Beyond Looking Green
Most of us will agree that green is in the eye of the beholder and the same can be said of greenwashing. In spite of recent efforts by the FTC and others to create clearer guidelines, there are still...
View ArticleCardboard Vacuum Cleaner Unveiled; Virex Makes 100% Plant Paraxylene
Vax has unveiled a cardboard vacuum cleaner, made from its own packaging. The Vax ev was designed by Jake Tyler, a Vax intern and student at the U.K.’s Loughborough University, with support by the...
View ArticleCollaboration as a Conduit for Sustainability, Solutions to World Challenges
Corporate sustainability is not a new concept. In recent years, companies across the globe have been increasingly applying sustainability practices and funneling investments into green technologies and...
View ArticlePolicy & Regulatory Briefing: EU Target Defeated, Yucca Mtn., Shell in Alaska
The European Parliament has today voted against raising the continent’s emissions reduction target, from the current goal of a 20 per cent cut against 1990 levels by 2020, to a 30 per cent cut by the...
View ArticleStaples, Coke, GE Among Newest Clean Fleets Partners
Coca-Cola, Staples, Enterprise Holdings and three other companies, with nearly a million commercial vehicles between them, have joined the Obama administration’s National Clean Fleets Partnership....
View ArticleCB Richard Ellis Reaches Carbon Neutrality Goal
CB Richard Ellis has achieved carbon neutrality for its 2010 global operations, the company has announced. CBRE says it is the first global commercial real estate services firm to achieve carbon...
View ArticleTravelocity’s Barbara Anderson on the ‘Better Travel, Better World’ Program
Barbra Anderson of Travelocity Discusses the Company’s “Better Travel, Better World” Program at a DallasSVP event.
View ArticleHalosource, SCFI Rank Well Among Water Treatment Start-Ups; GE Announces...
Lux Research has ranked the potential of up-and-coming companies offering chemical and chemical-alternative water treatments, in a new report. The report, Water Chemicals and Competitors: The Long,...
View ArticleCape Wind and Offshore Wind Power Generation
On the face of it, it seems hard to imagine a better match between a region and its energy needs than New England and the Cape Wind offshore wind farm power project. The six-state area produces few...
View ArticleUnlocking the Sustainability Dividend through Employee Mobilization
As more and more “green” products have gone mainstream, so too have questions about what “green” really means. Many companies today spend a good deal of time and energy marketing and positioning...
View ArticleE-Waste Rules Take Effect in N.C., S.C.
E-waste laws have come into effect in both North and South Carolina, requiring manufacturers to offer recycling for electronics, and barring computers and televisions from curbside collections. The...
View ArticleRenewables Briefing: SunPower, Deepwater Wind, Paint-On Solar Panels
SunPower Corp. has begun construction on a massive, 1.1 million square-foot project on the roof of the Gloucester Marine Terminal’s refrigerated warehouse in Gloucester, N.J. near the Walt Whitman...
View ArticleCompliance & Standards Briefing: Aviation Biofuel, Packaging, Climate Bonds,...
ASTM International has released a highly anticipated international standard for aviation fuel containing up to 50 percent biofuels, Renewable Energy World reports. ASTM D7566, Specification for...
View ArticleE-Recycler Intercon Accused of China Shipments, Takes Legal Action
Intercon Solutions, an e-waste handler, took legal action yesterday after a certification program accused the company of shipping hazardous waste to China. Watchdog group the Basel Action Network...
View ArticleEPA to Limit Drifting Smog
The Environmental Protection Agency today finalized widely anticipated Clean Air Act regulations on pollution that crosses state lines. In an announcement shortly before noon Eastern, the EPA said the...
View ArticleBody Shop Sustainability Leader Discusses FSC
Interview with Simon Henzell-Thomas, Head of Sustainability, Body Shop International at the FSC General Assembly 2011.
View ArticleEntergy, Coulomb Place EV Stations on LSU Campus; Butte College ‘Grid-Neutral’
Entergy Corporation has joined forces with Coulomb Technologies to fund and donate 16 electric vehicle charging stations at college campuses in and around Entergy’s four-state service area. The first...
View ArticleCoke in China Switches to PETG Labelling
A subsidiary firm of Fuwei Films has won the contract to supply environmentally-friendly PETG heat-shrinkable labels to China Bottlers Procurement Consortium, the authorized procurement service...
View ArticleL’Oreal Cuts Water Per Product, Carbon, Waste; VOCs Up
L’Oreal made improvements on almost all of its environmental measures in 2010, including water consumption, carbon emissions, SO2 emissions and waste output, according to its 2010 Sustainable...
View ArticleThe Effects of HSE Cuts
The Government has announced a package of changes to the UK’s health and safety system, including a large cut in the number of at-work inspections. These cuts have a significant impact across not only...
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