Abercrombie & Fitch, Weight Watchers Make ‘Black List’ of Least Transparent...
Abercrombie & Fitch and Weight Watchers are just a few of the biggest brands on Corporate Responsibility (CR) magazine’s inaugural “Black List” of the 30 least transparent companies when it comes...
View ArticleNikwax Sets Goal for 100% Renewable Energy
Nikwax sources 95 percent of its energy from renewable sources, with a worldwide goal to reach 100 percent, according to the company’s corporate social responsibility report (PDF). The company also has...
View ArticleCO2 Emissions from Cement Plant to Produce Biomass
Pond Biofuels plans to capture a cement plant’s carbon emissions to grow and harvest high-value biomass from algae, reports Inhabitat. The nutrient-rich algae will be used to fuel the cement plant’s...
View ArticleEPA, DOE Attempt to Fix Energy Star Shortcomings
With recent reports of lax standards resulting in granting Energy Star labels to dubious products, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy are accelerating steps to bolster...
View ArticleAB, Coke, Pepsi, Bacardi Advance Beverage Industry GHG Reporting Protocol
Members of the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) have completed a set of protocols that incorporate both enterprise inventory and product carbon footprinting approaches for the whole...
View ArticleGeneral Mills Cuts Solid Waste, Behind on Other Targets
General Mills has cut its solid waste generation rate by 24.5 percent since 2005, which exceeds its goal of 15 percent, according to the company’s 2010 Corporate Responsibility report (PDF). The...
View ArticleChrysler Plant Efficiencies to Save $1.25M per Year
Chrysler spent three years trying to get LEED Gold certification for its Trenton South engine plant, which makes the Pentastar engine. The building has a reflective white membrane on the roof, as well...
View ArticleSamsung, Wells Fargo, Capitol One Commit to E-Waste Recycling Initiative
Samsung, Wells Fargo and Capitol One, among others, are the first major corporations to commit to the Basel Action Network’s new e-Stewards Initiative to certify that electronics waste is responsibly...
View ArticleKohl’s to Add Solar at 10 Colorado Stores
Kohl’s will convert 10 of its 23 Colorado stores to solar power by the end of this year. Each store will install more than 530 solar panels that generate 112 kW, supplying approximately 15 percent of...
View ArticleSwitching 3.5M Commercial Trucks to Natural Gas Would Save 1.2M BBL of Oil a Day
Replacing 3.5 million medium and heavy vehicles with natural gas vehicles by 2035 would keep the U.S. from importing about 1.2 million barrels of day, or more than is currently being imported from...
View ArticleCA Adds Half of All U.S. Grid-Tied Solar in 2009
At 220 megawatts of grid-tied solar added in 2009, California accounted for nearly half of the 441 MW of such solar added in the U.S., according to the 2009 Solar Industry Year in Review (PDF)....
View ArticleEPA May Require CAFOs to Report Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it is considering requiring industrial facilities, including concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), to report releases of...
View ArticleSenate Climate Bill Bans EPA from Regulating Emissions
The Senate climate bill, to be unveiled now on April 26, sets a 17 percent target reduction for carbon dioxide emissions by 2020 from 2005 levels, and allows for the expansion of domestic offshore oil...
View ArticleNissan Energy Efficiency Upgrades at TN Factory Save $10M
Nissan has reduced energy use by $10 million a year at its Smyrna, Tenn., factory, reports ReliablePlant. The energy savings come as a result of Nissan working with the Department of Energy, which...
View ArticleRoundup: Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart, Novelis
Novelis Recycles a Record 40 Billion Beverage Cans in 2009 CSR Wire Coca-Cola – first mover in influencing global emissions FoodBev U.N. Puts Price on China Emissions Effort WSJ California Public...
View ArticleBP Defends Oil Sands Project in Canada
In the wake of BP’s release of its 2009 sustainability review, the oil and gas company shut down a resolution proposed by 143 shareholders at its annual general meeting that demanded BP to review the...
View ArticlePA Power Plant Caps Lead Emissions
After a sustained community signature drive, the Cheswick Power Station in Pennsylvania has agreed to cap its lead emissions, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. The power plant, which is owned...
View ArticleTwentieth Century Fox Adding 158 KW Solar Array
At its Century City, Calif., studios, Twentieth Century Fox will add a 158-kilowatt solar array. The solar photovoltaic system will be installed on the roof of Fox’s Building 99. The project is being...
View ArticleGundersen Lutheran Hospital Gets LEED Certification
A project engineer describes some of the environmental aspects of the Gundersen Lutheran hospital in La Crosse, Wisc., which recently received LEED Silver certification. The hospital looked at the...
View ArticleSoftware Tools Ease Environmental Data Tracking
Organizations will find it easier to track their environmental performance with new and upgraded software tools from iReuse, Enviance and FirstCarbon. These Internet-based enterprise software solutions...
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