Policy & Enforcement Briefing: A123 Systems, Black Elk Spill, BP Civil Penalties
Electric car battery maker A123 Systems received a $946,830 check from the Energy Department on the day it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month; it has received more than $133 million from the...
View ArticleSustainable Investment Up 22% in Two Years
US investment in sustainable and responsible investments rose 22 percent in two years, according to research by the US SIF Foundation. According to the 2012 Report on Sustainable and Responsible...
View ArticleDole Accused of Environmental Destruction, Greenwashing
A lawsuit filed against Dole Food accuses the fruit and vegetable company of misleading consumers about the sustainability of banana-growing practices at a contractor’s plantation in Guatemala. The...
View ArticleArizona Bank Lets Sun Shine Through Skylights, Saves $74K in Electricity
3M Renewable Energy Division installed its 3M Sun Control Window Film on the full-roof skylights at the National Bank of Arizona’s 144,000-sq-foot headquarters in Phoenix, to help the bank save...
View ArticleCisco Sustainability Report: 2012 CO2 Target Smashed; Water and Energy Up
Cisco reduced its contractual scopes 1 and 2 carbon emissions by just short of 40 percent year-on-year, surpassing the company’s financial year 2012 target for a 25 percent reduction over 2007 levels,...
View ArticleWipro Tops Greenpeace Greener Electronics Guide
Indian technology firm Wipro debuted as No. 1 in the international version of Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics, unseating last year’s leader HP. Wipro scored a 7.1 out of 10, the most points...
View ArticleUnilever, Shell, Swiss Re, Skanska Back Carbon Pricing
More than 100 international corporations including food and consumer products company Unilever, energy giants Royal Dutch Shell and Statoil, re-insurer Swiss Re and construction company Skanska have...
View ArticleStem Reduces San Francisco Hotel Energy Bill 15%
Two InterContinental hotels in San Francisco – the InterContinental Mark Hopkins in Nob Hill and the InterContinental San Francisco in SoMa – have deployed energy optimization software from Stem that...
View ArticleSustainable Manufacturing: Processing
LMAS researchers suggest methods for reducing the environmental impact of the factory and manufacturing processes.
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: 4-Degree Warning, Honeywell $78m Cleanup, Gas...
The World Bank’s new report “Turn Down the Heat” warns of catastrophic consequences if average world temperatures rise more than 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century....
View ArticleICT as an Enabler to Overcome Challenges in Sustainability in Indian Retail...
The Indian government’s recent decision to permit foreign investment in multi-brand retail has evoked a mixed response. While the industry is very gung ho about it and has applauded the decision there...
View ArticleDry Lube’s GlassLube 2.0 Based on Natural Materials, Renewable Sources
Dry Lube’s latest product innovation is GlassLube 2.0, a solution for high-speed packaging of glass bottles on stainless steel. Based on natural materials from renewable sources, the company says...
View ArticleInstitutional Investors Call for Clear Carbon Policy
The Asia Investor Group on Climate Change has added its name to a grouping of institutional investors, with over $22.5 trillion in managed assets, calling for governments around the world to change...
View ArticleIndustrial Carbon Capture Project Stores 317,000 MT in First Year
A project aimed at demonstrating the commercial viability of carbon capture, utilization and storage technology has injected 317,000 metric tons of CO2 in its first year, from an industrial plant into...
View ArticleGE to Buy 2,000 Ford Plug-in Hybrids
General Electric will purchase 2,000 Ford C-MAX Energie Plug-in hybrids for its fleet as part of a broader collaboration with the automaker. The Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid provides a 21-mile...
View ArticleCalvin Klein, Zara Among Worst Chemical Users, Greenpeace Says
Hazardous chemical residues have been found in clothing made by Zara, Calvin Klein, Benetton, Giorgio Armani, the Gap and 15 other global brands, according to a Greenpeace investigation. The study...
View ArticleWhole Foods, MGM, Supervalu Commit to Cut Food Waste
The EPA has launched its Food Recovery Challenge by signing up grocery stores, universities, entertainment venues, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, convention centers and federal facilities to a five...
View ArticleMicrosoft Uses Fuel Cell, Biogas to Power Data Center Research
Microsoft’s data center research project in Cheyenne, Wyoming, will be powered by a fuel cell power plant from FuelCell Energy. The power plant will utilize renewable biogas generated by a wastewater...
View ArticleUnilever’s Geoff McDonald at BSR Conference 2012
Geoff McDonald, Global Vice President of Human Resources at Unilever, discusses embedding sustainability into business strategy and culture at BSR Conference 201
View ArticleBurton Launches Clothing Made From Mountain Dew Bottles
Burton Snowboards and Mountain Dew – a PepsiCo brand – have launched their 2013 Green Mountain Project, a line of winter sport outerwear featuring sustainable fabric made from recycled plastic bottles....
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