Why Solar Is Down, but Not Nearly Out
In CNBC’s recent special report on “Green Winners and Losers,” I had the good fortune to write about three winners: recycling, energy efficiency and electric vehicles. In the same report, CNBC also...
View ArticleMicrosoft, Coke, Nestle Detail Climate Adaptation Plans
Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Levi’s, Nestle and Starbucks are among a slew of multinational companies listed in an online database just launched by the U.N. that details how the world’s major firms plan to...
View ArticlePoll: Financial Short-Termism Hitting Sustainability Drive
Financial short-termism presents a critical barrier to businesses’ transition to sustainability, according to a U.N.-backed poll by consultancies GlobeScan and SustainAbility. The latest edition of the...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Rainforest Alliance, LEED Certifications, WEEE
Hershey’s says that later this year, U.S. consumers will be able to purchase Hershey’s Bliss products with 100 percent cocoa from Rainforest Alliance-certified farms. The certification addresses...
View ArticleTrusting Science to Help Create Environmental Policy
Public policy should be based on solid scientific research and it is often presumed that when policy decisions are made, decision-makers have utilized the available scientific resources and evaluated...
View ArticleFleet Briefing: AT&T Orders 1,200 CNG Vans; Waste Management, BAE, Caterpillar
AT&T has ordered 1,200 Chevrolet Express compressed natural gas cargo vans for delivery to its service centers nationwide. General Motors says it is its largest ever order of CNG vehicles. The...
View ArticleGE Launches Micro LNG Plant
GE Oil & Gas has announced the development of a liquefied natural gas plant that it says meets the small-scale requirements of powering remote industrial and residential locations and fueling motor...
View ArticleSodexo Client Sustainability Tool Starting at 1,000 Sites this Year
Sodexo plans to roll out a sustainability dashboard to 1,000 client sites by October, to help clients establish baselines, prioritize initiatives, and track improvement. The $16 billion food and...
View ArticleCA Technologies Updates Data Center, IT Energy Software
CA Technologies has announced new and enhanced offerings in its CA ecoSoftware, designed to further extend the company’s support for data center infrastructure management (DCIM) and IT energy...
View ArticleCoke Improves Water Efficiency for 8th Straight Year
In 2010, Coca-Cola improved its water use efficiency for the eighth consecutive year, with a ratio of 2.26 liters of water per liter of product, according to its eighth systemwide sustainability...
View ArticleTop Trends in Data Center Energy Management
The way large enterprises, government agencies and managed service providers analyze and utilize energy in their data centers will undergo some fairly substantial changes over the next five years. Some...
View ArticleUN Documents Propose Mandatory Sustainability Reporting
Two influential documents – the Rio+20 negotiating text and the recommendations of the U.N. secretary general’s High Level Panel on Global Sustainability – both propose tighter sustainability reporting...
View ArticleEnergy Managers: Efficiency Not Taken Seriously by Top Brass
Some 31 percent of British energy managers say energy efficiency is not being taken seriously by their bosses, according to a report by Siemens. But the feeling is not replicated at boardroom level –...
View ArticleWalmart Rockets from 15th to Third in EPA Green Power Rankings
Walmart has shot to third place on the EPA’s rankings of the country’s top green power purchasers, from 15th place just last quarter. The Green Power Partnership ranking, for the retailer’s Texas and...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: CASE Report, Solyndra Probe, Keystone XL,...
The Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE) has found that levying 100-percent import duties on Chinese-made solar cells and modules may cost more than 60,000 U.S. solar industry and other jobs....
View ArticleSchneider Electric Launches Cisco Product Pairings
Energy management firm Schneider Electric is broadening its range of energy management tools designed to marry up with Cisco products. The company will demonstrate these future product parings at Cisco...
View ArticleOffice Depot Recycling Earnings up 37%; CO2 Down 11%
In 2010 Office Depot earned $2.43 million from recycling, up 37% from 2009, according to its 2011 Corporate Citizenship Report. The company, which has a goal of earning more money from product...
View ArticleFood Price Volatility to Continue through 2012 and Beyond
Rising input costs, demand, and weather risk are expected to keep global food prices strong. Changes in production in water-stressed areas could add to fluctuations in agricultural commodities prices....
View ArticleBuilding Management Briefing: EDF Energy Corps, Incenergy, Cylon, Atlanta...
Boeing, Caesars Entertainment, DirectTV and National Geographic are among the first 20 companies to join the Environmental Defense Fund’s Climate Corps in 2012. The program places specially-trained MBA...
View ArticleUnderstanding Eco-logos: Certifications vs. Self-Declarations
This article is Part I of a two-part series. The second article, coming tomorrow, will offer more examples of self-declarations, specific to the paper industry, and information on certifications....
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