Allstate Cuts Internal Paper Use 41% in Two Years
Allstate has cut its paper consumption dramatically and has continued cutting its carbon emissions, but saw its energy use increase slightly last year, according to the company’s 2010 Social...
View ArticleAre Your Marketing Claims ‘Green Guide’ Compliant?
Upcoming Changes Further Limit Environmental Claims Last fall, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed revisions to its “Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims,” commonly known as the...
View ArticleSustainability Is a Brand
In order to develop true sustainability policies, companies need to understand the nexus between energy, water, bio-diversity, and green house gas emissions, as well as the wider societal impacts of...
View ArticleCity Makes Recycling Compulsory for Businesses
The city of Minneapolis has introduced mandatory recycling for all businesses, workplaces and houses of worship, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The rule, which came into effect on Sept. 1,...
View ArticleDeutsche Lowers EU Carbon Price Forecast
Deutsche Bank has downgraded its year-end forecast for the price of carbon in Europe’s emission trading program. The bank has lowered its year-end 2011 forecast to €12/t from €17/t, as it expects the...
View ArticleLee Disrupts Power, Raises Oil Prices
Hundreds of thousands are without power after former tropical storm Lee pushed through the deep south over the holiday weekend. As many as 200,000 lost power across Alabama, the AP reported, with most...
View ArticleGlobal Green Investment Tops $2.4tn
Global private sector investment in green companies and technologies from 2007 to Q2 2011 totals more than $2.4 trillion, according to Ethical Markets Media’s Green Transition Scoreboard. The Green...
View ArticleSustainability And The Auto Industry at APAC16
Dr.Pawan Goenka, Chairman – Asia Pacific Automotive Engineering Conference 16 and President – Automotive & Farm Equipment Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, at ttalks about the APAC16 conference...
View ArticleElster Announces Universal Smart Grid Meter Platform
Smart grid company Elster has announced that its fully integrated universal meter and radio platform, the RexUniversal meter, should be commercially available in North America in the second quarter of...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: $4.5m Chevron Settlement, Supercommittee,...
Chevron has reached a $4.5 million settlement with Salt Lake City and the state of Utah to pay for cleanup costs at two oil spills that polluted a creek and city pond, according to The Salt Lake...
View ArticleReport: Hybrid Truck Sales to Top 100k
Sales of hybrid medium- and heavy-duty trucks are on course to top 100,000 annually by 2017, according to a report by Pike Research. “Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid, and Battery Electric Medium and Heavy...
View ArticleSolar Gardens: Sprouting Soon in a Community Near You
In March 2007, Community Housing Works, a non-profit developer/owner of low income housing projects, unveiled a 56-unit multi-tenant unit (MTU) apartment complex called Solara in Poway, California, in...
View ArticleLess Is More, Part V
Designing for small In my last article, I stated that one of the challenges is linking product performance to material shape and properties. And then making the next link to environmental...
View ArticleChemical Industry Proposes Assessment Tool to EPA
The American Chemistry Council is seeking to inform the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory revisions with a proposed system for prioritizing chemical review and assessment. The council says...
View ArticleNJ in Top Global Solar Spot – But Not for Long
New Jersey is the top global location for investors in solar power but will soon begin to suffer the effects of dramatic oversupply, according to a report by Lux Research. The Solar Demand Forecaster...
View ArticleDell to Revamp GHG Measurement; No Longer Carbon-Neutral
Dell’s changing business model is forcing the company to craft a new way of measuring its carbon footprint, the company notes in its 2011 corporate responsibility report, which shows that the computer...
View ArticleGannett Fleming Discusses Sustainable Infrastructure
Gannett Fleming has been named a charter member of the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI), a recently formed non-profit leadership organization dedicated to developing and administering a...
View ArticleSoftware Briefing: Power Assure, In-Q-Tel, Cal Poly, Cintas
Power Assure Inc., a data center infrastructure provider, has announced a strategic investment and development agreement with U.S. intelligence community supplier In-Q-Tel. In-Q-Tel will be adding...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: ISO-GRI Pact, Cadmium Jewelry Shelved,...
Target, Gap, and Saks Fifth Avenue are among 26 major retailers that have reached a settlement under California’s Proposition 65 to eliminate all but trace amounts of cadmium from jewelry and other...
View ArticleLoosening Oil and Gas Regs Could Create 1.4m Jobs, API Says
A reversal of current policy could increase daily oil and natural gas production by 10 million barrels by 2030, while creating 1.4 million U.S. jobs and adding $800 billion to government revenue,...
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