AT&T, Sprint Top Telecoms Sustainability Metrics
AT&T leads the US sustainable telecoms market in customer offerings and Sprint in corporate sustainability performance, according to a new study from independent analyst firm Verdantix. Smaller...
View ArticleEPA Delays Final Cooling Water Rule by Nearly a Year
The EPA will delay finalizing standards for cooling water intake structures at industrial facilities, giving power plants and factories almost a full additional year before they have to comply with a...
View ArticleMcDonald’s, AT&T, Hilton Execs Tell How To ‘Sell Sustainability’
Sustainability officers and managers at McDonald’s, Novelis, AT&T, DuPont, EMC and Hilton Worldwide, among others, say one of the keys to selling sustainability inside their companies is to...
View ArticleBill Ford Discusses Sustainability, Mobility
Bill Ford, executive chairman, Ford Motor Company visited the Computer History Museum for a conversation with Museum CEO John Hollar about Ford’s dedication to mobility and sustainability
View ArticleSan Diego County Taps Reno for 7.3 Million Sq Ft of Efficiency Improvements
The County of San Diego, Calif., has selected Reno Efficient Sustainable Practices to provide energy and water conservation services to over 1,100 facilities totaling 7.3 million square feet. In...
View ArticleInitial Announcement Is Key to Success for Clean Energy Projects
When a clean energy project is in its early stages, there are many factors that can make or break an announcement campaign. What is your company trying to achieve? Who is the target audience? By what...
View ArticleA Wastewater Opportunity: Tech Advances Lead to Energy Rewards
Worldwide population growth is putting a predictable strain on crucial resources like water and energy. If we look at the US alone, our businesses and municipalities are creating 36 billion gallons...
View ArticleIntel Leads Tech and Telecom Green Power Rankings
Intel has placed first and Microsoft second in the EPA’s first-time ranking of tech companies’ green power use. The EPA publishes the Green Power Partnership rankings quarterly, and Intel is a...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Clean Air Initiative, EU ETS, NJ Solar,...
Seven more countries – the UK, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy and Jordan – have joined the US air pollution plan, the Climate and Clean Air Initiative, bringing the total to 20 members since...
View ArticleContract Wins: CPS Energy, OCI Solar Power, Cypress Envirosystems, Qualcomm...
CPS Energy and OCI Solar Power have inked a 25-year power purchase agreement and economic development contract to bring 400 MW of solar power to the San Antonio, Texas, area. The 400 MW San Antonio...
View ArticleORNL Steam Plant to Cut Fossil Fuel Use 80%
A new biomass gasification plant at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory will burn wood waste from local sawmills to heat the complex, reducing fossil fuel use by 80 percent and greenhouse gas emissions...
View ArticleProcter & Gamble, EPA to Develop Sustainable Manufacturing Tool
Procter & Gamble and the EPA are embarking on a five-year research collaboration to develop a sustainability tool for modeling and assessing product design, material sourcing, and manufacturing...
View ArticleIntegrated Reporting: Achieve Business Value with Financial Grade...
Learn how best in class companies are leveraging CDP disclosure, the GRI reporting framework, sound business processes and technology to unlock new business opportunities through better transparency...
View ArticleForming Successful Partnerships with Non-profits Advances Sustainability Goals
Students at colleges and universities are increasingly excited about conservation and giving back to their campuses and communities. With support from a major automaker, the Tree Campus USA program is...
View Article1E Updates Nomad Enterprise Software for Systems Management
IT efficiency software company 1E announced the launch of Nomad 2012, a revised version of its enterprise software for systems management. The revised version is integrated with Microsoft System Center...
View ArticleDomtar Sustainability Report: 35 KPIs Launched
Paper company Domtar has unveiled 35 key performance indicators, including a pledge to cut its scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions by 8 percent by 2020 based on 2010 levels, in its latest corporate...
View ArticleWeyerhaeuser Sustainability Report: CO2 Intensity Down 8%
Between 2010 and 2011 pulp and paper company Weyerhaeuser reduced its greenhouse gas intensity by over 8 percent, according to the company’s 2011 sustainability report. Over the year the firm reduced...
View ArticleStrategic vs. Project-based Approach to Sustainability Part II
In this two-part series, we are trying to strike a balance between taking a strategic versus project-based approach to sustainability. Last month, I addressed the Strategic Approach in Part I of this...
View ArticleUSGBC, Kohler, KB Homes Urge GSA to Stick with LEED Rating System
The US Green Building Council, along with 1,200 businesses and organizations that include KB Home, Kohler, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Sherwin Williams and the cities of Atlanta, Chicago and San...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: United Nations Global Compact, e-Stewards,...
Water and energy technologies provider Ecolab has joined the United Nations Global Compact, a voluntary corporate sustainability initiative. The company said that it also endorsed the UN Global...
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