Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Shell LNG Exports, Democratic Governors, EPA...
Royal Dutch Shell’s US president Marvin Odum said that he expects the federal government to approve expanded exports of natural gas using a phased-in approach, with some export permits approved in the...
View ArticleEnergy, Raw Material Prices Top CEO Concerns, PwC Says
Fifty-three percent of CEOs say energy and raw materials costs are the biggest threats to business growth prospects, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers survey. The results from PwC’s Global Annual...
View ArticleDrought ‘Threatens Shutdown of Mississippi Shipping’
Record low snowfall is causing low water levels and thus harming navigation on the Mississippi River, potentially hurting local and national economies to the tune of $2 billion, according to The...
View ArticleEnvironmental Crises Among ‘Most Damaging’ to Long-Term Share Prices
“Operational” crises that impair a company’s ability to function, such as environmental disasters, cause the greatest long-term effect on stock prices, according to research by law firm Freshfields...
View ArticleSupplying Sustainability: Real Leaders Must Look down the Chain
If you are serious about sustainability, you need to get serious with your supply chain. In terms of greenhouse gas emissions, for instance, over 85 percent of a company’s total emissions are indirect...
View ArticleMost of Fortune 100 Have Renewable or GHG Goals
A new report from Calvert Investments, Ceres and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) shows that most of the world’s largest companies aren’t waiting on governments to embrace renewable energy and lower...
View ArticleUMass Dartmouth Compiles First GRI Report for a City
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth researchers have compiled the US’s – and maybe the world’s – first Global Reporting Initiative-based corporate sustainability report for a city. By...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: ASHRAE Water Efficiency, Healthcare...
Changes regarding water efficiency have been proposed to ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1-2011, Standard for the Design of High-Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings...
View ArticleCarbon Prices to Remain Depressed Despite Climate Pact, Analyst Says
The extension of pollution limits under the Kyoto Protocol at the UN climate talks in Doha, Qatar likely won’t help reduce a surplus of carbon offsets and emissions allowances that have dampened...
View ArticleWhy You Should Wait to Act on Sustainability
Sustainability is a huge, complex, and daunting challenge. And a growing number of companies feel a sense of urgency to do something – anything – to show their stakeholders that they are paying...
View ArticleOil Investors ‘Face Serious Risk’
Oil investors could be at serious financial risk if they fail to hold companies responsible for their environmental practices and impact on communities in fossil fuel-rich nations, according to an...
View ArticleCanadian Petroleum Producers Sustainability Report: GHG Intensity Unlikely to...
The greenhouse gas intensity metric for members of Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers remained virtually flat year-on-year and is unlikely to improve in coming years as the industry continues...
View ArticleUS Investors ‘Lag at Managing Climate Risk’
The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) has published what it calls the first-ever global climate investment index showing how the world’s biggest investors, including pension funds, are managing...
View ArticleGap, Calvin Klein, Levi’s Linked to Toxic ‘Textile Town,’ Greenpeace Says
Textile suppliers for Levi Strauss & Co, Zara and many other global clothing brands likely dump a wide range of hazardous chemicals into China’s wastewater systems, according to a Greenpeace study....
View ArticleFresh Air Cools Facebook Data Center; Apple Doubles Fuel Cell Installation
Facebook’s new data center in Forest City, N.C. uses outside air to keep its servers cool, and says this direct expansion coil system remained off throughout most of the summer — one of the hottest on...
View ArticleBASF Resin Saves Ford Fusion 60,000 lb CO2 a Year
The trim around the window switches in the 2013 Ford Fusion saves 2,700 gallons of diesel fuel usage and about 60,000 pounds of CO2 emissions a year, the automaker says. The new resin, developed by...
View ArticleOver 80% of Manufacturers Call Sustainability Key
More than 80 percent of manufacturers say sustainability is essential to the success of their business, according to an Underwriters Laboratories report. UL’s 2012 annual global study, The Product...
View ArticleEDF Launches Private Equity Environmental Tool
The Environmental Defense Fund has launched an environmental, social and governance management tool for the private equity industry. Created in collaboration with advisory firm Irbaris, the tool...
View Article‘Value of Water’ Index Reveals Momentum to Address US Water Infrastructure...
We find ourselves in a critical moment in time to shine a spotlight on our water infrastructure challenges and the collective actions we must take to protect our future access to clean potable water....
View ArticleLondon Olympics Generated 28% Less CO2e Than Forecast
The London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games’ operations generated 311,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, 28 percent less than was forecast, thanks to energy savings in transportation,...
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