Whole Foods, News Corp, Adobe Lead Renewable Procurement
News Corporation, Kohl’s, TD Bank and Adobe Systems are sector leaders in renewable energy purchasing, and Whole Foods is a “global wind energy champion”, according to new research from Bloomberg New...
View ArticleTimberland Hires CSR Vice President
Timberland has hired former Dell executive Mark Newton for the position of vice president of corporate social responsibility. In his new role, Newton will lead a global team responsible for managing...
View ArticleSustainability in Health Care Management
Panel and discussion on sustainability in health care management.
View ArticleEaton Replaces Data Centers; Fed IT Doesn’t Know Its PUE
Eaton Corporation has opened two new data centers projected to deliver $23 million in energy savings. The data centers in Louisville, Ky., and Simpsonville, Ky., will replace two data centers located...
View ArticleCoke Plant to be Powered by UTC Fuel Cell
Coca-Cola has installed two UTC Power fuel cells at one of its refreshment plants in East Hartford, Conn. UTC calls the fuel cells “one of the cleanest energy-generation sources available in the world...
View ArticleSustainable Packaging Brief: Wal-Mart, Safeway, Dr. Pepper
The five largest grocery chains in Canada will require their suppliers to shift to PET for thermoformed clamshell packaging, reports Waste & Recycling News. The move – aimed at increasing recycling...
View ArticleSustainability and the Importance of the CFO
It is typical in organizations for the CFO to be ultimately responsible for investor relations, facilities, purchasing, human resources and IT. Moreover, CFOs have a unique vantage of operations, by...
View ArticleThe Real Drought Has Just Begun
We all know that development, industry and even life itself depends upon a reliable water supply. Most Californians also know that distribution issues constrain the water supplies available to the...
View ArticleCompliance & Standards Briefing: ISO 50001, EVs, Lead in Plumbing
AU Optronics Corp. has announced that its G8.5 facility (pictured) in Central Taiwan Science Park has passed the ISO 50001standard for energy management, which AUO says makes it the first manufacturer...
View ArticleUSGBC Launches LEED Volume Operations & Maintenance Program
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has launched its LEED Volume Program for Operations & Maintenance, available for existing green building projects. The operations and maintenance...
View ArticleGRI and Deloitte to Create XBRL Taxonomy; Alcoa, Shell Among G4 Sponsors
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has started development of a taxonomy for the eXtensible Business Reporting Language, which holds the promise of automating the disclosure of sustainability data....
View ArticleFleet Briefing: GM to Meet 56.2 mpg; FedEx Adds 4,000 Green Vehicles; Toyota...
GM has become the first major US automaker to commit itself publicly to meeting the Obama administration’s 56.2 miles per gallon fuel efficiency goal. The target would be for cars and light trucks to...
View ArticleEnergy Management on Campus
Chris Jones, Sustainability Manager at Bristol University, discusses energy management with Energy Live News.
View ArticleGoogle: 90% of Cars Could be EVs and Hybrids By 2030
Electric, plug-in and hybrid vehicles could garner a collective 90 percent market share by 2030, and grid-scale electricity storage could actually increase emissions in the short term, according to an...
View ArticleCoca-Cola European CO2 Down 4%, Sales Up 4%
Coca-Cola’s European arm cut its carbon emissions by four percent in 2010 while its business volume grew by four percent, according to its 2010/2011 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report....
View ArticleConsidering the Energy of Labor, Part IV
Or, offshore all your troubles? This posting concludes our discussion of the energy of labor based on a paper published some time ago and the recent thesis of one of my students, Teresa Zhang. The...
View ArticleProgressive Brands Should Turn Their Backs on Sustainability
Every progressive consumer-facing brand should now turn their back on sustainability. Sounds harsh? Well, very possibly. But after researching more than 100 companies and their brands worldwide, and...
View ArticlePolicy & Regulatory Briefing: Tea Party RGGI Suit, E15, Stimulus Project Audit
Investigators at the Treasury Department are auditing 14 of the 2,600 wind and solar projects that received incentive funds under the 2009 stimulus bill, Bloomberg reports. The audits will aim to...
View ArticleSC Johnson Cuts GHGs 27%, Meets Climate Leaders Goal
Consumer chemical firm SC Johnson has announced that it has achieved its greenhouse gas reduction goal set through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Leaders program. The company...
View ArticleSupervalu to Go Zero Waste at 40 Stores; Puma Bag Dissolves in Water
Supervalu Inc. and its Albertsons brand of supermarkets have announced that they will move 40 stores to be zero waste by the end of next February, Waste & Recycling News reports. The announcement...
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