Calgary Flames Use EcoTraction for Ice Melting
Icy walkways leading into games at the Calgary Flames’ Scotiabank Saddledome this NHL hockey season will be covered with award-winning EcoTraction, described by its manufacturer as an environmentally...
View ArticleSteps to Making Carpet Cleaning Healthier and More Sustainable
While “green” cleaning in schools and offices is common, less is known about green carpet care. This is unfortunate because, in many facilities, carpet is the largest surface used on a daily basis, and...
View ArticleFleets Could Cut Fuel Costs 75% with EVs, Plug-Ins
A study of major companies including Boots, Morrisons and Network Rail has found that companies switching to electric or plug-in vehicles could reduce their fleet fuel costs by 75 percent. The report...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: Better Place, Proterra, Herakles Farms
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Better Place: The EV battery swapping company’s CEO Evan Thornley, who took over in October 2012 after the...
View ArticleIkea Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Fall 21.5%
Ikea Group cut its normalized carbon emissions by 21.5 percent year-on-year in FY2012, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. In financial year 2011, the company emitted 34.4 kg of...
View ArticleTokyo Cap-and-Trade Cuts CO2 23% in Second Year
Tokyo’s cap-and-trade program has achieved a 23 percent reduction in emissions in its second year, according to a report published by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG). The fiscal year 2011...
View ArticleUnilever Moves Zero-Waste Goal Five Years Closer
More than half of Unilever’s factories achieved the goal of sending no waste to landfill in 2012, prompting the company to speed up by five years its goal of zero waste to landfill by 2020. By the end...
View ArticleVolkswagen Powers Up 9.5 MW Solar Park in Tennessee
Volkswagen opened a solar park on 33 acres adjacent to its LEED Platinum manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. The 9.5 MW solar park contains 33,600 solar modules from JA Solar, designed to produce...
View ArticleDavos Update: SAP, UNEP, World Bank, Accenture
SAP has announced plans to invest $6.6 million in sustainability and entrepreneurship at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland. The software corporation will join the Livelihoods Fund with a...
View ArticleAramark Makes Cage-Free Egg Pledge
Professional services company Aramark is to source all of its shell eggs in the United States from cage-free hens by the end of 2014. Aramark’s announcement comes after its commitment last August to...
View ArticlePennsylvania Accepts First Benefit Corporations
Home Care Associates, Untours Media, Yikes, Nolan Painting and Mugshots Coffeehouse were among more than a dozen companies to register as benefit corporations since Pennsylvania passed a law to give...
View ArticleMcDonald’s to Serve Only Eco-Labeled Fish
McDonald’s USA says it will become the first national restaurant chain to serve fish bearing the Marine Stewardship Council eco-label at all of its US locations. McDonald’s, which uses MSC-certified...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Pollution Rule Setback, Deutsche Bank Penalty
The US Court of Appeals has dealt a blow for the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. The court denied the Obama administration’s request for a full court review of a August 2012 decision striking down the...
View ArticleApple Details Suppliers’ Environmental Violations
Nearly half of the 55 Apple suppliers that underwent a focused environmental audit last year violated the company’s standards and were cited in the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs...
View ArticleMaersk Beats 2020 Carbon Goal
Maersk Line has reached, eight years early, its target of reducing CO2 emissions by 25 percent from 2007 levels. The shipping company has now increased its 2020 goal to a 40 percent reduction. The...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Court Blocks Biofuel Target, Barge Leaks into...
A US federal court struck down a 2012 Renewable Fuel Standard target for refiner use of cellulosic biofuels, but upheld the government’s goal for use of other advanced fuels. The American Petroleum...
View ArticleExtended Producer Responsibility Solution to CEOs’ Concerns over Raw Material...
A recent EL article discusses PwC’s Global Annual CEO Survey finding that energy and raw material costs pose the biggest dangers to business growth in the minds of 53 percent of CEOs. As the US’s...
View ArticleConsumers Goods Firms Could Save $700 Billion With Circular Economy
The global consumer goods industry could save $700 billion by adopting a circular economy, in which products are designed so their materials can either be recycled or reused, according to a report by...
View ArticleMonsanto Joins World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Monsanto has joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and is offering the WBCSD’s Business Ecosystems Training (BET) course globally for employees, according to the...
View ArticleAndrew Winston: Going Green Isn’t Expensive
Andrew Winston tackles the belief that going green is expensive.
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