Thai Floods Shut Businesses; Insurers Struggle with Spate of Disasters
More than 40 factories in Thailand had to close on Wednesday because of flooding, Reuters reports. Floods in the country have killed at least 244 people since mid-July. Another 167 have died in...
View ArticleReckitt Benckiser 75% of the Way Towards 2020 CO2 Goal
Reckitt Benckiser, the company behind Lysol, Durex, Clearasil and other well-known brands, is three-quarters of the way towards its 2020 carbon reduction goal, only three years into the program,...
View ArticleUniversity Solar Capacity Rose 450% in 3 Years
Installed solar capacity in the higher education sector has grown 450 percent over the last three years , according to research by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher...
View ArticleSainsbury’s Swaps Plastic for FSC Corrugated Pack
U.K. supermarket Sainsbury’s has replaced the vacuum-formed plastic tray in its own-brand sliced cheese packaging with an FSC-certified corrugated pack, according to Packaging Europe. Designer Smurfit...
View ArticleGreenbuild, Day 3: Interface, Marriott, Vodafone; USGBC Accused of Greenwash
A round-up of news from the Greenbuild expo in Toronto, and related items: Interface is on track to complete environmental product declarations (EPDs) for 90 percent of its products, measured by...
View ArticleSave Building Energy with an IT Retrofit, says Microsoft
It can prove more cost efficient and less resource-intensive to introduce software that harnesses and utilizes building systems already in use, than to carry out a full-blown physical retrofit, a...
View ArticleGreen Fleet Briefing: Ford’s Coconut Cars, Escape Hybrid Dropped, Volkswagen...
Ford and the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company are researching the use of coconut fiber reinforcement for molded plastic vehicle parts such as storage bins, door and seat trim, or center console substrates....
View ArticleMicrosoft Lags on 2012 CO2 Goal
Microsoft is behind schedule on a goal of reducing carbon emissions per unit of revenue by 20 percent by 2012, from a 2007 baseline, according to the company’s 2011 Citizenship Report. The company...
View Article$60m Gas Station Retrofit Project Launched by Blue Earth
Blue Earth Inc., Gexpro and eCORE Technology have launched a project aimed at improving the energy efficiency of more than 2,000 independently owned gas station and convenience stores. The project will...
View ArticleJohn West Customers Click to Trace their Tuna
John West, a leading brand of canned tuna and salmon in the U.K., has launched an online tracker to help customers sniff out the origin of their fish. Consumers can go to www.john-west.co.uk...
View ArticleReframing the Sustainability Conversation to Risk and Resilience
If you ask any group of sustainability professionals what sustainability is about, the answers might range from the challenges of climate change to consumption of depleting natural resources to fair...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL Conflict, Wisconsin Wind Rules,...
The State Department allowed a company with close financial ties to TransCanada to perform a crucial environmental impact study of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, The New York Times reported. After...
View ArticleEnvironmental & Energy Executive Moves: GE, Toshiba, First Wind, Hara,...
Banyan Water: The water management consultant has appointed Jeff Fulgham as CSO. He was chief sustainability officer & Ecomagination director at GE Power & Water. Carbon Trust: The U.K.-based...
View ArticleU.S. Capitol Pens Waste-to-Energy Contract
The U.S. Capitol is to divert 90 percent of its solid waste from landfills to local waste-to-energy facilities. Congress’s estimated 5,300 tons of annual non-recyclable waste will now fuel local...
View ArticleLevi’s Jeans Save 16m Liters of Water
For its spring line, Levi’s has produced almost 1.5 million pairs of jeans from its “Water<Less” range while saving 16 million liters of water in the process. The range, introduced last year, uses...
View ArticleNew Hara CEO Sharpens Focus on Energy Management
At Hara’s Executive Summit held on September 20th, new CEO Dan Leff described energy cost savings as a “here and now” opportunity, a clear call to action for corporations and institutions. Yet to...
View ArticleIBM, Mars Want More Sustainable Cocoa Crops
IBM and Mars say they’re using deep computing to improve sustainability of cocoa crops around the world.
View ArticleLEED Critics ‘Missing the Point’ of EPDs
Critics who fear that LEED has opened the door to alternative wood certifications have missed the point of pilot credit 43 for certified products, according to Deborah Dunning, founder and president of...
View ArticleFew Oil & Gas Firms Set Environmental Goals
BP, ConocoPhillips, GazProm, PetroChina, SinoPec and Royal Dutch Shell have all failed to set specific sustainability goals, making the industry lag conspicuously behind others, according to a report...
View ArticleVirgin to Fly Planes on Waste Gas by 2014
Virgin Atlantic Airways plans to fly commercial routes, by 2014, with a waste gas-based fuel that the company says has half the carbon footprint of standard aviation fuel. Partners LanzaTech and...
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