Benchmarking Environmental Sustainability Goals
Goals signal intent and drive behavior. Some companies announce sustainability goals to signal their commitment to become sustainability leaders and to compete for superior positioning with their...
View ArticlePolicy & Regulatory Briefing: EPA and Interior Budgets, Capture Incentives, RGGI
The House will debate this week the EPA and Department of Interior fiscal 2012 spending bill, the Hill said. The proposal would give the EPA $7.1 billion and the Interior $9.86 billion. Among its...
View ArticleGreen Building Brief: ITC, SAS, and Nation’s Largest Net-Zero Energy Building
Part of the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., has been awarded LEED Platinum status. NREL’s Research Support Facility (pictured), at 220,000 square feet, is...
View ArticleUS Pulls Record Energy During Heat Wave
The extreme heat wave that swept through the Midwest and has now moved to the northeast has massively increased the demand for electricity as people turn to their air conditioning for relief from the...
View ArticleGRI and CDP Detail Expanded Services
Services offered by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) are evolving to help companies at every stage of their reporting, representatives from the two...
View ArticlePoor Data, Financing Hold Back Energy Efficiency, Report Says
Poor project aggregation and a lack of data standardization are among the factors keeping the energy efficiency marketplace from fulfilling its potential, according to a report by the Environmental...
View ArticleHow Brands are Selling Green in China
China’s insatiable appetite for growth has created some of the world’s most polluted cities and rising concerns about food safety, air quality and health risks associated with heavy industry, according...
View ArticleWill There Be Long- or Short-Term Growth in the Air Pollution Equipment Market?
Is there really long term growth for air pollution control (APC) equipment with the current volatile energy markets? With soaring energy prices, everyone focusing on cleaner fuels and lowering...
View ArticleLess Can Be More, Part II
Where did all the material go? Some time ago (July last year to be specific) we discussed the concept of “buy to fly ratio” used to track the ratio of the amount of material that an aircraft...
View ArticleCompliance & Standards Briefing: Bioplastics Symbol, Climate Bonds, Energy...
The U.S. Department of Energy and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers have renewed their agreement to develop building energy standards and promote...
View ArticleAbTech to Release Disposable Filtration Unit for Hazardous Water
AbTech Holdings Inc. has completed testing on a disposable product aimed at the treatment of hazardous contaminated waste water. The multi-use Smart Sponge 55 will initially be marketed to the chemical...
View ArticleWeyerhaeuser Installing Waste-Heat-to-Energy Plant
Weyerhaeuser Company is building a waste-heat-to-energy plant at its mill in Greenville, N.C. The installation will capture waste heat from a kiln where cut lumber enters the drying process, and covert...
View ArticleSonoco Shoots to Make Plants 99% Landfill-Free
Packaging company Sonoco has announced a goal of moving five U.S. manufacturing plants to virtually landfill-free status this year. Sonoco is aiming to divert 99 percent of operational waste from...
View ArticleGE Halves Spills, But Misses Exceedance Goal
GE has failed to reach its goal of a 25 percent reduction in environmental exceedances in 2010, with both air and water exceedances increasing last year, but managed to reduce reportable spills and...
View ArticleWWF Allows Companies to Destroy Forests, Report Charges
A World Wildlife Fund industry partnership to protect forests is failing in its duties, according to a human rights group. In Pandering to the Loggers (pdf) a report out yesterday, Global Witness...
View ArticleInvesting in Nature for Economic Growth (Part I of II)
For many of us, the term “ecosystems” conjures up thoughts of environmental protection and restoration. While that is one part of the picture, this view misses the critical role that ecosystems also...
View ArticleTaking Toys to TSCA
As of late July, 2011, both the United States and Europe are taking a new look at children’s exposure to chemicals. On July 21, the Inspector General of the United States Environmental Protection...
View ArticleSony Cuts GHGs 31% Since 2000
Sony has achieved a 31 percent reduction in global CO2 emissions across its business sites, compared with fiscal year 2000, the company announced. The company said it has achieved or exceeded most of...
View ArticleMichael Würth Discusses Munich Airport’s Sustainability Efforts
Michael Würth, Vice President Environment Protection and Management, Sustainability, Munich Airport, Germany discusses Munich Airport and sustainability, suggesting that the money men need to see...
View ArticlePolicy & Regulatory Briefing: Smog Rule Delay, BPA Testing, Calif. Renewables
EPA spokesman Brendan Gilfillan said Tuesday that the agency will not finalize the Clean Air Act health standard for ground level ozone, or smog, by the July 29 deadline as intended. The proposed rule,...
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