Facility Captures Carbon, Turns it into Products
A Texas company on Tuesday will open a carbon capture and utilization facility that will capture up to 90 percent of CO2 emissions at an existing cement plant and turn them into usable products like...
View ArticleGM, Dow, Others Launch Zero-Waste Initiative
General Motors, Dow Materials and Marathon Petroleum are among the companies working on an initiative to develop zero-waste partnerships in Detroit. The Reuse Opportunity Collaboratory Detroit held its...
View ArticleISO Water Footprint Standard Crash Course, Part 2
Water is certainly rising to the top of your sustainability agenda because the related risks and opportunities affect your supply chain and your operations. And you’re also getting pressure from...
View ArticleLong Life Oxygen Sensor Improves Plant Safety
Honeywell company City Technology, which manufactures gas sensors for industrial safety, has launched a long life oxygen sensor designed to work for the whole life of the average portable gas detector....
View ArticleMines Complying with Coal Dust Rule
Despite concerns voiced by the mining industry that it would have trouble meeting the requirements of a rule to reduce respirable coal mine dust, approximately 99 percent of the 7,456 valid respirable...
View ArticleBASF, Other Companies Join Ameripen
BASF, Nova Chemicals, Crown Holdings, Charter NEX Films and Scholle have joined the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment. Ameripen works to educate policy makers and other stakeholders...
View ArticleNo ‘Silver Bullet’ to Cut Buildings’ Carbon Emissions
US commercial buildings can reduce carbon emissions through a range of everyday measures — not a “silver bullet,” CBRE tells Reuters. CBRE is the world’s largest commercial real estate services...
View ArticleStudy: EU Can Cut Carbon by Nearly Half
The European Union can achieve carbon reductions of 49 percent by 2030 – far more than the current proposed target of 40 percent – by cutting its dependency on natural gas imports and increasing...
View ArticleWELL Building Standard Launched
The International WELL Building Institute has launched the WELL Building Standard Version 1.0, which focuses on enhancing people’s health and well-being through the built environment, at the inaugural...
View ArticleKKR’s Green Portfolio Companies Cut Over 2.3 Million MT of GHGs
Del Monte Foods, Sealy and US Foods are among 25 of KKR’s Green Portfolio Program companies that have avoided more than 2.3 million metric tons of greenhouse gases and achieved about $1.2 billion in...
View ArticleTool Helps Manufacturers Use Safer Chemicals
The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute will offer a material health certificate, a tool for manufacturers across industries to avoid chemicals of high concern, shift to safer ones in their...
View ArticleCorporate Sustainability: The Ever Evolving Business Imperative
Sustainability has become a business imperative for essentially every company today – large or small. Most everyone has their own description of what sustainability means for their company, and a...
View ArticleDuPont Products to Cut Refrigerants’ GHG Content by 245 Million Tons CO2e
DuPont Fluorochemicals has introduced three refrigerants in its more sustainable DuPont Opteon family of products. These refrigerants far lower global warming potential (GWP) than the products they are...
View ArticleEPA Launches Voluntary Rating Program to Reduce Pesticide Drift
The EPA has launched a voluntary drift reduction technology (DRT) program to encourage the use of safer pesticide spray products to reduce exposure and pesticide movement while saving farmers money in...
View ArticleRecycling Firm Saves Fuel, Transport Costs with Baler
UK waste management company W&S Recycling Services based in Poole, Dorset, has installed a twin-ram baler from Middleton Engineering as part of an effort to recycle rigid plastics from household...
View ArticleHoneywell, USGBC Tool Monitors Building Sustainability
Honeywell and the US Green Building Council are working together to advance facility sustainability by integrating USGBC’s LEED Dynamic Plaque, a near-real-time monitoring tool with integrated building...
View ArticleGreenbuild 2014: LEED, Google, William McDonough, Brad Pitt
Greenbuild 2014 kicks off today in New Orleans, showcasing the latest technology and developments in sustainable building. Here’s a roundup of green building news from the Big Easy. The 2014 Greenbuild...
View ArticleEnergy-Related CO2 Emissions Increase in 2013
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the US increased from 5,267 million metric tons in 2012 to 5,396 million metric tons in 2013, or 2.5 percent, according to a report released yesterday by the...
View ArticleH&M, Eddie Bauer, The North Face, Others Commit to More Responsible Down
H&M, Eddie Bauer, The North Face, Marmot, Mammut, Helly Hansen, Outdoor Research, DownLinens, Down & Feather Co. and other leading international fashion, bedding and outdoor brands have adopted...
View ArticleNovelis Facility Furthers Vehicle Lightweighting
Novelis has opened China’s first plant that produces heat-treated aluminum automotive sheet — a key material in lightweighting vehicles to help automakers reduce carbon emissions. Each 10 percent...
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