Ford and Toyota to Jointly Develop Hybrid System
Ford and Toyota will collaborate to develop advanced hybrid systems for light trucks and SUVs, the companies have announced. The two auto-makers have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), with a...
View ArticleKuhn Associates & ISM Discuss Sustainable Procurement
Institute for Supply Management interviews Robert W. Kuhn, president of Kuhn Associates Management Advisers, about sustainable procurement. Parts 2 & 3 below.
View ArticleRed Lobster, Olive Garden Owner Installs 1.1 MW Solar Array
The owner of Olive Garden, Red Lobster and LongHorn Steakhouse is installing a 1.1 MW roof-mounted solar array at its LEED-gold restaurant support center in Orlando. Darden Restaurants, which also...
View ArticleFirst Steps for Sustainable Waterparks
Spending a day at the local waterpark has become a popular pastime for families across the globe. From Pakistan to Poland and Uruguay to the United States, millions of people enjoy cooling off in wave...
View ArticleCount What Counts: A Counterintuitive Take on Radical Transparency
As I counsel clients around the world on the most innovative and cost-effective ways to make their companies more sustainable, I often recommend approaches that may, on the surface, seem...
View ArticleFood Industry Details Anti-Waste Initiative
Trade bodies the Grocery Manufacturers Association and the Food Marketing Institute have released details of a three-year initiative aimed at helping their industry reduce food waste. Speaking at the...
View ArticleCompliance & Standards Briefing: WEEE, Biodiesel, RoHS, Coal and Coke
The Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance and member companies in three states on Monday announced that the for the first time retail locations will post sustainability grades for biodiesel, according to a...
View ArticleClearEdge Raises $73.5m For Fuel Cell Market Expansion
Fuel cell manufacturer ClearEdge Power has raised $73.5 million in Series E financing through the sale of new shares and the conversion of previously issued promissory notes. New investors include...
View ArticleEPA Launches Electronic GHG Reporting Tool
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a tool to allow 28 industrial sectors to submit their 2010 greenhouse gas pollution data electronically. More than 1,000 stakeholders, including...
View ArticleAdidas Chemical Coalition ‘to Respond to Greenpeace Claims’
Adidas is in talks with competitors, including Nike and Puma, to develop a response to Greenpeace’s intensifying campaign on chemicals in the supply chain, Business Green reports. Speaking to...
View ArticleCFO’s Sustainability Role Still Growing, E&Y Says
Recent trends in corporate sustainability are changing the CFO’s role in the three critical areas of investor relations, external reporting and financial risk management, according to an Ernst &...
View ArticleGap Aims to Cut GHGs 20% by 2015
Gap has pledged to cut its greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent by 2015, from a 2008 baseline, in the company’s fifth Social and Environmental Responsibility report. The greenhouse gas goal follows an...
View ArticleHealth Industry Group Launches Green Purchasing Program
The health industry is launching a common set of tools to ensure that environmentally preferred products are available and cost-competitive. The tools for purchasers, suppliers and manufacturers are...
View ArticleGreen Fleet Briefing: Hertz, Marriot, Linc Group, Lightweighting, New Camry...
Car rental firm Hertz has launched an electric vehicle car-sharing program at the San Francisco Marriot Waterfront. The Hertz On Demand venture is open to the hotel guests and the wider public and is...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Nuclear Fears, Strange Bedfellows, EPA Review
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed a final version of its regulatory review plan on Tuesday to comply with President Barack Obama’s order that agency rules not overly burden business,...
View ArticleScope 3: Pivoting to Material Efficiency
The upcoming release of the scope 3 emissions reporting standard from the GHG Protocol is significant for two reasons. One is the more obvious reason: The larger part of emissions resulting from a...
View ArticleLess Is More, Part IV
How much less is less? The last several postings have been discussing the elements of reducing consumption in manufacturing. Not just cutting but making better use of the resources available. This...
View ArticleMedia Paper Use to Slump; Degradable Packaging to Take Off
By 2015 paper use in North American magazines, newspapers and books is expected to fall between 12 and 20 percent from 2010 levels, as the use of tablet devices and e-readers rises, according to a...
View ArticleP&G Talks Up Asia Sustainability Efforts
P&G promo video highlights environmental sustainability in P&G Asia.
View ArticleToys R Us Includes Environmental Features in 44 Stores
Toys R Us has announced that 21 new stores and 23 remodeled locations, all opening this year, will boast a range of environmental features. The world’s leading dedicated toy and children’s products...
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