Google US Data Centers Now ISO 140001 Certified
Google has received ISO 14001 certification for all of its U.S. data centers, reducing oil consumption in its back up generators by 67 percent in the process. The company says that this makes it the...
View ArticleClorox Puts Ingredient Lists in the Palm of Consumers’ Hands
Clorox has launched a smartphone application to help consumers look up the ingredients of its household and commercial products. The Clorox Ingredients Inside App and mobile website are an extension of...
View ArticleIEA Lauds Energy Efficiency PPPs
Public private partnerships on energy efficiency projects are a good way to increase the pace of reduction of the energy intensity of an economy, reduce costs of energy efficiency to the public sector...
View ArticleAPP Commits to 18% Cut in Energy, Water by 2015
A group of 77 paper businesses including Asia Pulp & Paper have signed an initiative committing themselves to energy-saving and emission-reduction targets set by the Chinese central government. The...
View ArticleNissan, ABB to Use EV Batteries for Electrical Storage; Coda Launches Energy Arm
EV makers are moving in on the energy storage market, with Nissan North America and ABB partnering to evaluate the reuse of lithium-ion battery packs, and Coda Holdings launching an energy business....
View ArticleGM’s John Bradburn Talks Waste Reduction
John Bradburn, GM’s manager of waste reduction efforts, talks about how GM’s landfill-free projects relate to real world situations.
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement: Deepwater Horizon, Wind Tower Anti-Dumping Claim,...
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a U.S. District Judge to declare BP, Anadarko and Transocean, as Deepwater Horizon owners and operators of vessels or offshore facilities, liable for penalties...
View ArticleEnTouch Launches Energy Monitor with Remote Access
EnTouch Controls has launched the GM8 Universal Energy Monitor, which works with its EnTouch Energy Management System (pictured) to provide facility energy data for small business owners. The GM8...
View ArticleMercer Plans Steam Turbine for German Plant
Pulp company Mercer International Inc. has announced a project to increase production and efficiency through initiatives including the installation of an additional 40 MW steam turbine at its mill in...
View ArticleGreen Banking Part IV: Cutting Your Footprint and Your Costs
In Part III of our green banking series, we examined how from coal to real estate to small business lending, environmental, social, and governance underwriting criteria are a critical tool for banks to...
View ArticleCrown Holdings Cuts Direct GHGs 8%
Crown Holdings, a leading supplier of cans and other metal packaging products to consumer marketing companies, cuts its direct greenhouse gas emissions by eight percent from 2007 to 2010, according to...
View ArticleSandia Casino Expects 75% Energy Drop with LED Lights, Solar Panels
Sandia Resort & Casino in Albuquerque will consume about a quarter the energy in its parking lots through switching hundreds of gas discharge lamps to Noribachi LED bulbs, the two companies have...
View ArticleNetLED Launches Wi-Fi LED Fluorescent Tube Replacement
NetLED has released a 40W LED light panel designed to replace a fluorescent tube and controllable by computer, smartphone or tablet device. Using the networking software, the fixtures can be remotely...
View ArticleWhat 2011 Taught Us about the Green Supply Chain (and What It Means for 2012)
As regular readers of Environmental Leader know, there was a blizzard of corporate sustainability news in 2011. There are lots of lessons to be learned from the prior year, and some important...
View ArticleFleet Briefing: Chevy Volt Declared Safe, Fisker Recall, OnStar, Mercedes, Honda
GM’s electric Chevy Volt has been declared safe after months of testing into the risk of post-crash fires posed by its lithium-ion battery. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration tests have...
View ArticleCO2 to Stay Below 2005 Levels, U.S. to Wean Itself from Foreign Oil, EIA...
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions will remain below 2005 levels through 2035 as increased oil, natural gas and renewable energy production reduces U.S. reliance on imported energy sources,...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance: Energy Star, Superior Energy Performance, STEP...
Verbatim Americas, a member of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings group, has earned Energy Star qualification of its new line of PAR-type retrofit LED lamps. Verbatim’s qualified LED retrofit lamp product...
View ArticleSustainability Boosts Returns for Private Equity Funds
Part I: Introduction to Environmentally-Driven Value Creation for General Partners With the recent presidential campaign attention paid to Bain Capital, it seems likely that 2012 will be the year that...
View ArticleRenewable Energy Projects On Tribal Lands: A Growing Trend
Tribal communities in the Southwestern United States are making renewable energy development on tribal lands a reality. Areas defined as “Indian country” [see the end of the article for a definition]...
View ArticleHonda NA Hits Another CO2 Goal, a Year Late
Last year Honda met its 2010 goal of a 20 percent cut to CO2 from power equipment production, with a 27.2 percent drop from 2000 levels, according to its 2011 North American environmental report. The...
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