Implementing Sustainable Data Center Practices, Part II
In my first article on sustainable data center practices, I discussed the possibility that most organizations can benefit from at least some green data center strategies without compromising corporate...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Romney Wind Credit Stance, Enbridge Line 14,...
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would allow the wind energy tax credit to expire. President Obama is in favor of extending the credit, which is estimated to cost the federal government...
View ArticleThe Democratization of LCA
Thinking back, the term carbon footprint was still in its infancy as recently as five years ago and frankly, at that time, I didn’t think it had much staying power. I felt like it was a narrow view and...
View ArticleCarbon Disclosure Project, FirstCarbon Solutions Partner for Supply Chain...
The Carbon Disclosure Project has expanded its partnership with environmental consulting and software firm FirstCarbon Solutions, under which FirstCarbon processes the greenhouse gas emissions and...
View ArticleCoca-Cola, will.i.am Launch Ekocycle Brand to Promote Recycling
The Coca-Cola Company and musical artist and producer will.i.am are partnering to create Ekocycle, an initiative to brand recycled products and encourage sustainability among young consumers. Ekocycle...
View ArticleErnst & Young HQ Retrofit to Halve Lighting Costs, Save $1m a Year
JAS Consulting, Philips Lightolier Energy Service Group and One Lux Studio have completed a lighting retrofit project at Ernst & Young’s US headquarters in New York City that E&Y says will cut...
View ArticleIndia’s Grid Failure Cost Businesses ‘Hundreds of Millions of Dollars’
Two days of blackouts in India left 640 million people without power Tuesday, forcing thousands of factories and hospitals to rely on generators and costing businesses an estimated hundreds of millions...
View ArticleGeneral Mills Sued Over ‘Natural’ Labeling
A lawsuit filed by two California mothers against General Mills claims the maker of Kix cereal, Bisquick and Cheerios has deceptively marketed its Nature Valley products as natural when they contain...
View ArticleEcofiltro Wins Sustainable Brands Innovation Open Award
Philip Wilson’s final winning presentation for Ecofiltro at Sustainable Brands Innovation Open. A way to provide clean water in a low tech, sustainable way.
View ArticleHow to Successfully Harvest Rain
It is easy to overlook the fact that the Earth contains the same amount of water now as when dinosaurs roamed and Homo sapiens were just beginning to make their presence known. However, of all the...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: CarbonFix, R2, ISO 50001, ISO 14001, LEED
The Rainforest Alliance announced that Canadian group CO2 Environment has the first validated CarbonFix project in North America. CO2 Environment projects aim to reforest degraded lands in order to...
View ArticleCommercial Buildings and Utilities – More in Common Than One Would Think
At first glance, utilities and commercial electricity consumers do not have a lot in common. In fact, they appear to be on the opposite end of the spectrum. One supplies electricity, while the other...
View ArticleUPS Sustainability Report: Normalized Water Use Drops 7.5%, CO2 6.5%
UPS’s normalized water consumption dropped 7.5 percent between 2010 and 2011, from 0.134 to 0.124 cubic meters of water per $1,000 of revenue, according to the company’s latest annual sustainability...
View ArticleMarfrig Group’s First Scope 3 Inventory Finds 95 Percent of Global Emissions
Brazil-based global food processor Marfrig Group has completed its first Scope 3 GHG emissions inventory, concluding that some 95 percent of its global emissions are generated within Scope 3. The...
View ArticleMidwest Drought Squeezes ADM, Cargill, Other Food Producers
A worsening drought in the Midwest has pushed corn prices to a record high, forcing meat producers to pay more for feed and squeezing profits of grain traders Cargill as well as agribusiness giant and...
View ArticleCalif. Carbon Credits Could be Free to Firms at Risk of Leaving State
The California Air Resources Board – the state’s air regulator – is considering giving free carbon credits for its forthcoming cap-and-trade program to companies deemed to be at risk of leaving the...
View ArticleShimizu Lays Claims to World’s Least CO2-Emitting Building
Japanese general contractor Shimizu Corporation says its new headquarters, which opened Wednesday, is the world’s least carbon dioxide-emitting building. The Shimizu headquarters, located in Kyobashi,...
View ArticleFacebook Releases Carbon Footprint Data – Emissions 1/5th the Size of Google’s
Facebook generated 285,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions and used 532 million kWh of energy last year, according to the company’s 2011 carbon footprint report, the first such data shared by...
View ArticleSolar Waterfall Could Power Rio Olympics
Swiss architectural and design firm Rafaa has proposed building a 345-foot solar tower and urban waterfall that will provide power to the city of Rio de Janeiro during the Olympic Games in 2016. The...
View ArticleEIA: US CO2 Emissions at 20-Year Low
US carbon dioxide emissions resulting from energy use during the first quarter of 2012 were the lowest in two decades for any January-March period, according to US Energy Information Administration...
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