Monsanto, Novozymes Form BioAg Alliance
Monsanto and Novozymes have formed a long-term research and development alliance to commercialize microbial products intended to help farmers increase crop yields with less input. The firms say the...
View ArticleUL Sets Sustainability Requirements for Tablets, Wireless Hot Spots
UL Environment has released new sets of sustainability requirements for tablets and wireless hot spots. Both sets of requirements are based on its UL 110 standard, which was UL’s first collaborative...
View ArticleFood Security Raises the Obvious: Can We Feed 9.6 Billion by 2050?
World Population Day 2013 came and went with little fanfare this year. There were no organized efforts to draw attention to the annual United Nations observance, which underscores population issues....
View ArticleHow to Extend the Life of Products
Déjà vu all over again! My last few articles have been concentrating on effective utilization of resources and resource productivity as a driver for manufacturing (including green manufacturing)...
View ArticleInvista, CPI to Develop Gas-Based, Biotech Process
Invista, whose brands include Lycra, Coolmax and Stainmaster, has partnered with the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) to develop new technologies to enable gas-fermentation-based processes for the...
View ArticleNREL Wins SITES Sustainable Landscaping Certification
The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s campus won a SITES certification for sustainable landscaping after participating in the Sustainable Sites Initiative’s pilot program. The...
View ArticleHow Firms Can ‘Measure What Matters’
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), The Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) and the International Institute for Environment and...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Thermal Comfort, Hyundai, Nanoparticles
ASHRAE has published ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 55-2013, Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy, which combines the 2010 standard and 18 published addenda into a consolidated standard. The core...
View ArticleDesalitech and Toyo Bring Water Treatment Asian Markets
Desalitech and Japan-based Toyo Engineering Corporation have formed a strategic partnership to introduce environmentally responsible and economical water and wastewater treatment systems to Japanese,...
View Article$4M Funding Available to Improve Port Air Quality
The EPA has made available $4 million in grant funding to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from marine and inland water ports. Most of the country’s busiest ports are located...
View ArticleHigg Index 2.0 Adds Web Interface, Improves Environmental Content
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), whose member including Adidas, Burberry, Coca-Cola and Levi’s represent more than a third of the global apparel and footwear market, has launched an updated...
View ArticleMedical RoHS: Get Your Database Ready
Medical device manufacturers will have to manage a huge dataset to comply with incoming RoHS regulations, as well as other rules and standards relative to their industry. Manufacturers of these...
View ArticleCoke Expands Hybrid Fleet
Coca-Cola is converting its 100 newly purchased 2014 Chevrolet Express service vans into fuel-efficient hybrid electric vehicles using XL Hybrids’ powertrain technology. The updated vans will be...
View ArticleSeventh Generation Leads Chemical Reform Coalition
Consumer brands including Seventh Generation, Patagonia and Stonyfield Farm have signed a letter to Congress urging chemical policy reform. The coalition, Companies for Safer Chemicals, says it will...
View ArticleEPA to Cut Inspections, Enforcement Cases
The EPA plans to cut federal inspections by one-third and reduce civil enforcement cases 23 percent, the Los Angeles Times reports. Citing the agency’s draft strategic plan, the newspaper says the EPA...
View ArticleDow, Cargill Win Green Chemistry Awards
Dow Chemical, Cargill and Life Technologies have won the 2013 President Green Chemistry Challenge award for developing chemicals safer for public health and the environment. The challenge awards are...
View ArticlePE International Launches Next-Generation LCA Software
PE International has launched the latest version of its GaBi sustainability software and its new GaBi Server. With 25 percent more data than in prior releases, the newest GaBi platform offers...
View ArticleWRI Ranks Countries’ Water Stress
Thirty-seven countries face “extremely high” levels of water stress, using more than 80 percent of their available water supply every year, according to the World Resources Institute’s water stress...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: GRI, Cardno, City of Palo Alto
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Global Reporting Initiative: The sustainability reporting organization has named Bastian Buck director,...
View ArticlePwC Integrated Reporting Assessment Shows ‘Opportunity for Change’
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) research on integrated reporting using the International Integrated Reporting Council’s (IIRC) framework shows the need for an evolved information set when it comes to the...
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