Grupo Pao de Acucar Chooses SAP for Energy Monitoring
The Grupo Pao de Acucar, the largest retailer in South America, has selected the SAP Carbon Impact OnDemand product to monitor and manage carbon emissions and energy consumption in each of its 1,832...
View ArticleCDP to Intensity Environmental Accounting Work After $1.5m Prize Win
The Carbon Disclosure Project will expand its work to set accounting standards for environmental disclosure, after winning the $1.5 million Zayed Future Energy Prize in Abu Dhabi yesterday. Executive...
View ArticleLux: Bio-Chem Firms Poised to Revolutionize Industry
A group of fast-growing bio-based chemicals and materials startups – including Novamont, Arcadia, Elevance, Amyris, Gevo and Solazyme – is rapidly maturing and attaining scale, possibly heralding the...
View ArticleVal Smith: Sustainability at Citi
Val Smith, director of sustainability at Citi, discusses innovation and sustainability during a presentation at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: LEED, Minnesota Farming Conservation, Indian...
JPMorgan Chase has earned LEED Platinum for the renovation of the 50-year-old building that houses its global headquarters in Manhattan, and the company says that it is the world’s largest renovation...
View ArticleAlcoa Releases Low-Weight Truck Wheels
Aluminum fabricator Alcoa has launched a new series of wide base that wheels are the lightest 14″ aluminum wheels on the market. The new 58 lbs wheels are engineered for high performance through...
View ArticleFinancing Wind Ambitions: Offshore Wind Parks
Wind power is currently a highly relevant energy source, especially offshore wind. Within five years, offshore wind power plants are expected to account for approximately 20 percent of the entire...
View ArticleA Three-Part Approach to Corporate Sustainability
Sustainable development is a vast and all-encompassing idea, and corporate sustainability is nearly so. No corporate sustainability leader can hope to make their company “sustainable” in the next...
View ArticleGE Renames Converteam Efficiency Business
GE has rebranded Converteam, the French process control and automation business it acquired last September, renaming it Power Conversion. GE said the Power Conversion business will help it maximize its...
View ArticleKaiser Permanente Switches to PVC- and DEHP-Free IV Bags
Kaiser Permanente announced today that it is converting its IV medical equipment to alternatives free of PVC and DEHP, two industrial chemicals that the company says have been shown to harm human and...
View ArticleObama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline; Company Plans to File Again
President Obama yesterday rejected the proposed $7 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline, but left the door open for backers TransCanada to submit a new permit application. Obama said there was not adequate...
View ArticleBP Predicts Small Future Role for Renewables
Energy production by renewable sources will roughly quadruple by 2030, but the use of such energy will still only account for fraction of energy consumption, according to a report by BP. BP Energy...
View ArticleStop & Shop Nabs $4m in Incentives for Lighting and ECMs
Stop & Shop has cut costs and received over $4 million in utility incentives through use of efficient lighting and electronically-commutated motors (ECMs) at hundreds of stores and warehouses, the...
View ArticleHigher Gas Prices: Ethanol Subsidy Expiration Could be to Blame
The expiration of ethanol subsidies from the federal government last month may already be driving up gas prices at the pump, according to AutoblogGreen. Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported an...
View ArticleEU Passes WEEE Recast, Requires Up to 85% E-Waste Recycling
The European Parliament has passed more stringent targets under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive, requiring member states to collect 65 to 85 percent of their e-waste by...
View ArticleUT Employees Kick the Can
The University of Texas is testing a program to reduce waste and increase recycling by switching out trash cans.
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement: EU 2020 Targets, Japan Nuclear Safety, Light-Duty...
A European Commission analysis said that raising the EU’s 2020 emission reduction target to 30 percent may be less costly than previously reported. The cost of going to 30 percent, previously estimated...
View ArticleBombardier to Use Maxwell Ultracapacitors for Energy Storage
Train manufacturer Bombardier is to install Maxwell Technologies’ ultracapacitors in a braking energy recuperation system. Each stationary “wayside” EnerGstor unit incorporates a Maxwell ultracapacitor...
View ArticleCarbon Capture Project Gets First U.S. PPA; Masdar Eyes CDM Credits
CPS Energy of San Antonio has signed the nation’s first power purchase agreement for electricity from a commercial-scale carbon capture project. The utility, the largest one in the U.S. owned by a...
View ArticleD.C. Tops LEED Certification List for Second Year
Colorado and Illinois have pushed out New Mexico and Nevada in the U.S. Green Building Council’s annual ranking of states by certified LEED space per capita, while Washington, D.C. continues to leave...
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