Apple, Colgate Among Companies Agreeing to 44 Shareholder Resolutions
Apple, Intel, Colgate, Smucker’s, Crocs, and Garmin are among the companies whose investors successfully used shareholder resolutions to spur corporate action on climate change, hydraulic fracturing,...
View ArticleGreen vs. Green: The Sustainability Debate
Sustainability debate from the Social Innovation Summit 2012, with: Jeff Seabright, Chief Environmental Officer – Coca-Cola James Gowen, Chief Sustainability Officer — Verizon Michael Jacobson,...
View ArticleCase Studies Enliven Sustainability Reports
Let’s be honest, sustainability reports can be…dry. Simply reporting facts and figures will make even the most stalwart reader begin to yawn. To combat reader fatigue, it’s critical that your...
View Article10 Reasons Why Sustainable/Energy Retrofits of Commercial Buildings Will Be...
According to the US Department of Energy, commercial buildings account for 35 percent of US (and 40 percent of global) electricity consumption. Existing commercial buildings on average spend 30 percent...
View ArticleShell Targeted by Greenpeace Hoax Twitter Account, Website
Greenpeace has created a bogus social media response team, supposedly representing oil company Shell, that is pretending to battle the spread of fake ads emanating from a hoax Shell web site, reports...
View ArticleGlobal CO2 Emissions Jumped 3% in 2011
Global emissions of carbon dioxide increased by three percent last year, reaching an all-time high of 34 billion metric tons in 2011, according to a report by The European Commission Joint Research...
View ArticleMacerich Malls Save 8.5m Gallons of Water with Irrigation Systems
Shopping mall operator Macerich saved 8.5 million gallons of water within 12 months after installing HydroPoint Data Systems’ WeatherTRAK smart irrigation controllers (pictured) at eight of its...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: MATS Technical Review, EU ETS, Chevron Spill
The EPA is reviewing technical information on pollution limits for new power plants under the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, based on new information provided by industry stakeholders after the rule...
View ArticleStarbucks Cup Sleeves to Cut Raw Fibers 34%
Starbucks has launched EarthSleeve, a compostable hot-cup sleeve that the coffee company says decreases raw fiber material use by 34 percent and increases post-consumer content by 25 percent, compared...
View ArticleGE Splits Energy Group Into Three Standalone Businesses
General Electric says it is splitting up its energy infrastructure division into three standalone businesses, a move that will remove a management layer, align the units with the industries to which...
View ArticleChina to Investigate US Polysilicon Imports
China’s trade ministry will investigate solar-grade polysilicon imported from US and South Korean suppliers and their impact on Chinese manufacturers, further escalating a solar trade dispute. China’s...
View ArticleGE Says New Power and Energy Meter for Building Automation Industry Improves...
GE announced the release of the Multilin EPM 6010, a high accuracy, revenue-class power meter that can communicate using both the BACnet/IP and Modbus TCP protocols. The BACnet protocol is used today...
View ArticleConsiderations in Environmental Solution Selection: Picking a Partner, Not...
Companies across the supply chain and across all industries are moving rapidly to adopt new generation technology solutions that address the most pressing environmental and regulatory compliance...
View ArticleInternational Support for Renewable Energy
With the December 31 deadline for the extension of the wind power production tax credit (PTC) looming, the future of American green energy hangs in limbo. The US might to look to other countries that...
View ArticleDHL Express Launches 100 Propane Trucks
Delivery firm DHL Express has taken delivery of a fleet of 100 Ford pickup and delivery vans fueled by propane autogas. The Ford E-250 cargo vans, each equipped with a ROUSH CleanTech liquid propane...
View ArticleSemiconductor Manufacturing ‘Can Cut Water, Energy by 30%’
Researchers at the University of Arizona sponsored by Semiconductor Research Corporation have developed new sensor and metrology technology that they say significantly reduces water usage and related...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Green Roofs, Calvert Social Index, Aviation,...
A new ASTM International standard is designed to aid in the selection of lightweight aggregate best suited for use in the design and construction of vegetative roof systems. The standard is called...
View ArticleEnvironmental Investing Down at Universities, Study Finds
Only eight colleges and universities reported using sustainability investing in 2011, while 5 percent of the full sample, or 41 schools, used “environmental criteria” but didn’t provide specifics,...
View ArticleStudy: Symbolic, not Substantive, CSR Action Has Greater Positive Financial...
An academic study suggests that symbolic environmental, social and governance actions have a greater positive impact on a company’s market value than substantive actions. Previous studies have...
View ArticleSupply Chain Sustainability Standards Lacking, Companies Say
Sixty-two percent of executives surveyed said a lack of measurement standards impairs their efforts to track supply chain sustainability performance, according to a study released today by Green...
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