DJSI World Drops Toyota Motor, Shell, UniCredit
SAM, an investment boutique focused exclusively on sustainability investing, together with Dow Jones Indexes, has released its 2010 annual review of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, adding 48...
View ArticleChina Rations Power to Meet Energy-Efficiency Targets
To meet the country’s energy-efficiency targets, some local governments in China are rationing power to factories, homes and hospitals and in some cases shutting down traffic lights, reports The Wall...
View ArticleReport: EU ETS Could Increase Carbon Emissions
The five-year period of the European Union’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) that ends in 2012 will deliver carbon savings of less than a third of 1 percent of total emissions, according to a report...
View ArticleNAD Wants Seventh Generation to Fix ‘Natural’ Claims
The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has recommended that Seventh Generation either modify or discontinue certain advertising claims for the company’s...
View ArticleRGGI CO2 Allowance Auction Price Sinks to Lowest Level
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has announced the results (PDF) of its ninth auction of carbon dioxide allowances since it’s launch in 2008. The auction, held Wednesday, September 8, hit...
View ArticleFederal Agencies Outline Plans to Cut GHG Emissions
The White House released federal agencies’ sustainability plans, providing the first detailed glimpse of how the government plans to decrease its greenhouse gas emissions over the next 10 years, the...
View ArticleRoundup – McDonald’s, Finnair, Mafia
World’s largest offshore windfarm set to open off Kent coast The Guardian Mafia cash in on lucrative EU wind farm handouts – especially in Sicily Telegraph LEDs light up saving in parking garages...
View ArticleOwners and Tenants Collaborate on Green Lease Principles
Commercial building owners and corporate tenants alike are focused on sustainability as a way to reduce operational costs and meet their commitment to lessen their environmental impact. Sharing this...
View ArticleWegmans Pulls Two Reusable Bag Designs with High Lead Levels
Wegmans has stopped selling its reusable shopping bags with the green pea and 2009 holiday designs because preliminary testing indicates elevated levels of lead in the bags. The supermarket chain with...
View ArticleREI Stewardship Report: GHG Emissions Down 10%
Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) has reduced its absolute climate impact by 10 percent from 111,000 tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, or C02e, to less than 100,000 tons C02e from 2008 levels,...
View ArticleStudy: U.S. Offshore Wind Capacity Exceeds Total U.S. Electricity Generation
The electricity generating potential of offshore wind resources in the U.S. is 4,150 gigawatts (GW) based on offshore resources from 26 coastal states and the Great Lakes, according to the latest...
View ArticleCrop Cultivation Drinks most of SABMiller’s Water Use
SABMiller, one of the world’s largest brewers, and global environment organization WWF, have released the latest results of their Water Futures Partnership, which highlights the water risks at...
View ArticleOffice Deport CSR: Electricity Use, Carbon Footprint Down 11%
Office Depot, a global provider of office products and services, has reduced its electricity use and expenses as well as its overall carbon footprint by 11 percent, according to the company’s 2010...
View ArticleApplebee’s Plans Lighting Retrofits at all NY Locations
LED lighting retrofit projects at two Applebee’s locations in New York City, on 42nd Street and Broadway, yielded an average kWh light load reduction of more 80 percent per location. Since the projects...
View ArticleConstellation Wines Claims Largest Solar Footprint in U.S. Wine Industry
Constellation Wines U.S. plans to invest in three new solar energy installations across California at its Clos du Bois winery in Geyserville, Ravenswood winery in Sonoma, and Estancia winery in...
View ArticleRoundup – Anheuser-Busch, Sony, TECO
Anheuser-Busch Invests In Solar-Power Expansion At NJ Plant The Wall Street Journal Roxul completes energy efficient upgrades The Boundary Sentinel Sony Seeks Best Idea to Repurpose Products for Green...
View Article5 Reasons Why Green Marketing Is a New World
Unlike the physically bounded geographic world, the “new frontiers” of marketing are continually emerging for the next great advertising explorers. However, just as Giovanni da Verrazano’s explorations...
View ArticleNovelty Beats Sustainability Packaging for New Candies
While eco-friendly confectionery packaging accounted for 4 percent of global confectionery launches in the first half of 2010, up from 3 percent from July to December 2009, novelty and colorful designs...
View ArticleCH2M HILL, URS Score Highest for Sustainability among Engineering Firms
CH2M HILL and URS offer the strongest sustainable engineering capabilities among U.S. engineering companies, according to a new report from independent analyst firm Verdantix. However, the report also...
View ArticleWind Industry, Governors Coalition Call for Renewable Energy Standard
The wind industry’s main trade group is pushing for legislation that will create a national renewable-electricity standard (RES) in the waning weeks of the 111th Congress, E2 Wire reports. The American...
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