Whole Foods Deploys Harvester to Reduce Food Waste
Whole Foods Market will deploy technology that converts food scraps into organic fertilizer for sale to farmers and consumers. The WISErg Harvester unit will be installed at Whole Foods Market Bellevue...
View ArticleTwo-thirds of Mayors Can Quantify Carbon Emissions Cuts
Cities with a mayoral pledge or formal city council action to curb carbon emissions are making progress on their goals, with two-thirds reporting quantifiable reductions in emissions from city...
View ArticleThe Decade of Climate Action
Earlier this month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the third installment of its benchmark scientific study on climate change. There were no surprises in the report—the...
View ArticleSpotlight on Award Winners: Sprint Network Vision E-Waste Elimination
“Spotlight on Award Winners” is a series of articles featuring winners from the Environmental Leader Product & Project Award winners. Read Sprint’s complete award listing here. Sprint’s Network...
View ArticleHow Top Companies Are Creating Sustainable Brands
This article is sponsored by Procter & Gamble. As interest in purchasing sustainable products becomes more mainstream among consumers, corporations are increasingly invested in creating sustainable...
View ArticleBiofuel Milestone Reached
Renewable Energy Group (REG) reached a milestone of having sold 1 billion gallons of advanced biofuel during its 17 year history. REG said it achieved this milestone through investments in a fully...
View ArticleLiquiGlide Coating Eliminates Paint Sticking in Cans
LiquiGlide said it has produced the world’s first commercially viable super-slippery coating for paint and paint colorants. The permanently wet coating prevents paint products from sticking to cans and...
View ArticleProterro Process Becoming Scalable
Four months of continuous operation at the pilot plant in Orlando has shown that photobioreactors produced results that Proterro’s patented sugar-making process scalable, the company reported. The...
View ArticleUp to a Third of Wild US Seafood Likely ‘Illegal’
Between 20 and 32 percent of wild-caught seafood imported into the US is likely illegal, according to a new study published in the journal Marine Policy. Valued at $1 billion-to-$2 billion annually,...
View ArticleInk Cartridge Recycling Hits 3 Million
Business supplies provider Quill.com says it has recycled nearly 3 million ink and toner cartridges since launching a national Ink and Toner Recycle Program in 2011. In 2013 alone, Quill.com collected...
View ArticleChemical Engineers Push for Climate Change Policy
The Institution of Chemical Engineers has signed the Trillion Tonne Communiqué, a global call to arms from businesses and organizations that demand a proactive policy response to climate change....
View ArticleFieldprint Calculator Updated
Field to Market updated its Fieldprint Calculator to include a metric to measure water quality. The new metric from the non-profit relies on a tool from the Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource...
View ArticleSustainability Reporting Tool Introduced
Measurabl has launched a reporting tool for the annual Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) Survey. GRESB, a sustainability reporting standard for commercial real estate, asset managers...
View ArticleUSGBC Launches Real-Time Green Building Tool
The US Green Building Council has launched an online tool that provides real-time green building data for each state in the US and Washington, DC. The state market briefs highlight LEED projects,...
View ArticleExelon Beats GHG Goal 7 Years Early
Exelon says it reduced or avoided more than 18 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2013, surpassing its goal of eliminating 17.5 million metric tons of GHG emissions per year by 2020....
View ArticleSustainability Trends Drive Change in the Housing Industry
With more than 9 billion people expected on our increasingly resource-scarce planet by 2050, meeting the global challenges of more people and dwindling resources are the key issues facing home builders...
View ArticleGas Leak Detector Employs Artificial Neural Network Intelligence
General Monitors’ Gassonic Observer-i Ultrasonic Gas Leak Detector provides ultrasonic gas leak detection with false alarm suppression for floating production storage and offloading vessels,...
View ArticleWeb-Based ESG Ratings Portal Launched
S-Network Global Indexes, a New York-based developer of proprietary indices, and Thomson Reuters have launched a web-based portal for accessing environmental, social and governance ratings on more than...
View ArticleGreen a Supply Chain Using ‘Advanced Sourcing’
Choosing suppliers that support your organization’s sustainability goals can play “a huge role” in making your organization more green, and automated sourcing technologies can help with this process,...
View ArticleChanges to Agriculture Practices Could Slash Emissions Up to 90%
Better farm nutrient management and production practices as well reduced food waste and beef consumption are among 12 strategies that could slash annual carbon emissions from global agriculture by as...
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