Compliance & Standards Briefing: First ISO 50001, Climate Registered Platinum...
Schneider Electric’s head office is the first building in the world to earn the new ISO 50001 certification for energy management systems, the company has announced. Schneider began adapting the energy...
View ArticleUtilities, EPA Both Winners in Supreme Court GHG Ruling
The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously against the states in AEP v. Connecticut, ruling that they can’t invoke federal law to force utilities to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, Bloomberg reports. The...
View ArticleUN: Companies Struggle with Climate Adaptation Planning
Companies are finding it difficult to fully incorporate measures of climate risks into their strategy and operations, according to a report by the UN Global Compact, the UN Environment Programme...
View ArticleCompanies ‘Unprepared to Meet Their Environmental Targets’
Companies are increasingly using public goals to signal their commitment to sustainability and their superiority to rivals, but many are unprepared to meet those targets, according to a report from...
View ArticleEnablon Raises $15m in Growth Capital
Enablon, a provider of sustainability management software, has received a $15 million investment from the Environmental Technologies Fund. The financing will support the company’s further expansion in...
View ArticleClif Bar Discusses Sustainable Packaging
Just Means interviews Thomas Venegas, Productive Design Manager, Clif Bar Company at Sustainability in Packaging 2011.
View ArticleOld Tensions Resurface Over LEED Credit
A new LEED credit for certified products is stirring up old debates over wood certification programs. The pilot Certified Products credit was released earlier this month. It gives points to projects in...
View ArticleSamsung to Sell USA’s First Solar Laptop
Samsung is preparing to launch the first commercial, solar-powered laptop to be sold in the U.S., Dvice reports. The Samsung NC215S will have a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, 1GB of memory, and...
View ArticleSymantec Wins Acterra Sustainability Award
Symantec Corporation received the 2011 Acterra Award for Sustainability/Large Company for its environmental programs including green IT, dedicated green teams, aggressive greenhouse gas reduction...
View ArticleBusting Renewable Energy Myths
Discovery Channel has a rather curious show called Myth Busters. The show evaluates various myths — from MacGyver tricks to the Apollo 11 Moon landing — by staging them in a controlled setting. You may...
View ArticlePolicy & Regulatory Briefing: Mercury, Renewable Fuels, MACT Boiler Rules
The EPA is making yet another extension to a public comment period, this time on proposed mercury and air toxics standards for coal plants. But the agency said the 30 day extension to the timeline for...
View ArticleData Center Design Finally Addresses Major Sources of Wasted Energy
Energy is today the largest variable IT cost for large enterprises. And with data centers accounting for close to 1.5% of electricity consumption in the U.S., increasing energy efficiency in the data...
View ArticleBig Four Audit Firms Lead Sustainability Assurance Services
The Big Four financial audit firms are the top “green counters,” too, leading the market in corporate sustainability assurance services, according to a new Verdantix analysis of global sustainability...
View ArticleFirst Housing Wins Acterra Sustainability Award
First Housing received the 2011 Acterra Award for Sustainability/Small Company for its environmental programs. This video profiles First Housing. Here’s a list of all the winners: ACTERRA AWARD FOR...
View ArticleFleet Briefing: Ford, CNG Taxis, Coke, Renault-Nissan
Rather than fight for a share of a possibly resurgent minivan market, Ford Motor Company has scrapped plans to launch a minivan, and instead plans to focus on positioning its first hybrid-only model —...
View ArticleCompliance & Standards Briefing: Sugar, Ford, RoHS, WEEE, Coal Ash
A Brazilian Coca-Cola bottler has become the first customer to buy sugar cane product certified under a new sustainability standard launched by the World Wildlife Fund “This will change the sugar cane...
View ArticleSustainability Education at Enclave Harbour
In my recent article, The Promise of Sustainability Education, I discussed the importance of introducing whole systems thinking and environmental sustainability into the American educational system....
View ArticleKroger Cuts Waste 30%, Fleet Efficiency up 8%
Kroger manufacturing plants cut their waste to landfill by 30 percent between 2009 and 2010, and the company’s fleet increased its cases shipped per gallon by eight percent, according to the...
View ArticleSchneider Launches Data Center Monitoring and Operations Suite
Schneider Electric has launched a new software suite designed to help data center managers address all aspects of monitoring and operations The company says that previously, data center management...
View ArticleSmart Meter Shipments to Top 100m in 2011
Global shipments of smart energy meters will exceed 100 million this year and should increase to more than 250 million by 2016, according to ABI Research. Europe is the region buying most of these...
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