KPMG Cuts Carbon 22% in Three Years
KPMG has achieved a 22 percent carbon reduction over three years from its 2007 baseline target, while reducing paper consumption by 33 percent, the company has announced. The results stem from the...
View ArticlePolicy & Regulatory Briefing: Ethanol Deal, Light Bulbs, Mont. Pulls Out of...
Senators yesterday announced a compromise proposal to end a major tax break for the ethanol industry while extending incentives for production of cellulosic ethanol, for ethanol blender pumps at gas...
View Article1E Expands into Germany; Carbon Impact of Nuclear Ban ‘Startling’
Efficiency software company 1E has announced its expansion into Germany, citing the country’s axing of its nuclear program as a major driver. “The recent cancellation of Germany’s nuclear program calls...
View ArticleVolvo ‘First Company to Meet DOE Challenge’
Volvo Trucks’ New River Valley manufacturing plant in Dublin, Va., has reduced its energy intensity by nearly 30 percent in just one year. This makes it the first company to meet a 10-year challenge...
View ArticleNew Lighting Saves Chicago Union Station Big Bucks
Jones Lang LaSalle’s Bob Best and Rosie Leal, Amtrak’s Chicago Union Station General Manager, tour the station showcasing Jones Lang LaSalle’s “Union Station Goes Green” program which identified $1M in...
View ArticleSupervalu Makes a Profit From Trash
Supervalu, the owner of Albertsons, Acme and other supermarket brands, saw its recycling revenues exceed landfill waste expenses for the first time in fiscal year 2011, according to the company’s...
View ArticleGetting Americans to Buy In to Global Warming, Part II
According to Gallup, more than 45% of Americans think the threat of global warming has been seriously overblown. In a previous article, I explored three reasons why so many of our fellow citizens...
View ArticleTop Talents Attracted to Socially Responsible Companies
Talents are key to success in today’s business. How much would a company pay to lower staff turnover rate by 12%? Best Employers in Canada winner LoyaltyOne achieved this through going green....
View ArticlePolicy & Regulatory Briefing: Yellowstone Clean-Up Plan, Horizontal Drilling,...
The Environmental Protection Agency has given Exxon Mobil until July 17 to revise its Yellowstone River remediation work plan to change how the company will capture spilled oil, remove broken pipe...
View ArticleAustralia to Tax Carbon Emitters at $25 a Ton
Australia will set its carbon price at A$23 (US$24.70) per ton under carbon tax plans unveiled on Sunday. Outlining a package of measures to tackle climate change, prime minister Julia Gillard said the...
View ArticleL’Oreal Buys Veolia Wastewater Treatment Plant
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies is constructing a wastewater treatment plant to reduce the environmental impact of cosmetics company L’Oreal’s manufacturing facilities in Asia. The treatment...
View ArticleSC Johnson Removes Windex Green Seal, Settles Suit
SC Johnson will stop using its Greenlist logo on U.S. Windex products as part of the resolution to two lawsuits, the household products company has announced. The firm said it will also pay an...
View ArticleSustainability Reporting Methods ‘Outdated’
The current once-yearly model of commercial sustainable development reporting is looking increasingly out of date and will be replaced by myriad forms of reporting, according to research by Acona and...
View ArticleEPA Wants Powers to Limit Use of 14 Chemicals
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed that companies be required to report new uses of 14 chemicals known as glymes, currently used in a wide variety of applications including ink, paints,...
View ArticleSAP Sustainability Exec Talks Sustainability at SapphireNow
GreenMonk TV discusses sustainability with SAP’s Jeremiah Stone at SapphireNow.
View ArticleGreen Fleet Briefing: McDonald’s, GM NatGas Cars, Hybrids Fall Short
Automakers aren’t yet delivering the full fuel savings and pollution reduction benefits possible from hybrids, according to an annual hybrid scorecard released by the Union of Concerned Scientists. The...
View ArticleCompliance & Standards Briefing: Safety Kleen, Facility Management, Dyno Nobel
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) will develop global facility management standards if a British Standards Institution’s proposal (pdf) is adopted. The standards will provide...
View ArticleThe Global Business Issue of Water Conservation at the Source
It’s too often understated that for many countries, easy access to safe, clean water is a daily issue. According to the UN, less than one percent of the water on our planet is available fresh water....
View ArticleEnsuring a Sustainable Future for the Bluefin Tuna Fishing Industry
A study released on April 19, 2011 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) offers a dire prediction: More than 40 species of marine fish currently found in the Mediterranean Sea...
View ArticlePlastics Alliance Aims to Promote Use, Recycling
Three major plastics trade associations have formed a collaboration to promote adoption of the material and increase use of energy recovery in manufacture, among other aims. The Plastics Division of...
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