Packaging Key to Sustainable Society, EUROPEN Says
Packaging should be seen as an integral part of achieving a resource efficient society, according to a paper by packaging trade body EUROPEN. Green Paper on Packaging and Sustainability October 2011...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: China Bulb Ban, Toxics Reporting, Superfund...
China is the latest country to ban the import and sale of incandescent light bulbs, Reuters reported. The country’s National Development and Reform Commission will impose a ban on certain inefficient...
View ArticleAre Your Servers Running Efficiently?
Last July, the US federal government announced plans to shut 40 percent of its data centers over the next four years. With more than 2,000 data centers, the Obama Administration realized that data...
View ArticleUltracapacitor Technology Leading the Way Toward Improved Electric Vehicles
As fuel prices continue to rise, electrification of transportation is increasingly important. This importance highlights the need for improved energy storage solutions with high performance and low...
View ArticleEnvironmental & Energy Executive Moves: Ingersoll Rand, Nordex, PwC, enXco
Ingersoll Rand: Joe Wolfsberger has joined the supplier to the transportation, manufacturing, construction, and agricultural industries as vice president, environmental health and safety, from Eaton...
View ArticleShasun Wastewater Facility Installs Hach Lange Sensors
Drug company Shasun Pharma Solutions’ wastewater plant in Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K., has installed Hach Lange sensor equipment. The facility is reporting reduced maintenance and more accurate and more...
View ArticleIdentifying Hidden Energy and Sustainability Costs
Join Environmental Leader for a webinar on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 10am PST/1pm EST, discussing hidden energy and sustainability costs. Learn first-hand how organizations are gaining...
View ArticleHow GHG Protocol Drives Globally Consistent Accounting
Representatives from Walmart, the Carbon Disclosure Project, The Sustainability Consortium and the General Services Administration engage in a panel discussion. Moderator: Eric Roston, Sustainability...
View ArticleUnited Launching Biofuel Flight Today, with Alaska on Its Heels
United Airlines and Alaska Airlines are both launching commercial flights powered by biofuel this week. United, the world’s largest airline, will use algae-based biofuel for a Boeing 737-800 flying...
View ArticleGreenhouse Emissions Jumped 6% in 2010
Greenhouse gas emissions saw a 6 percent jump in 2010, their largest one-year rise, according to new data from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Lab. This means that emissions are now...
View ArticleEPA Releases Secret ‘Watch List’ of Potential Clean Air Violators
Facilities operated by Abbott Labs, Boeing, Ford, GE, GM, Shell and Weyerhaeuser all appear on a secret EPA “watch list” published. for the first time, by NPR and the Center for Public Integrity. The...
View ArticleUS Firms Put CSR Communication Before Performance, KPMG Says
U.S. companies are “scratching the surface” of corporate responsibility, as a whole concentrating on communication more than performance, according to a global survey by KPMG. In the KPMG International...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Wine Standard, Energy Star Update, WEEE Recast
An international wine trade group has adopted a standard for calculating the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions, Off License News reported. The International Organisation of Vine & Wine said its...
View ArticleXerox Cuts Water Use 7% in One Year
Xerox brought its water consumption down seven percent in 2010, compared to 2009 levels, according to its sixth Global Citizenship Report and 2011 Environmental, Health and Safety Report. Xerox says it...
View ArticleSol Launches Outdoor Lighting Range
Solar lighting company Sol has released its new “20/20″ outdoor lighting range. The company is touting the line as a cost effective and reliable alternative to on-grid lighting. It says the product is...
View ArticleTruth in Labeling: Framing the Challenge to Get Results
It’s not earth shattering to say that the world isn’t “getting” climate change. A recent Nielsen report titled “Sustainable Efforts & Environmental Concerns Around the World” revealed that only 69%...
View ArticleCommercializing Microbial Fuel Cells
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have the potential to generate electricity while simultaneously providing secondary treatment to wastewater. In a typical application, a microbial fuels cell converts...
View ArticleFather of Green Chemistry on ‘Designing Tomorrow’
Paul Anastas, the coiner of the term “green chemistry,” a leader of the EPA’s Office of Research and Development, and director of the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale...
View ArticleSocial Business Strategies ‘as Important’ as Economic Ones
Building a social purpose into a business strategy is just as important in securing long-term success as building in an economic purpose, according to an article in November’s Harvard Business Review....
View ArticleBonneville Using Nippon Paper Mill as ‘Battery’
The Pacific Northwest’s Bonneville Power Administration has started pushing excess power to homes and a local Nippon Paper Industries mill as its wind farms are regularly creating more power than it...
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