Environmental Mission Statements: Wyndham’s Winning Ways
An environmental mission statement is the foundation of a company’s sustainability efforts. It provides the organization and its stakeholders with an understanding of why protecting the natural world...
View ArticleVerizon Wireless Becomes an Energy Star Partner
Verizon Wireless has formalized its partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by becoming an official Energy Star Partner. Seventy-five Verizon Wireless Communications Stores have...
View ArticleLand Securities Discusses Energy Reduction
Francis Salway, CEO of UK Real Estate giant Land Securities, discusses his company’s initiatives to bring about reductions in energy use within its property portfolio.
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement Roundup: Heartland Plating Co., Illegal Mining in NY
Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news Plating Company Ordered to Correct Hazardous Waste Violations EPA Region 7 has ordered Heartland Plating Co. of Bettendorf,...
View ArticleHow Manufacturing Affects Product Use Performance
Remember our discussion a while back about “buy-to-fly” ratio? This was referring to the amount of the materials that actually end up in the product as one metric of material utilization efficiency...
View ArticleDemocrats, Republicans Disagree on Effects of Energy Use
Generational and political gaps exist in connecting personal energy use with living conditions in other countries, according to new U.S. consumer research conducted by EnviroMedia Social Marketing....
View ArticleRoundup: Emissions? Manufacturers Don’t Give a Damn About Them
Emissions? Manufacturers don’t give a damn about them TechEYE There are black days ahead for the carbon industry Telegraph ComEd fights Ill. on conservation Chicago Business Closing arguments filed in...
View ArticleNike Releases Environmental Apparel Design Tool
Nike has released its Environmental Apparel Design Tool. Based on Nike’s Considered Design Index and designed and built by Nike over seven years with a $6 million investment, the company says that the...
View ArticleGoals Laid Out at COP 16 Opening Press Conference
Addressing the media on the opening day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres said that Cancun can launch a new era in the pace of global action on...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement Roundup: Western Refining Southweat, Honeywell
EPA Fines Western Refining Southwest, Inc. for Illegally Disposing Hazardous Waste and Improper Sampling The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Western Refining Southwest, Inc. for failing...
View ArticleQantas Picks New Carbon Offset Provider
The Qantas Group has finalized new supplier arrangements for its voluntary carbon offset program under an agreement with Climate Friendly. Customer purchases to the Qantas and Jetstar offset programs...
View ArticleStarbucks Turns Used Cups into New Cups
Starbucks Coffee Company, International Paper and Mississippi River Pulp say they have completed a six-week pilot project that – for the first time – proves Starbucks used paper cups can be recycled...
View ArticleToxCast Screens 1,000 Chemicals
The U.S. EPA ToxCast screening program has screened 1,000 chemicals for potential toxicity to people and the environment, the EPA has announced. ToxCast is designed to determine how chemical exposures...
View ArticleGulf of Mexico Dead Zone: Mitigating the Damage
As cleanup efforts in the Gulf of Mexico continue and scientists work to understand the long-term impact of the BP oil spill on marine and coastal ecosystems, it’s becoming more clear that the world’s...
View ArticleTwo Albertsons Stores Reach Zero Waste Goal
Two of Albertsons Santa Barbara stores have reached “zero waste” classification in their daily operations. Through a combination of recycling programs, a food donation program and a joint organic...
View ArticleWhy Dow Chemical is at COP 16
Doug May, the Vice President of Energy and Climate Change at Dow Chemical talks with Hub Culture at the Buisness for Climate Action 2010 event in Cancun at COP16.
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement Roundup – Chinese Mothballs, Ohio Electric
Ohio Electric to Pay $50,000 Fine for Ammonia Spill In a settlement with Ohio EPA, the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC) has agreed to pay $50,000 for last year’s spill of ammonia into Kyger...
View ArticleDisney Slashes Pooh’s Packaging
Disney has changed the packaging of the 12in Winnie the Pooh Plush by Dream, cutting packaging waste by 80 percent. As a result, Disney has awarded its Consumer Products’ 2010 Quality Product Award...
View ArticleHigh Liner Commits to Sustainable Seafood
High Liner Foods says it will source all of its seafood from certified sustainable or responsible fisheries and aquaculture farms by the end of 2013. High Liner will require wild-caught seafood and...
View ArticleCanopy Airport Parking Touts Cost Savings of Green Design
Greenscape Capital Group says that a study received from Architectural Energy Corporation relating to the projected cost savings resulting from the green design features incorporated at Canopy Airport...
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