Can Sugar Beets Produce Chemicals?
AkzoNobel has joined forces with SuikerUnie, Rabobank, Deloitte, Investment and Development Agency for the Northern Netherlands, Groningen Seaports, and the Province of Groningen, to produce chemicals...
View ArticleOntario Tire Stewardship Saves $500K With Mobile Tracking App
The Ontario Tire Stewardship has launched a mobile tracking application that is expected to save the company over $500,000 in its sustainability efforts. The TreadMarks mobile application was...
View ArticleIs Your Environmental Management System Working?
Your company’s environmental management system should work for you — not make you work for it, says a WasteStrategies blog post. The company, which provides waste reduction and zero waste tools and...
View ArticleIkea Pledges 100% Certified Sustainable Palm Oil
Ikea is the latest company to commit to using only sustainably sourced palm oil. The company isn’t a major palm oil user but says palm oil can be found in the manufacturing of a small number of Ikea...
View ArticleEPA Pollution Plan to Cost Texas $2B
The EPA has proposed a plan to reduce harmful emissions of sulfur dioxide in parts of Texas and Oklahoma that would require operators of some of Texas’ coal-fired power plants to spend over $2 billion...
View ArticleHow to Capture the Business Value of EHS Software
Join LNS Research, SAP, enablon, ETQ and Environmental Leader for a free environment, health and safety software webinar, Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 2pm EST/11am PST. In today’s business environment where...
View ArticleSustainability Strategies for Business
Bernhard Schwager, of Robert Bosch GmbH’s head sustainability office, discusses business sustainability strategies.
View ArticleGreen Fleet Roundup: AmeriPride Services, Ryder System, Plug Power
AmeriPride Services took delivery of its first fuel-efficient hydraulic hybrid system this month. The vehicle (pictured), a 2014 Ford F59 chassis with a Morgan Olson Route Star walk-in van body, will...
View ArticleHow to Make E-Commerce Packaging More Sustainable
The American Institute for Packaging and the Environment has published a brochure aimed at improving the environmental sustainability e-commerce packaging, in time for the holiday season. The brochure,...
View ArticleGeneral Mills Drafts Water Policy
General Mills released a new water policy this week that aims to improve the health of watersheds, particularly those critical to the company’s business. The scope of the water policy includes General...
View ArticleVolvo Drives Transport Carbon Cuts, Renews WWF Partnership
The Volvo Group is renewing its partnership with a new commitment to the World Wide Fund for the nonprofit’s Nature’s Climate Savers program. In addition to reducing emissions from products and...
View ArticleSmog Rule Released
The EPA on Wednesday proposed a rule to reduce smog. The agency is proposing to strengthen air quality standards to within a range of 65 to 70 parts per billion (ppb) while taking comment on a level as...
View ArticleIR Technology Initiative Launched
CRedit360, Deloitte, PwC and other leading technology companies have joined forces to look at how technology can underpin trends in corporate reporting, and in particular can be applied to assist in...
View ArticleVW On Track to Shrink Eco Footprint 25%
Volkswagen says its environmental program is on track to reduce energy and water consumption, as well as waste, CO2 and solvent emissions at all Volkswagen plants throughout the world by 25 percent by...
View ArticleCanadian Cattle Producers Road To Sustainable Beef
Fawn Jackson, manager of environmental affairs at Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, shares Canada’s path to producing sustainable beef, including a sustainability assessment to benchmark and monitor...
View ArticleClimate Tagger Tool Launched
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership has joined forces with the Climate Technology Centre and Network, the operational arm of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...
View ArticleOil, Gas Exploration Technology Investment Tops $7bn
New technologies to enhance exploration and production of oil and gas have attracted $7 billion in funding since 2003, specifically in the areas of shale gas, tight oil, and heavy oil, according to a...
View ArticleAveda, Whole Foods Win Sustainable Beauty Awards
Aveda and Whole Foods are among the 2014 Sustainable Beauty Awards winners, presented by Organic Monitor last week. Aveda took home the Sustainability Leadership award for pioneering sustainable raw...
View ArticleShipping Emissions Rules Approved
Ship owners will, for the first time, have to monitor carbon emissions from ships of more than 5,000 gross tons under a European Union law approved last week, the Guardian reports. The law takes effect...
View ArticleSC Johnson Publishes Restricted Use Ingredients
SC Johnson has, for the first time, published its “restricted-use” ingredients — chemicals and other materials the company limits or has banned in its products to protect human health and the...
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