Setting Sustainability Goals: 10 Golden Rules
Sustainability reporting has mushroomed within the past several years, gaining acceptance throughout the world and serving as a means for companies to build public trust. While only issued just a few...
View ArticleNew Mexico Board Approves Carbon Cap
The largest polluters in New Mexico will need to reduce their CO2 emissions by three percent a year under a carbon cap approved by the state Environmental Improvement Board (EIB). The cap requires...
View ArticleJacquelynn Henke to Lead TD Bank’s Green Strategy
TD Bank has named Jacquelynn Henke U.S. Real Estate Green Strategy Officer charged with developing and executing the bank’s environmental sustainability efforts. Based in Boston, Mass., Henke will...
View ArticleISO 14001 News From Airbus, Wurth, Protexic
Airbus has obtained, across its different sites around the world, the renewal of ISO 14001 certification. In January 2007, Airbus was the first company in the aerospace manufacturing sector to achieve...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court to Rule in Landmark Greenhouse Gas Lawsuit
An imminent federal appeals court ruling on whether to stay U.S. EPA greenhouse gas regulations could affect the Supreme Court’s consideration of whether states can regulate emissions using common law,...
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Upholds San Joaquin APCD Fee
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that air quality regulators in California’s smog-laden San Joaquin Valley have the right to charge home builders a fee to control their pollution emissions, the...
View ArticleTarget Outlines 2016 Environmental Goals
Target plans to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20 percent per sales dollar by 2016, under goals announced yesterday. The Minneapolis-based retailer also plans to reduce the amount of...
View ArticleGovernment to Push Clean Energy Exports
Eight government agencies are collaborating to promote the export of renewable energy and energy efficiency goods. The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Export Initiative will invest in market...
View ArticleNetworks to Cut Energy Use, IT Firms Say
Energy-efficient network equipment holds the promise of significantly cutting power costs, IT industry figures have said. Dale Cosgro, a product manager at Hewlett-Packard, told Computerworld that...
View ArticleLEED Rejects Alternative Wood Certification, Sticks With FSC
Wood approved by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) will continue to be the only lumber allowed in LEED-certified buildings, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has decided. A USGBC member vote...
View ArticleDOE Awards First Industrial Energy Certifications
Three Texas plants have become the first in the nation to win a new Department of Energy (DOE) certification for energy management in the industrial and manufacturing sectors. Plants run by Cook...
View ArticleCOP16: The Final Hours
Erwin Jackson of The Climate Institute discusses how the negotiators are working through the last 24/48 hours to capture targets by the world’s largest emitters and form the groundwork of a new global...
View ArticleUS Navy, Marines Discuss Climate, Energy Efficiency at COP16
OneClimate was joined at the COP16 UN Climate Talks by Rear Admiral David Titley, of the US Navy Task Force on Climate Change, and Brigadier General Juan Ayala, Chief of Staff, US Southern. They...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement – Logan Aluminum Settles EPA Lawsuit
A Kentucky Aluminum manufacturer has settled a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, along with the Commonwealth of Kentucky, to settle...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement – EPA Orders Natural Gas Company to Stop Drilling
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday ordered a natural gas company in Forth Worth, Texas, to take immediate action to protect homeowners living near one of its drilling operations who...
View ArticleAveda Sustainability Report: Company Halves Municipal Waste
Cosmetics brand Aveda says it cut municipal waste at its main manufacturing plant nearly in half in the last two years, but its industrial waste rose in that time and recycling fell. Between 2008 and...
View ArticleFresh & Easy Stores to Install Solar Panels
Grocery chain Fresh & Easy plans to install roof-mounted solar energy systems on nine of its Arizona stores. The retailer has contracted with REC Solar to install the hardware, which will generate...
View ArticleCarbon Pricing “Creates Supply Chain Risks”
Carbon-reduction policies and marketing regulations are just some of the risks facing executives trying to green their supply chain, according to a report by Ernst & Young. As carbon pricing...
View ArticleConsumers Want One Green Seal
Hundreds of green seals of approval are confusing customers, according to a survey conducted by a marketing company. In the EnviroMedia Social Marketing survey of 1,022 Americans, 65 percent said...
View ArticleRetailers Purchasing RECs
Bloomberg Markets Magazine takes a look at retailers and the purchase of renewable energy credits.
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