Many Companies Struggle to Get Environmental Data from Systems
Major companies are generally satisfied with the accuracy and completeness of data in their sustainability performance management systems, but 39 percent say the systems are poorly integrated and 38...
View ArticleGreen Fleet Program in Santa Barbara Running Smoothly
A look at the green fleet programs in the city and county of Santa Barbara.
View ArticlePolicy and Enforcement Briefing: EPA Appropriations, Dark Days for Solar,...
The Senate Appropriations Committee released a draft 2012 appropriations bill for the Interior Department and the EPA, The Hill reported. As expected, the $29.3 billion bill does not contain any of the...
View ArticleClorox Integrated Report Shows Progress on Energy, GHGs, Water, Waste
Clorox has released its first integrated financial, environmental, social and governance report, which shows that energy consumption fell from 1.81 to 1.78 MWh per 1,000 cases last year, a 1.6 percent...
View ArticlePackaging Brief: Fishery Products International, PET Recycling and Flexible...
Seafood supplier Fishery Products International is switching to sustainable packaging made from 100 percent recycled fibers. The new packaging is produced through a partnership of three companies based...
View ArticlePrivate Funding of Energy Efficiency Retrofits
Although government, environmentalists and fiscal hawks rarely agree on environmental issues, a new public-private partnership to finance U.S. energy efficiency retrofits (the “Retrofit Program”) is...
View ArticleCleanMetrics Corp. Introduces Efficiency Software
CleanMetrics Corp. has launched MetaFlowScope, a software application aimed at reducing companies’ economic and environmental costs. The firm says that MetaFlowScope is the first program to offer...
View ArticleGranite Construction Buys 1.2MW Solar Array
Granite Construction Inc. has completed a 1.2 MW solar array at its aggregate and hot mix facility in Coalinga, Calif., using parts from eIQ Energy Inc., Siemens and Solar Frontier. The system – which...
View ArticleIBM, Munich Re, HP Lead Newsweek Green Rankings; T. Rowe Price, BlackRock...
Munch Re, IBM and National Australia Bank have topped this year’s Newsweek Green Rankings for companies worldwide, while IBM, HP and Sprint lead the pack for the U.S. Last year Dell, Hewlett-Packard,...
View ArticleSiemens Launches Wastewater Purifier
Siemens has announced the launch of a specialty media that removes regulated metals from industrial wastewater, groundwater and storm runoff water. SCU Trace Metal Removal Media removes trace levels of...
View ArticleDow Chemical’s Bo Miller Discusses Sustainability
Dow’s Bo Miller describes the three considerations to achieve sustainability: economic, social and environmental.
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Power Efficiency Standard, Dow Solar...
The Storage Networking Industry Association announced on Monday the release of a specification for measuring data storage systems for power efficiency, ZDNet reported. After three years of developing...
View ArticleStates and Local Governments Lead the Way on Product Content Regulation
Increasingly in key areas of environmental and public health protection, states are choosing to step forward to fill what they may view as a void in needed regulation. In many instances, the state...
View ArticleThe Genius of Human Appeal
Like many these days I’ve been thinking about the passing of Steve Jobs. I’ve been wondering why he had such an impact on society far beyond his work in technology. Among the many tributes and...
View ArticleSikorsky Turns Switch on CHP System
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has cut the ribbon on a combined heat and power cogeneration system at its Stratford, Conn., facility. The CHP system (pictured) produces enough power to supply 84 percent of...
View ArticleEcodesk Trains Maersk to Save Fuel, Launches Sustainability Strategy Tools
Svitzer Australia, a subsidiary of Maersk, is the first company to take delivery of Ecofloat 1.0, a digital training course which designer Ecodesk says will reduce fuel bills by over 15 percent....
View ArticleMd. Seeks to Buy Power from Chicken Manure
Maryland is seeking proposals for power systems that generate electricity from animal waste, such as poultry litter or livestock manure. To be eligible, plants must have a capacity of up 10 MW, connect...
View ArticleSolar Briefing: Bank of America, GE, Air Products, SunPower
Here’s the latest solar industry news emerging out of the Solar Power International conference in Dallas, and some related items: The U.S. solar industry will soon be able to flourish with little or no...
View ArticleCalvert names Toyota, VW, Ford ESG Champs
Sustainable investment firm Calvert Investments has named Toyota, Ford and Volkswagen as models of environmentally and socially responsible business practice in a report. The report “Calvert...
View ArticleToyota, Honda Plants Among Hundreds Closed by Thai Floods
Honda and Toyota have stopped all production in Thailand as that nation’s floods continue to rip through industrial parks, and now threaten Bangkok. Thailand is a major production base for the two...
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