Rio 2016 Olympics to Serve Sustainable Seafood
All seafood served at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will be certified as sustainably wild caught and responsibly farmed, according to an agreement signed yesterday. According to the...
View ArticleSave Money, Improve Sustainability with Packaging
Choosing the right packaging material can save money and improve sustainability metrics, writes David Moszak, a sourcing lead in the global packaging practice at Procurian, in a Packaging Digest...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Federal Buildings, Water Trading, Carbon...
The Obama administration will extend, through 2016, its 2011 executive order targeting $2 billion in energy savings from federal buildings. The order was due to expire at the end of this year, and...
View ArticleHow Green is Your Coffee?
A Green Coffee Carbon Footprint Product Category Rule has been published to help the industry calculate greenhouse gas emissions from coffee production. The Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI)...
View ArticleChevron CO2 Injection Wells to Cut GHG Emissions 40%
Chevron has started drilling carbon dioxide injection wells as part of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Western Australia, Oil & Gas Journal reports. The wells are expected to reduce the...
View ArticleMeeting Global Water Goals ‘Could Generate $3 Trillion in Direct Economic...
Meeting global goals for water access and safety will cost an estimated $840 billion to $1.8 trillion a year after 2015, but will deliver more than $3 trillion annually in economic, environmental and...
View ArticleBetter Climate Monitoring Could Aid Business Decisions
A report out this week may help companies as they try to determine the greatest climate-related risks to their business – but it also hints at how much firms still don’t know. Abrupt Impacts of Climate...
View ArticleChevy Spark EV Tops EPA Fuel Economy Guide
The 2014 Chevrolet Spark electric vehicle is the most fuel-efficient vehicle, according to the 2014 Fuel Economy Guide released by the EPA and Energy Department. The subcompact car achieves miles per...
View ArticleNestlé, Walmart, Coke, Pepsi and Unilever Support Recycling Network
Nestlé, Walmart Chile, Coca-Cola Chile, PepsiCo, and Unilever have signed a partnership to reduce waste and support a new recycling network in Chile. The companies have backed the Collective Recycling...
View ArticleAlternative Fuels at a Crossroads
Everywhere you turn today, there is a new commercial or news story giving the impression that alternative-fuel cars, trucks, and buses are taking over the roads and sending their gas-guzzling...
View ArticleCurbside Recycling: Will Convenience Increase Battery Collections?
Municipalities, waste management companies and recycling processors are joining together to find innovative and convenient ways to expand recycling. Curbside recycling is one area that municipalities...
View ArticleVehicle Fuel Economy Up Since October
The average fuel-economy value of new light-duty vehicles sold in the US in November was 24.8 mpg, up 0.1 mpg from the October value, according to the University of Michigan Transportation Research...
View ArticleASHRAE Honors Innovative Buildings
Nonprofit the Packard Foundation, construction firm McKinstry and cheese company Fromagerie des Basques are among the organizations whose buildings have been recognized by building technology society...
View ArticleInvestors to Unilever, General Mills, 38 Other Companies: Adopt Sustainable...
Unilever, Kellogg, Dunkin Donuts and General Mills are among the companies facing pressure from investors to adopt policies that would ensure palm oil development does not contribute to deforestation,...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Site Cleanup, Coffee Rule, Mobile Phones
ASTM International approved ASTM E2893, Guide for Greener Cleanups, which sets forth a process to reduce the environmental footprint of activities during all phases of site cleanup, from investigation...
View ArticleIIRC Publishes Integrated Reporting Framework
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) has released its Integrated Reporting (IR) Framework, intended to accelerate the adoption of integrated reporting worldwide. The IR framework...
View ArticleOnly 10% of Firms Link CR Performance to Compensation
Even though 75 percent of the world’s 250 largest companies acknowledge that environmental and social “megaforces” such as resource scarcity and climate put their businesses at risk, only 10 percent...
View ArticleSustainability Mythbusters: Debunking the Sustainability Myths
Welcome to the Sustainability Mythbusters series presented by Schneider Electric. In this six-part series, Schneider Electric’s Global Sustainability Services team explores common misconceptions...
View ArticleBallast Water Treatment Market to Hit $3.14B in Revenues by 2023
Revenues for the global ballast water treatment system market will skyrocket from $466.6 million in 2013 to $3.14 billion by 2023 at a compound annual growth rate of 21 percent, as new regulations...
View ArticleProterro Patents Biosynthetic Sugar-Making Process
Proterro, a biofeedstock company that makes sugar instead of extracting it from crops, has patented its biosynthetic sugar-making process. The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued US Patent No....
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