Shippers Pledge Sustainability Performance Standards
Major shipping companies have pledged to pioneer methods for stakeholders to compare sustainability performance, in an effort to improve the industry’s environmental impacts. The Sustainable Shipping...
View ArticleApple Quietly Plans Solar Array for $1bn Data Center
Apple is quietly planning a solar farm near its newly opened, $1 billion Project Dolphin data center in Maiden, N.C., according to news reports. The Charlotte Observer says that the county has approved...
View ArticleAllianz Deploys IO Anywhere Modular Data Center
Allianz Global Investors of America has deployed IO’s IO Anywhere, a modular data center technology platform. By choosing the modular platform, Allianz expects to avoid the upfront commitment of a...
View ArticleEPA, Other Agencies Detail their Own Environmental Progress
The EPA reduced its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 79.5 percent between FY 2008 and FY 2010, according to the agency’s Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan, released yesterday. But...
View ArticleBASF, Baxter Lead Inaugural Carbon Rankings
BASF has topped carbon rankings of the world’s largest 1,270 companies, as the only one to disclose complete scope 3 emissions data, according to the Environmental Tracker from the Environmental...
View ArticleUnilever: Eco-Innovation Case Studies
Bob Crawford of Unilever presents case studies to show how the company is building sustainability into its global operations and services.
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Tablet Certifications, California Toxics...
TCO Certified, a third party sustainability labeler for IT products, on Monday launched TCO Certified Tablets, a certification for tablet PCs that demonstrate minimal use of hazardous materials, energy...
View ArticleCold? Wear Gloves, Japan Tells Workers
The Japanese government is asking workers to pile on the sweaters as the country continues to face the possibility of electric outages. Continuing power supply problems resulting from the Fukushima...
View ArticleReport: Energy Management for Industry to Reach $5bn in 2020
Energy management solutions for industrial and manufacturing companies are a billion-dollar opportunity for energy management software and services vendors, according to a new report from Pike...
View ArticleBT’s Cool Broadband Snoozes for 30 Percent Less Energy Use
British communications provider BT is testing out Cool Broadband, an energy-saving mode for its broadband connections in the village of Martlesham, Suffolk in the U.K., said ISPreview. The development...
View ArticleRegulating the Global Supply Chain: California’s OEHHA Proposes New...
Do you know if the ingredients in the products you are selling in California pose hazards such as epigenicity, ototoxicity, phytotoxicity, genotoxicity, or any of the other 40+ hazard traits currently...
View ArticleTools of the Green Manufacturing Trade, Part I
As any good engineer knows (and carpenter, surgeon, chef, etc. I imagine) you are only as effective at your task as the tools you have. And your own skill of course. Over the past two years we have...
View ArticleHasbro Aims for 90% Sustainably Sourced Packaging; Epson to Supply BPA-Free...
Hasbro released a Paper and Forest Procurement Policy outlining its procurement decisions for product packaging, as well a 2011 goal to source at least 75 percent of paper packaging from either...
View ArticleSustainable Packaging Growth Losing Ground
The consumer’s emphasis on sustainability in packaging is not growing as quickly as it did one year ago, according to a packaging industry study, 2011 Sustainability in Packaging, from Packaging Digest...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Dealers Fight Fuel Rules, Utility MACT Rule,...
Auto dealers are fighting the Obama administration’s tough new fuel economy standards, taking the place of car companies that agreed to adopt an average efficiency target of 54 miles per gallon by 2025...
View ArticleChicago Airports Plan Solar, Alternative Fueling, Composting
The Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) announced a series of sustainability initiatives at the 2011 Airports Going Green conference in Chicago, including plans for a 60-acre solar panel installation,...
View ArticleAn Economist’s Take on Climate Change
Brian Murray, director for economic analysis at Duke’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, discusses climate change and energy security from the economist’s point of view at the...
View ArticleGreen Fleet Briefing: Firms Buy 15,600 Renaults; Prius Production Cut Back
Nineteen French companies, including GDF Suez, Air France, Veolia and France Telecom Orange, along with public procurement agency UGAP, have agreed to buy 15,637 Renault Kangoo Z.E. electric vans over...
View ArticleSocial Networking Site Aims to Link Sustainability Professionals
Enablon has launched Wizness, an online collaborative platform for solving sustainability business challenges, with 250 member companies already on board. In development for two years, Wizness has been...
View ArticleHP Data Center Project ‘to Reduce Energy up to 89%’
HP has unveiled Project Moonshot, an initiative to reduce data center energy use by up to 89 percent through the sharing of storage, networking, management, power and cooling across thousands of...
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