Poor Economy Helps Xerox Advance on Sustainability Targets
Xerox has released its 2010 Report on Global Citizenship Summary and 2010 Environmental Health & Safety Report, which together provide environmental overview and detail on strategic objectives and...
View ArticleEvaluating Corporate Average Fuel Economy Changes
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards set minimum limits for the average miles per gallon that all cars and light trucks must achieve. These standards are intended to reduce gasoline...
View ArticleRoundup – Yum! Brands Highlights Sustainable Packaging Successes, Goals
Yum! Brands highlights sustainable packaging successes, goals in 2010 CSR report Packaging Digest DOE finalizes Abengoa $1.45 billion loan guarantee Reuters Marriott International launches sustainable...
View ArticlePost COP16 Perspective from African Union: Climate Change Matter of Life and...
One day after the close of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP16) in Cancun, Mexico, Green Canary Sustainability Consulting CEO Kevin Tuerff interviewed a delegate from Africa to learn his thoughts...
View ArticleFireman’s Fund Expects Bloom Boxes To Meet 60% of Energy Needs
Joining a prominent list of customers such as Bank of America, Coca-Cola, E-Bay, FedEx, Google, Staples and Wal-Mart, insurance company Fireman’s Fund will install six high-tech fuel cells from Bloom...
View ArticleUS Army Adopts ASHRAE Standard 189.1
U.S. Army officials issued their new sustainable design and development initiative that incorporates requirements of the green building Standard 189.1. The policy applies to all construction and...
View ArticleToray Plastics Adding $2-million Solar Field
Toray Plastics Inc. will begin construction in 2011 on a $2 million 446kW solar photovoltaic field on its 70-acre campus in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, and the company estimates that the efficient...
View ArticleAK Steel Clears Smoke Over Ohio Factory
AK Steel has spent $5.2 million from 2007 to last year on environmental capital investments. Environmental compliance costs for the same three-year period were almost $360 million. The latest expense...
View ArticleNew Environmental Disclosure Guidance From Canadian Regulators
A new environmental reporting guidance was released by the Canadian Securities Administrators for companies listed on Canadian stock exchanges, including the Toronto Stock Exchange which ranks third in...
View ArticleDuPont to Pay $3.3 Million Penalty for TSCA Violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday announced that DuPont has agreed to pay a penalty of $3.3 million to resolve 57 violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). EPA’s...
View ArticleEPA to Limit Power Plant, Refinery Emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued its plan for moving forward on GHG limits for fossil fuel power plants and petroleum refineries—which represent nearly 40 percent of the GHG...
View ArticleSourceOne Tackles Energy Services for 6 CT Towns
Six Connecticut municipalities: Branford, Durham, Guilford, Killingworth, Madison and Westbrook have chosen Veolia Energy North America’s energy management subsidiary, SourceOne, to perform energy...
View ArticleGazeley Greens Storage & Distribution Buildings
Property developer and logistics provider Gazeley has shown that sustainability can be a major factor in winning new clients. Here’s a discussion on how building in simple eco and energy efficiency...
View ArticleSolar Income Is Key to Fiscal Responsibility
With all the talk in Washington about being fiscally conservative, it’s time to remember that true fiscal responsibility begins with solar income. Everything we do depends on energy — markets,...
View ArticleEnvironmental Enforcement: Defense Contractors Settle Moses Lake Lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have settled claims against two defense contractors allegedly responsible for contamination at the Moses Lake Wellfield...
View ArticleUS: China’s Clean Energy Subsidies Violate WTO Agreements
The Obama administration requested consultations before the Geneva-based World Trade Organization, accusing Beijing of providing unfair government grants to Chinese energy companies, subsidies with an...
View Article30% More Light, 75% Less Energy for Senior Community Network
Brookdale Senior Living has completed its nationwide lighting retrofit throughout the company’s 546 senior care communities. The initiative is estimated to save $5 million annually in electric utility...
View ArticleICLEI Names Nine STAR ‘Beta Communities’
ICLEI- Local Governments for Sustainability’s STAR Community Index (STAR), a sustainability rating system and performance management tool in development for local governments, selected nine cities and...
View ArticleEU May Ban Super-GHG HFC-23 from Carbon Swaps
The EU is expected to vote in early 2011 on whether to restrict United Nations-sponsored offsets linked to HFC-23 and some nitrous oxide credits in the EU carbon market system. The vote follows...
View ArticleUK Council Takes Excessive Packaging ‘Beef’ to Court
In England, the Lincolnshire County Council sued popular supermarket chain Sainsbury’s for “excessive packaging” of its premium cut of roast beef. The lawsuit, reported The Guardian, “surprised”...
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