upgrades Apple Data Center Rating
Greenpeace has adjusted Apple’s grade in an evaluation that ranks industry leaders in cloud computing, and credited the company for making significant improvements in its clean energy policies, but...
View ArticleGRI’s Mike Wallace Discusses Sustainability Reporting Standards
Recorded at the New Economics Institute Strategies for a New Economy Conference on June 9, 2012, Mike Wallace speaks about how his work as Director of Focal Point USA for the Global Reporting...
View ArticleIBM Smarter Computing Cuts Suffolk Life’s Power Use 37% in Four Weeks
Pension company Suffolk Life has reduced its power consumption 37 percent in four weeks, and expects to save £30,000 ($57,250) annually, after adopting IBM’s Smarter Computing approach to its IT...
View ArticlePartnerships ‘Key’ to Automaker Success – but BMW, GM and Peugeot Play the Field
Automakers including General Motors, Toyota, BMW, Volkswagen and Ford are partnering to share technologies like alternative fuels, electric vehicles and advanced composites in response to “megatrends”...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Hyundai Suit, Shell CCS, BP Penalties, Light...
Hyundai faces a class-action lawsuit from Consumer Watchdog in California, which seeks damages for owners of 2011 and 2012 Elantra models. The suit is related to Hyundai’s alleged use of gas mileage...
View ArticleUS Consumers Rank Last for Sustainable Behavior, National Geographic Says
Americans rank last compared to the rest of the world in sustainable behavior – as they have every year – and don’t feel guilty about this, according to a National Geographic survey. The annual...
View ArticleHess Sustainability Report: Water Use Rises 27% in One Year
Oil and gas company Hess Corporation’s fresh water use jumped 27 percent last year to 13 million cubic meters, primarily due to higher use in its North Dakota operations and in its gas processing and...
View ArticleZero-Emission Truck Corridor ‘Feasible by 2035′
Zero-emission trucks could enter demonstration mode in the next few years and eventually be part of a zero-emission corridor along a congested section of Interstate 710 leaving the Port of Los Angeles,...
View ArticleTesco Uses Match-Making Software to Find Green Tech Partners
UK grocery giant Tesco has announced it will use iVeridis’ matchmaking software to help it find suppliers for energy-efficiency projects, helping the company reach its goal of being zero carbon by...
View ArticleUS Ranks 9th for Energy Efficiency, out of 12 Major Economies; UK is No. 1
The United Kingdom is first for energy efficiency – followed closely by Germany, Italy, Japan and France – in a ranking of the world’s major economies from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient...
View ArticleAssurant, GCube to Offer Commercial-Scale Solar Insurance
Assurant and GCube Insurance Services have partnered to offer an insurance and warranty management program designed for developers of commercial-scale solar projects. The OnePoint Solar insurance...
View ArticleSustainability at Silos Winery
One business which has taken steps to improve its efficiencies in production and achieving results in its productivity is Silos Estate Winery, situated in the New South Wales south coast town of Berry,...
View ArticleArbor Brewing’s Solar Panels to Offset Gas Use up to 50%
The Arbor Brewing Co. has made nearly $345,000 worth of energy efficiency improvements and solar system installations that will generate electricity and hot water, making the company the first...
View ArticleThe Profound Business Results of CSR
It’s ten years into companies’ efforts to engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the returns for business still aren’t good enough. On the one hand, CSR isn’t going away anytime soon. It’s...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Drought, Shell Arctic Drilling, Feed-In Tariff...
Drought conditions in more than 1,000 counties in 26 states have led to the nation’s largest national disaster declaration in history. The declaration from the US Department of Agriculture includes...
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