Coke Makes 100% Recycling Pledge for 2012 Olympics
Coca-Cola has promised to recycle all clear plastic PET bottles used at the London 2012 Olympics, according to news reports. The company has partnered with Sita UK, the waste management partner of the...
View ArticlePwC, Deloitte Named as Exemplar Sustainability Consultants
Only a handful of firms – Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers being the most prominent – have excelled when providing major companies with corporate-wide sustainability visions, according to a report...
View ArticleDatabase Will Benchmark Thousands of Reports, GRI Says
Companies will be able to benchmark their sustainability data against information from thousands of other firms, using a database just launched by the Global Reporting Initiative. GRI said the...
View ArticleUtilities’ Energy Efficiency Spend Varies Wildly, Study Finds
U.S. utilities each spent anywhere from $0.02 to $4.80 per MWh of retail sales on energy efficiency programs in 2009, according to a new report from investor advocacy group Ceres. Benchmarking Electric...
View ArticleElliptical’s R.A.S.E.R. HD May Achieve PUE of 1.03
The R.A.S.E.R. HD modular data center unit from Elliptical Mobile Solutions (EMS) is capable of maintaining very low values – 1.03 or better – for power usage effectiveness (PUE), according to recently...
View ArticleGE Processes Low-Quality Waste Gas for Power
A Chinese steel mill will use waste gas from its blast furnace and coke oven to generate power using a GE 9E gas turbine and a new fuel engineering process, GE announced. GE technology was selected for...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL Delayed, Solar Tariffs, EDF Hacking
The Obama administration announced Thursday that it will delay a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline until after the 2012 election, The New York Times reported. The State Department said...
View ArticleCanadian Lodge Upgrades to UF Water Treatment; EPA Fines DuPont
Water resources management and wastewater treatment company Tri-Tech Holding signed a $690,000 contract to provide an ultra-filtration (UF) water treatment system to Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge at...
View ArticleDo Companies Need a Culture of Sustainability?
Stuart Hart, the S.C. Johnson chair in sustainable global enterprise at Cornell University, asks how necessary a strong corporate culture is for achieving sustainability objectives. Hart is founder and...
View ArticleFed Agencies Ordered to Cut Travel, Printing, IT 20%
President Obama heralded a program that has saved the Commerce Department $1.8 million off its cell phone bills, as he directed agencies to shrink their travel, printing and IT spending by 20 percent...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: ANWR Drilling Push, Canada Reacts, EV Fire Probe
A jobs-related proposal from House Republicans to support new infrastructure spending is dominating by a plan to massively expand offshore oil and gas leasing and open up the Arctic National Wildlife...
View Article3E Adds CDR Services, GC3 Builds Chemical Data Portal for Retailers
EH&S compliance and information management services provider 3E Company has released a new services suite aimed to assist businesses with disclosure processes and chemical data reporting (CDR)...
View ArticleAtos to Use SAP Sustainability App; Greenstone Updates Acco2unt
International IT services company Atos will use SAP BusinessObjects Sustainability Performance Management application to manage its sustainability performance, the companies announced at the SAPPHIRE...
View ArticleEfficiency in Manufacturing Could Ramp Up Greenhouse Gas Savings
Businesses today are competing in a dynamic marketplace, constantly trying to keep pace with new technology and rapidly changing consumer expectations. They are being asked to deliver goods and...
View ArticleRenewables Briefing: Bernard Matthews, China Solar Leap, Biggest Wind-Hydro...
Turkey company Bernard Matthews is planning a £4m ($6.4) anaerobic digester at its Holton factory in Suffolk, U.K., in a move that the company said would provide 13 percent of the site’s electricity...
View ArticleClosing the Materials Loop
While shopping for copy paper recently, I noticed that recycled multipurpose paper is often priced 50 percent higher than comparable virgin paper. A pack of mechanical pencils made with recycled...
View ArticleExxon to Recycle 1986 Tanker on U.S. Soil
Exxon Mobil and subsidiary SeaRiver Maritime have sold their 1986 tanker the S/R Wilmington for recycling, in a move that watchdog organization Basel Action Network said should serve as an example to...
View ArticleCalif., Provinces Push Regional Cap and Trade; In Europe, Carbon Slump Continues
The Western Climate Initiative, a coalition of U.S. states and Canadian provinces seeking to create a regional carbon trading program, has created a non-profit corporation to support state and...
View ArticleBuilding Performance Tracking Can Thwart Gas Leaks
Building performance tracking is useful not only for tracking energy use but for improving indoor air quality, ensuring ventilation rate compliance and even preventing dangerous gas leaks, according to...
View ArticlePhiladelphia’s Green Victory: From Underdog to Champion
These days, plenty of cities are vying for the title of Greenest City. While obvious ones come to mind include Portland, Oregon, one underdog is fast emerging as a category leader. “The best kept...
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