Green Fleet Roundup: GKN Land Systems, Odyne Systems, Honda, VW
GKN Land Systems is increasing production of its Gyrodrive electric flywheel hybrid for buses (pictured) following successful trials in London. The Gyrodrive system offers real-world fuel savings of up...
View ArticlePaint Industry Program Encourages Recycling
Recycling leftover paint is easier in Minnesota thanks to a program that allows painting contractors and households to drop off leftover cans of latex and oil paint at more than 100 retail drop-off...
View ArticleClean Power Plan Could Achieve Greater CO2 Cuts, RGGI States Say
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative states support the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, but say the proposed carbon pollution standards for existing power plants could achieve even greater emissions...
View ArticleHR’s Crucial Role in Sustainability Efforts
Human resources should play a major role in company’s sustainability processes, practices and strategies, according to MIT Sloan Management Review. In a blog post, Edward E. Lawler III, a professor and...
View ArticleSix Steps for Managing Water Risks, Opportunities
In its 2014 Global Risks report, the World Economic Forum identified water crises as one of the risks of highest concern. For businesses, it is important to understand operational and market contexts...
View ArticleSustainability Leaders’ Influence Growing
Sustainability leaders at high-revenue firms have growing influence, according to a Verdanitx survey, which finds 92 percent of responding companies have a sustainability officer who reports to the CEO...
View ArticleAnadarko’s $5.15 Billion Environmental Settlement Approved
Anadarko Petroleum’s agreement to pay $5.15 billion to clean up polluted sites across the US — the largest-ever environmental settlement — received approval from a federal judge on Monday, Reuters...
View ArticleStimulating Innovation to Create More Sustainable Cities
It won’t be long before the world’s population reaches nine billion and by 2050, 70 percent of the world’s population will live in cities. All around the globe, population explosions are putting city...
View ArticleGM Manages 5,000 Acres of Wildlife Habitat
General Motors has received 15 certifications and three awards from the nonprofit Wildlife Habitat Council for establishing wildlife habitats and education programs at facilities in five countries,...
View ArticleAkzoNobel, Enerkem Form Waste-to-Chemicals Partnership
AkzoNobel has partnered with Enerkem and other companies to explore the use of waste streams as a feedstock for chemical production and the development of waste-to-chemicals facilities. The...
View ArticleCarbios Scales Up Bioplastic Manufacturing
Green chemistry company Carbios has managed to depolymerize 90 percent of polylactic acid (PLA) material — a thermoplastic aliphatic polyester derived from renewable resources — in only 48 hours, using...
View ArticleCargill ‘On Track’ to Map 80% of Palm Oil to Mills This Year
Cargill says it’s on track to map 80 percent of its palm oil in key markets back to individual mills by the end of this year and 100 percent of all mills by December 2015, according to the company’s...
View ArticleCooling Tower Filtration Systems Reduce Water Consumption, Maintenance
Cooling tower efficiency can be easily maintained by installing the right filtration system, according to Industrial Water Cooling, which makes industrial water filtration and screening equipment. The...
View ArticleHow to Move Sustainability to the Boardroom
The UN Global Compact has launched a program to help move sustainability issues from the backroom to the boardroom. The Global Compact Board Programme supports boards of directors to oversee and drive...
View ArticleHow to Determine Smart Building Benefits, Costs, ROI
Smart building technology can be expensive, so building owners should look at several areas to achieve the best benefits and highest return on their investment, according to HPAC Engineering. In smart...
View ArticleSlow Progress Towards Low Carbon Society
Despite anticipated increases in renewable power generation in coming years, global progress towards a low-carbon energy system will remain slow, according to an analysis by Frost & Sullivan....
View ArticleNRG to Slash CO2 Emissions 90% by 2050
NRG Energy has set a goal to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions 50 percent by 2030 and 90 percent by 2050 below a 2014 baseline. The energy company announced the new goals yesterday, in conjunction...
View ArticleAmazon Commits to 100% Renewable Energy
Amazon Web Services says it will source 100 percent renewable energy for its global infrastructure. The company doesn’t give a timeframe for achieving this goal. Amazon has come under fire from...
View ArticleSustainability Reporting ‘Now the Norm’
The quality of corporate nonfinancial reporting among leading companies is improving and sustainability reporting is now the norm for the world’s leading companies, according to research from the World...
View ArticleJoint Ventures Develop North Dakota Crude Transportation Infrastructure
Phillips 66 Partners and Paradigm Energy Partners have formed two joint ventures to develop midstream logistics infrastructure in North Dakota to transport crude oil in the Bakken region. The two joint...
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