Building the Business Case for CSR
The business case for CSR is complex, yet, in a more sophisticated, inter-connected, post global-recession world, the business case is stronger than ever before. Moreover, climate change, poverty,...
View ArticleOver 600 7-Elevens Cut Annual Energy Spend $1.2m, with No Upfront Costs
Efficiency improvements at 621 7-Eleven stores in California, Oregon and Washington will cut energy costs by $1.2 million a year. Castrovilla, a subsidiary of renewable energy services company Blue...
View ArticleWalgreens Slapped with Hazardous Waste Allegations
Walgreen Co. has disclosed in its July 12 SEC filing that the company has been served with a civil complaint alleging certain violations of California’s hazardous waste regulations. The alleged...
View ArticleApple Reverses EPEAT Decision – With New Listings, to Boot
Apple has rejoined the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool registry just days after withdrawing its 39 desktop computers, monitors and laptops – and its MacBook Pro with Retina Display,...
View ArticleFatTwin Free Air Cooling System Reduces Data Center Costs, Says Supermicro
Supermicro, provider of high-efficiency server technology and green computing, has released FatTwin, a new high-capacity free-air cooling system that reduces data center costs, according to the...
View ArticleCA Technologies’ DCIM 4.0 Integrates Data Center, IT Management
CA Technologies has announced its CA Data Center Infrastructure Management 4.0 (CA DCIM 4.0) software for monitoring and optimizing power, cooling, space and assets in the data center. CA DCIM 4.0...
View ArticleImplementing Sustainable Data Center Practices
Environmental stewardship, innovation and leadership are becoming increasingly important as we take steps to create a sustainable environment for future generations. This is particularly important when...
View ArticleSteps to Sustainability Transformation: Lessons from the Surfboard Industry
The culture of surfing is awash in environmentalism. It has soul, it’s connected to the natural rhythms of the earth, it has icons like Jack Johnson singing about reducing and reusing. Beneath the...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: ISO 20121 for Events, ISO 50001, RJC
ISO has released a new standard – ISO 20121 – supporting events organizers looking to integrate sustainability into events management. The standard is suitable for local celebrations or large scale...
View ArticleGreen Fleet Roundup: FedEx to Test Nissan, GE and PayPal, E15 Warning
FedEx will this month begin testing Nissan’s 100 percent electric e-NV200 commercial vehicle in Yokohama, Japan. The e-NV200 test model, which will be used for about one month, will be evaluated for...
View ArticleVerizon Taps Eltek for Off-Grid Hybrid Solar Installation
Energy systems manufacturer Eltek has completed an off-grid hybrid solar power installation for Verizon Wireless in California. The energy company installed a Flatpack2 HE hybrid solar-propane DC power...
View ArticleBaltimore Convention Center Inks $10m Energy Savings Contract with Constellation
Constellation Energy and the Baltimore Convention Center have signed an energy savings performance contract to install about $10 million in water and energy conservation measures. Under the terms of...
View ArticleAlaska Files Suit to Block Low-Sulfur Fuel Rules for Ships
The state of Alaska has filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Anchorage to block federal environmental regulations that require ships to use low-sulfur fuel. The regulation, established by the EPA...
View ArticleGreen Business Challenge App Available Nationwide
ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA has opened up its Green Business Challenge App – a customizable web application that encourages businesses and commercial property owners to save energy,...
View ArticleExamining the Gap between Big Data and Environmental Sustainability Measurement
The Scenario: Imagine sitting in an executive chair, about to make a potentially business-changing decision, while a team of fellow leaders hurls information at you concerning the past year’s...
View ArticleGreen Grid, Climate Savers Merge IT Programs
Consortium the Green Grid and nonprofit the Climate Savers Computing Initiative are combining their green IT programs. Under the plan CSCI will move its programs and membership under the Green Grid...
View ArticleLargest US Biomass Plant Online in Texas
Southern Company’s 100 MW Nacogdoches Generating Facility – which the company calls the nation’s largest biomass plant – is now operational and putting electricity on the grid in Texas. The plant,...
View ArticleUS Should Make Companies Recycle Post-Consumer Waste, Report Says
The US should adopt an extended producer responsibility policy, which would shift the responsibility for post-consumer waste to the companies that produce the packaging, according to a report from...
View ArticleSainsbury’s to Install 100 MW of Geothermal Energy by 2016
Sainsbury’s has partnered with E.ON and Geothermal International to provide up to 100 of its stores with heating, hot water and cooling from underground heat. The two companies will install and operate...
View ArticleIBM, Accenture Top Best Corporate Citizens in Government Contracting List
IBM landed the top spot on CR Magazine’s list of Best Corporate Citizens in Government Contracting 2012, followed by Accenture, Hewlett-Packard, AT&T and Dell. Merck & Co., UPS, Lockheed Martin...
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