Qatar Jets to Fly on Natural Gas
Qatar Airways’ new Doha International Airport, scheduled to open in 2013, will pump airline fuel made from natural gas from Royal Dutch Shell’s gas-to-liquids plant, New York Times reports. The plant...
View ArticleDSM Tracks Sustainability Data at 110 Sites
Royal DSM is using Credit360′s web-based sustainability software to collect environmental data across its entire business, covering 110 sites in over 40 countries, and to communicate data down to the...
View ArticleSustainability to Dominate Packaging Industry in 10 Years
Sustainability will replace cost as one of the packaging industry’s major challenges within 10 years, according to a study conducted by Packaging World and DuPont. In the 2012 Survey of Future...
View ArticleGoogle Tests Biofuel Car
Google has been using Cool Planet Energy Systems’ biofuel blend to run a fleet vehicle at the search giant’s Mountain View, Calif. campus, according to the energy-tech startup. Google Ventures — along...
View ArticleAtlanta Building Owners Get Access To Energy Retrofit Funds
Invest Atlanta, the city’s economic development authority, has voted to spend up to $200 million in energy retrofit financing via the Clean Energy Atlanta program. If the City Council votes to approve...
View ArticleBusinesses Reel from Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy has disrupted businesses from Virginia to Rhode Island, but the storm may actually benefit some companies in the long run. Northrop Grumman closed facilities in Suffolk, Va., Columbia,...
View ArticleWal-Mart’s Briefing on Global Sourcing Goals in Beijing
In this hour-long briefing, Walmart announced its series of initiatives to make the company’s supply chain in the United States, China, and around the world more sustainable. You can read our coverage...
View ArticleMelitta Switches to Recycled Sonoco Coffee Cans
Packaging firm Sonoco is helping coffee company Melitta USA move from traditional metal cans to high-performance composite cans made from recycled and recyclable content. Melitta, which has been...
View ArticleABS Releases Environmental Management Software
ABS, a provider of classification services to the marine and offshore industry, announced the release of the new Energy & Environmental Manager module within NS5 Enterprise, an asset management...
View ArticleLafarge Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Drop 2%
Cement firm Lafarge reduced its normalized emissions by almost 2 percent in 2011, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. In 2011, the company produced 593 kg of carbon per ton of...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: GSA Proving Ground, ASHRAE Water Efficiency,...
The US General Services Administration has it issued a request for information to gather input on new sustainable building technologies and practices in support of its Green Proving Ground program. The...
View ArticleEnterprise Sustainability Management: An Emerging Paradigm
The management of sustainability is one of the most rapidly evolving areas in the industrial space. Over a long history, it’s gone from an ideology to a strategic initiative embedded into daily...
View ArticleStricter Environmental Laws Drive Sludge Treatment Market
The industrial sludge treatment chemicals market in Western Europe, valued at 635.2 million euros ($1.02 billion) in 2011, will reach €808.8 million ($1.30 billion) in 2018, according to analysis from...
View ArticleSandy Ruptured Shell-Saudi Oil Tank; 349,000 Gallons Spilled
Cleanup efforts are underway to remove 349,000 gallons of diesel fuel that spilled into New Jersey’s Arthur Kill waterway as a result of Hurricane Sandy, according to media reports. The spill happened...
View ArticleQuintain to Track Emissions From All Properties
Quintain Estates & Development, the British-based property investment and development business, says it will begin tracking and managing its energy consumption and carbon emissions across its...
View ArticleReporting Could Suffer From Too Many Indicators
Corporate sustainability reports have considerable variation in the types of performance indicators disclosed, a trend that could hinder benchmarking efforts and make it difficult to measure progress,...
View ArticleEmbedding Sustainability Into Your Company’s DNA
Growth and innovation by embedding sustainability into your company’s DNA.
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: FERC $435m Penalty, Fuel Waiver, Calif. Carbon...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proposed a $435 million penalty against Barclays Bank for allegedly manipulating electricity markets in and around California between 2006 and 2008. FERC is...
View ArticleCalifornia, Florida, Washington Have Highest Hybrid, EV Sales
Car buyers in California, Florida and Washington state are the top consumers of hybrid and electric vehicles in the United States, according to an analysis of new car registrations by Edmunds.com....
View ArticleSymantec Sustainability Report: Absolute Emissions Drop 5%
Security software firm Symantec reduced its absolute carbon emissions 5 percent year-on-year according to the company’s 2012 corporate responsibility report. The company reduced its emissions from...
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