Kodak Unveils New Environmental Logo, Sustainability Website
Kodak has released a new green and yellow leaf logo to signify the environmental benefits of its products. The environmental branding logo will be attached to marketing and advertising materials and...
View ArticleAnheuser-Busch Adds Solar Array to NJ Brewery
Anheuser-Busch has installed a solar array on the roof of its Newark, N.J. brewery that will generate more than 523,000 kW hours of electricity annually. The array, consisting of more than 3,000 solar...
View ArticleBiomass Plants Struggle with High Costs
Biomass furnaces, which burn waste from logging and sawmill activity to produce steam-powered electricity, often struggle with the high cost of their fuel supply, according to a report in The...
View ArticleGE Appliances Achieve ZigBee Certification
GE’s Appliances & Lighting divisions announced that they have received the ZigBee Smart Energy certification for their smart grid-enabled appliances. ZigBee is a wireless protocol that allows smart...
View ArticleCleveland Businesses Begin Food Composting
Businesses in downtown Cleveland have begun a large-scale food composting initiative, according to a report in The Plain Dealer. Restaurants, local sports teams and offices have begun separating food...
View ArticleEPA Adds Thousands of Chemicals, Facilities to Public Database
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added more than 6,300 chemicals and 3,800 chemical facilities regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to a public database called...
View ArticleCorus Installs Gas Recovery System at Steelworks in Wales
Corus, part of the Indian Tata Steel Group, has opened a £60 million ($87.0 million) plant at its Port Talbot steelworks in Wales that will reduce the site’s CO2 emissions by 240,000 tonnes per year...
View ArticleNestle Quits Sinar Mas after Greenpeace Campaign
Nestle announced it will cease buying palm oil from suppliers linked to deforestation after a two month campaign by Greenpeace. The campaign highlighted Nestle’s relationship with the Sinar Mas Group,...
View ArticleMillipore’s Emissions Increase with Product Demand
Millipore’s greenhouse gas emissions increased in 2009 over the previous year, though they remained below its baseline level of 2006. According to Millipore’s second annual corporate sustainability...
View ArticleMore Businesses Tie Executive Compensation to Environmental Metrics
A growing number of businesses across several sectors are starting to tie salary compensation with their environmental performance as they realize the power that executive pay policies have on...
View ArticleJohn Elkington On Sustainability Reporting Trends
Short video of John Elkington, founder of SustAinability, discussing the shift in corporate sustainability from push reporting to pull reporting.
View ArticleHP Lab Delivers Blueprint for Data Center Powered by Cow Manure
HP’s research arm, HP Labs, has designed a system that combines cow manure with the heat output of data centers to create an environmentally sustainable operation. The research paper shows how a farm...
View ArticleBusinesses Could Face Rising Costs from Carbon-Intensive Utilities
About 79 power generators could face carbon costs totaling $56 billion, which equals to almost 12 percent of revenues on average, according to a Trucost survey on the environmental performance of more...
View ArticleCanadian Forest Industry Signs Conservation Agreement
Twenty-one members of Canada’s forest industry signed an agreement suspending new logging on almost 29 million hectares of the Boreal Forest, according to an announcement yesterday. The Canadian Boreal...
View ArticleIKEA Reduces CO2 Emissions by 5%
IKEA has reduced its total CO2 emissions by 5 percent and CO2 emissions from goods transport by 10 percent in fiscal year 2009 compared to the previous year, according to the company’s 2009...
View ArticleHilton Hotel Installs Water Recycling System
Hilton Americas-Houston, a 24-story convention hotel in Houston, Texas with over 1200 guest rooms, plans to reduce its carbon emissions by 260 metric tons, according to a report in the Houston Business...
View ArticleHitachi Announces Sustainability Consulting Practice
Hitachi Consulting announced its new Environmental Sustainability Solutions practice this week. The new practice offers companies a set of solutions designed to help them increase resource efficiency...
View ArticleJersey City Files Chromium Waste Lawsuit against Honeywell, PPG
Residents in Jersey City, N.J., have filed a lawsuit against Honeywell International of New Jersey and PPG Industries of Pennsylvania that alleges the companies dumped and failed to clean up hexavalent...
View ArticleSolar Rebates Still Owed to Thousands of Floridians
Thousands of Floridians are still owed solar rebates, although the fund to pay them has run dry, according to a report in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. According to the report, The Florida Solar...
View ArticlePE SoFi Software Is First Certified by GRI
PE International’s sustainability solution, SoFi, is the first software solution to be verified by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The GRI program for certifying software and digital tools...
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