Most Climate-Responsible Companies Revealed; Scores up 54% in 4 Years
Unilever has bumped Nike from its perch as the top company for climate responsibility, in the Climate Counts 2011 review. After holding the top spot for three years, Nike falls to fourth in the...
View ArticleImproving Supply Chain Profit, Production & Sustainability
Elevating the discussion around sustainable supply chains, Microsoft recently announced it will mandate supplier sustainability disclosure in 2013. As Environmental Leader reported, Ford has also...
View ArticleCOP17: The Challenges, Outcomes and Sustainable Recruitment Trends
Director of Climate Change and Sustainability Services at KPMG, Neil Morris, believes COP17 has greater potential to have practical outcomes than COP15 and COP16 combined. The seventeenth Conference of...
View ArticleSustainability Roundup for Seafood Purchasers
Tradex Foods’ November summary of hot topics in sustainability for seafood purchasers.
View ArticleLighting Briefing: Millard and Groom, Carmanah, Platinum, Lightolier and Tyree
Refrigerated warehousing and distribution services company Millard and commercial energy project firm Groom Energy have completed the installation of an LED lighting retrofit at Millard’s Allentown,...
View ArticlePurell Dispenser Cuts Down on Plastic
Gojo Industries, the company behind Purell instant hand sanitizer, has released dispensers that it says use less material and are more recyclable. The Gojo ADX Dispensing System, the result of four...
View ArticleFrito-Lay Asks Town for $600k to Aid Water Efficiency, Automation
Frito-Lay is asking the town of Vancouver, Wash., for $585,000 in water bill credits over three years, to enable its local plant to make $15 million to $25 million in investments, The (Clark County,...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17 Durban, Gulf Coast Task Force, Chevron...
Durban: The world’s biggest polluters -China, the United States and India – remain firmly against a new legal commitment to curb their carbon emissions. The nations want to put off a commitment on...
View ArticleSiemens to Buy eMeter
Siemens Industry Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire all of the stock of smart grid firm eMeter Corporation. The parties expect to close the deal in December 2011, and will not disclose the terms...
View ArticleStyle Beats Substance in Sustainable Packaging, Report Says
Products that show they are “sustainable” with simple, emotive pack designs are more likely to win when shoppers make snap decisions on environmental credentials in the grocery store aisle, according...
View ArticleUL Launches Enterprise-Wide Sustainability Standard
UL Environment has launched the Sustainability Quotient Program, which it describes as a comprehensive system of assessing, rating, and certifying sustainability at the enterprise level. LG...
View ArticleOrganic Seafood Labels Often Greener Than Eco-Labels
Organic eco-labels for seafood are often better indicators of a product’s green credentials than industry eco-labels or those assigned by retailers such as Whole Foods or Marks & Spencer, according...
View ArticleNissan Leaf Rolling out to 50 States by March
Nissan is rolling out its all-electric Leaf to seven more states, with plans for availability in all 50 states and the District of Columbia by March, Fleet Owner reports. The company is now taking...
View ArticleSolar Costs Are Dropping. Is It in Your Future?
With all the bad press from the federal bailout of Solyndra, one fact was forgotten. Sales of Solyndra’s alternative solar cell design dropped, leading to its bankruptcy, because of a glut in the...
View ArticleSustainable Project Managers Must ‘Know the Enemy’
So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss… If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself. — Sun...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Green Building Initiative, LEED, GRI,...
The Green Building Initiative released its Guiding Principles Compliance certification program for existing buildings – a tool designed to help federal agencies comply with sustainability requirements...
View ArticlePepsiCo’s Take on Sustainable Agriculture
Ian Hope-Johnstone talks about PepsiCo’s approach to sustainability.
View ArticleCisco Behind on GHG Goal for 2012
Cisco is slipping in its quest to reduce scope 1, scope 2 and business air travel GHG emissions by 25 percent by 2012, with a 15 percent reduction from its 2007 baseline this financial year – down from...
View ArticleSonoco Unveils Paper-Based Oil Can
Packaging firm Sonoco’s U.K. arm has designed a rigid, paper-based can that is capable of carrying liquid and results in a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse emissions during production over its metal...
View ArticleODVA Announces Network Energy Monitoring Product
ODVA, the body that defines standards for computer networks, has announced an energy object that it says makes it easier to get energy use information on networked devices. The energy object forms part...
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