Employee Engagement and Climate Change
When organizations think about designing a suitable sustainability or carbon management strategy, more often than not the primary emphasis is placed on the external communication of these initiatives....
View ArticleRenewable Energy Standard Revived in New Energy Bill
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators will introduce legislation today that would require utilities to generate minimum levels of power from clean energy like wind and solar, after such a measure was...
View ArticleEPEAT ‘Green’ Ratings Save 10 Billion kWh of Electricity
EPEAT registered products will save more than 10 billion kWh of electricity, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by more than 2 million metric tons and avoid 44 million metric tons of air emissions...
View ArticleClimate Week Roundup: EV20 Alliance, Insurance Solutions for Climate...
The Climate Group, and its partners, including the United Nations, the City of New York, and founding sponsor Swiss Re, kicked off Climate Week NYC yesterday. The conference is expected to bring...
View ArticleNew Groups Target Sustainable Shipping, Global Smart-Grid Deployment
Leading players in the shipping and smart-grid industries have formed new groups aimed at dealing with environmental and technological challenges in their respective industries. While the shipping...
View ArticleEPA Kicks Off ‘Green’ Power Community Challenge
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched its national “Green Power Community Challenge,” a year-long campaign to encourage cities, towns, villages, and Native American tribes to use...
View ArticleDyess AFB to Deploy Energy-Saving Tech to Cut Energy Use, Costs
Dyess Air Force Base (AFB) is planning to deploy an occupancy-based energy management solution from Telkonet after a pilot program delivered run-time savings of more than 29 percent in 44 dormitory...
View ArticleAutodesk, Arch Chemicals and Fisker to Use SAP Solution to Cut Energy, Carbon...
Autodesk, Arch Chemicals and Fisker Automotive are planning to use SAP’s Carbon Impact OnDemand solution to help them reduce their energy and carbon footprints across their entire operations and supply...
View ArticleRoundup – Sears, Redemtech, California
Sears Holdings targets procurement to cut carbon footprint Procurement Leaders Redemtech EU Receives E-Stewards Certification Recycling Today A Model Improvement: Energy Efficiency in Retrofits Reed...
View ArticleThe Value of Environmental Insurance Programs: What You Can Do to Protect...
The risks tied to environmental accidents are enormous and growing. Globally, environmental regulations are becoming stricter, as both developed and emerging nations attempt to limit and repair the...
View ArticleFive Roadblocks to Increased Use of Recycled Content in Plastic Packaging
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC), a project of GreenBlue, has released a set of guidelines on the use of post consumer recycled (PCR) content in 27 packaging applications for a number of...
View ArticleJuniper Networks CSR Report: Server Footprint Down 30% since 2008
Juniper Networks has replaced a number of physical servers in its lab and data center environments with virtual servers, reducing the company’s server footprint by 30 percent and related energy...
View ArticleNew Rules May Stifle Biomass Growth Industry Says
New Massachusetts state regulations could put a stop to proposals for several biomass plants in Western Massachusetts, and have national implications for the fledgling biomass industry, WWLP reports....
View ArticleStaples Unveils Largest Solar Power System in MD
Staples has unveiled a 1.5-megawatt (MW) solar power installation at its distribution center in Hagerstown, Maryland. The retailer now hosts more than 2.5MW of solar capacity in the state of Maryland...
View ArticleJohnson & Johnson Completes Largest Solar Panel Array in NJ
Tomorrow, on the campus of Janssen, Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson will flip the switch on the largest solar panel array in New Jersey – as well as the largest...
View ArticleClimate Week: Financing Low-Carbon Technologies
The second day at Climate Week NYC focused on strategies for financing large-scale deployment of low-carbon technologies, reports Alt Transport. The discussion focused on ‘smart’ information and...
View ArticleClinton Global Initiative: Partnership Targets 20% Fleet Emissions Reduction,...
Donlen, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and GreenDriver are partnering on a on a multi-year Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment to Action to cut commercial fleet emissions 20 percent in five...
View ArticleIBM CEO: Lack of Consumer Buy-in for a Smart Grid is a Concern
As a keynote speaker at this week’s GridWise Global Forum 2010, IBM’s CEO Samuel J. Pamisano gave his thoughts about “Smarter Power for a Smarter Planet.” Palmisano said that the electrical...
View ArticleBPA Levels Much Higher Than FDA Estimates, Study Says
A new study suggests exposure to bisphenol-A (BPA) is actually far greater than previously thought, and its authors urge the federal government to act quickly to regulate BPA which is found in baby...
View ArticleGeneral Mills to Source 100% of Palm Oil from Sustainable Sources by 2015
The new sustainability chief at General Mills has not wasted any time in implementing new environmental goals for the major foods company. In a statement on responsible palm oil sourcing, the company...
View Article