ClearEdge Raises $73.5m For Fuel Cell Market Expansion
Fuel cell manufacturer ClearEdge Power has raised $73.5 million in Series E financing through the sale of new shares and the conversion of previously issued promissory notes. New investors include...
View ArticleEPA Launches Electronic GHG Reporting Tool
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a tool to allow 28 industrial sectors to submit their 2010 greenhouse gas pollution data electronically. More than 1,000 stakeholders, including...
View ArticleAdidas Chemical Coalition ‘to Respond to Greenpeace Claims’
Adidas is in talks with competitors, including Nike and Puma, to develop a response to Greenpeace’s intensifying campaign on chemicals in the supply chain, Business Green reports. Speaking to...
View ArticleCFO’s Sustainability Role Still Growing, E&Y Says
Recent trends in corporate sustainability are changing the CFO’s role in the three critical areas of investor relations, external reporting and financial risk management, according to an Ernst &...
View ArticleGap Aims to Cut GHGs 20% by 2015
Gap has pledged to cut its greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent by 2015, from a 2008 baseline, in the company’s fifth Social and Environmental Responsibility report. The greenhouse gas goal follows an...
View ArticleHealth Industry Group Launches Green Purchasing Program
The health industry is launching a common set of tools to ensure that environmentally preferred products are available and cost-competitive. The tools for purchasers, suppliers and manufacturers are...
View ArticleGreen Fleet Briefing: Hertz, Marriot, Linc Group, Lightweighting, New Camry...
Car rental firm Hertz has launched an electric vehicle car-sharing program at the San Francisco Marriot Waterfront. The Hertz On Demand venture is open to the hotel guests and the wider public and is...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Nuclear Fears, Strange Bedfellows, EPA Review
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed a final version of its regulatory review plan on Tuesday to comply with President Barack Obama’s order that agency rules not overly burden business,...
View ArticleScope 3: Pivoting to Material Efficiency
The upcoming release of the scope 3 emissions reporting standard from the GHG Protocol is significant for two reasons. One is the more obvious reason: The larger part of emissions resulting from a...
View ArticleLess Is More, Part IV
How much less is less? The last several postings have been discussing the elements of reducing consumption in manufacturing. Not just cutting but making better use of the resources available. This...
View ArticleMedia Paper Use to Slump; Degradable Packaging to Take Off
By 2015 paper use in North American magazines, newspapers and books is expected to fall between 12 and 20 percent from 2010 levels, as the use of tablet devices and e-readers rises, according to a...
View ArticleP&G Talks Up Asia Sustainability Efforts
P&G promo video highlights environmental sustainability in P&G Asia.
View ArticleToys R Us Includes Environmental Features in 44 Stores
Toys R Us has announced that 21 new stores and 23 remodeled locations, all opening this year, will boast a range of environmental features. The world’s leading dedicated toy and children’s products...
View ArticleGM to Bypass Solvent Use; Dow Upcycles Tires
General Motors is introducing a flame treatment technology that lets paint stick to plastic vehicle parts, such as instrument and door panels, without using primers that contain solvents and can foul...
View ArticleAmeriPride Chooses JouleX for IT Efficiency
AmeriPride Services, one of the five largest uniform rental and linen supply companies in North America, is implementing a JouleX platform to improve IT energy efficiency and reduce power consumption....
View ArticleGE Bundles EV Tech with Hertz Cars, Forms CHP Venture
Hertz and GE Industrial Solutions China have announced a partnership aimed at renting electric vehicles to multinational companies and government agencies in China. In the agreement, the companies have...
View ArticleTallahassee Airport Tarmac Resurfacing Targets Sustainability
This video was produced by WCOT to highlight the sustainability practices that the Tallahassee airport employed to re-surface their tarmac.
View ArticleAchieving Water Conservation: Dilution Isn’t the Solution!
To conserve and better manage their water use, more and more businesses are opting for closed water systems, where every drop of water taken is reused internally. Closing their water system to reduce...
View ArticleR&D Briefing: GE, New Energy Technologies and Aquatech
GE has launched its 1-megawatt Waukesha APG1000 gas engine (pictured), which can utilize a broader variety of biogases, including those from landfills, wastewater treatment plants and agricultural...
View ArticleCompliance & Standards Briefing: Formaldehyde-Free Label, LEED Lawsuits, RoHS
The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute yesterday announced a new “formaldehyde free” verification service for manufacturers. The institute said consumers’ growing concern about the health effects of...
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