More Companies Say Sustainability Needed to be Competitive
Two-thirds of corporate leaders say management attention to and investment in sustainability rose from 2010 to 2011, according to a global study by MIT Sloan Management Review and The Boston Consulting...
View ArticleWhich ‘Big Three’ Car Maker Wins on Low-Carbon Growth?
Sales of light vehicles to US consumers were up 10% in 2011 compared to the previous year. Revenues are growing, but which US carmaker is winning the carbon race? Last year marked the second year of...
View ArticleGRI Launches Event Sustainability Guidance
The Global Reporting Initiative has published sustainability guidance for events, from business meetings to cultural festivals, and the organizers of this year’s Olympics say they’ll be using the...
View ArticleNatureBake Oregon Grains 100-Mile Bread Story
A look at the sustainability model for using locally grown and processed ingredients at NatureBake’s Oregon Grains bread.
View ArticleSmart Grid Briefing: Honeywell, Constellation, Lockheed Martin, Retroficiency
Smart grid and demand response announcements have come thick and fast from this year’s DistribuTECH conference, which just wrapped up in San Antonio. Some of the biggest items from the conference and...
View ArticleSoftware Briefing: NCC Group, Ryder, SAIC and ThinkEco
Nordic region-based construction and property development firm NCC Group is to start using CA Technologies’ CA ecoSoftware energy and sustainability management system. NCC hopes to use the product to...
View ArticleHospital Energy Management Tips
Ian Buckle discusses hospital energy management in this Energy Live News interview.
View ArticleCalgon Launches Products to Control Mercury Emissions
Calgon Carbon Corporation has launched an advanced line of its Fluepac products aimed at controlling mercury emissions in the coal-fired electric power generation market. The new line, which includes...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Manufacturing Tax Credit, Natural Gas...
The White House has released more details about the manufacturing efficiency incentives that President Obama announced in his State of the Union address Thursday. The proposed $5 billion in incentives...
View ArticleVarian Slashes Redesign Time for RoHS, REACH Compliance
Varian Medical Systems, a $2.6 billion manufacturer of medical devices and software, is reducing its time to implement engineering changes from 18 to five days with two sustainability products from...
View ArticleChevys to Carry Ecologic Label
Chevrolet vehicles sold in the United States are to carry the Ecologic environmental label. The labels will carry information on environmental aspects related to vehicle manufacturing and assembly,...
View ArticleBusiness Could Save $173m with Compressed Air Improvements
Air compressors present a variety of opportunities for saving energy, from leak reduction and air intake improvements, to maintenance, monitoring, specification and design, according to guidance from...
View ArticleTesco Quits Carbon Labeling
Tesco, the U.K.’s biggest retailer, has decided to stop using a carbon labeling program a few years after promising to label all 70,000 of its products. Tesco will no longer use the Carbon Trust labels...
View ArticleRange Rover Evoque and Sustainable Design
Kasia Boryczko, Sustainability Engineer for the Range Rover Evoque, explains how the Evoque demonstrates efficiencies and responsible design.
View ArticleFreight Wing Side Skirt ‘Cuts Fuel 7.45%’
Freight Wing has introduced the AeroFlex 2012, an EPA SmartWay and CARB-approved trailer side skirt that it says delivers 7.45 percent fuel savings. The update to its AeroFlex product uses the same EPA...
View ArticleLNG Ferry to Manage Energy Use with ABB Software
A cruise ferry fueled by liquefied natural gas will use ABB software to manage its energy use. STX Finland is building the NB 1376 at its Turku, Finland shipyard, and will deliver the ferry to Viking...
View ArticleAdapting to the Consequences of Climate Change
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends upon the unreasonable man. I don’t often disagree...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Car Standards, Dam Removal, Gulf Lease...
The California Air Resources Board has unanimously approved new emissions standards for cars and light trucks, for model years 2017 to 2025. The standard cuts greenhouse gas emissions to 166 grams per...
View ArticleIHS Makes Sustainability a ‘Measure of Success’
IHS says it has established a corporate sustainability goal that will join the company’s four other long-standing goals by which it focuses its efforts and measures its success. The analysis and...
View ArticleSC Johnson Lists Ingredients Online
Household cleaning products manufacturer SC Johnson is now listing the ingredients contained in its products and the roles they play in a newly-relaunched web site. The enhanced version of the web site...
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