SustainAbility Launches Transparency Reporting Tool
SustainAbility today launched a tool to help companies improve transparency in their sustainability reporting. The Transparency Advancement Tool coincides with a report, also published today, which...
View ArticleRyder Supports Trucking Efficiency Initiative
Commercial fleet management and supply chain company Ryder System is supporting Trucking Efficiency, a joint initiative between the North American Council for Freight Efficiency and the Carbon War...
View ArticleSustainability and the Bottom Line
Jeff Smith, CEO, HSG Zander Ireland and UK (Bilfinger Group) talks about sustainability and the bottom line.
View ArticlePE International Updates Sustainable Products Database
PE International has released an updated version of its sustainable products database, GaBi Database 14, in a bid to help life cycle assessment practitioners stay at the forefront of developments in...
View ArticleDell’s Environmental Efforts Win KAB Award
Dell used more than 10 million pounds of post-consumer recycled plastics in its products in FY 2014. For this and other environmental sustainability achievements, Keep America Beautiful has awarded the...
View ArticleM&S Says 63% Products Sustainable
Some 63 percent of Marks & Spencer products have a “Plan A attribute” — an eco or ethical quality above the market norm — according to the company’s Plan A update. In M&S’ Plan A 2020...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: GM, Environmental Waste International, CDP
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Environmental Waste International: The eco-friendly design and development company has named Bob MacBean...
View ArticleRGGI Carbon Auction Raises More Than $94M
The nine Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative generated more than $94 million at their most recent carbon auction. RGGI’s 26th auction sold out...
View ArticleChemical Management Tool Launched
Target, Staples, Kaiser Permanente and the US Green Building Council are among the organizations that joined together today to launch the Chemical Footprint Project, a metric for publicly benchmarking...
View ArticleDry Fracking Could Save Millions of Gallons of Water
Liquefied petroleum gas gel for hydraulic fracturing — also called dry fracking —could save millions of gallons of water at each fracking well site, the Tribune reports. Instead of using water, the...
View ArticleBreakthroughs from 2014: Pollution Controls for Oil/Gas, EPA’s Plan to Cut...
As the year draws to a close, I’m grateful for three climate breakthroughs from 2014 that give me hope that we can still turn the corner toward a stable climate before it’s too late. And I’m thankful...
View ArticleGlobal Bioenergies Advances Bioplastic Technology
Global Bioenergies has produced a proprietary prototype strain able to convert glucose into propylene at laboratory scale. The company says it is the first time ever an entirely biological production...
View ArticleWater Management: There’s an App for That
Badger Meter has released an update for its EyeOnWater mobile app, which helps water utilities’ customers manage their water use. The app, available for customers of water utilities that have...
View ArticleCall2Recycle Diverts 100M Pounds from Landfills
Call2Recycle, North America’s first and largest consumer battery stewardship organization, yesterday announced that its battery and cellphone recycling program has diverted 100 million pounds from...
View ArticleCan Worm Gut Bacteria Solve Plastic Waste Problem?
Bacteria from the guts of a worm known to munch on food packaging can degrade polyethylene, the most common plastic, according to research reported in the ACS journal Environmental Science &...
View ArticleMobile Chemical Tool Saves Time, Promotes Compliance
3E Company has launched Ariel WebInsight Mobile, a mobile site to offer instant access to chemical regulatory compliance reference data via smartphone and tablet. The company says the site, which...
View ArticleLNG Fuel-Ready Vessel Guide Helps Prepare for Conversion to LNG Fuel
Companies involved in the design, construction and operational maintenance of marine-related facilities now have a new resource to help them prepare new ships for future conversion to gas propulsion:...
View ArticleDIRTT Completes Industry-First EPDs
DIRTT (Doing It Right This Time) Environmental Solutions, which uses 3D software to design, manufacture and install fully customized prefab interiors, has completed a third-party verified life cycle...
View ArticleNew Water-Saving Technologies Help Weather Drought, but More Innovation Is...
Here in California, people are cheering from one end of the state to the other. Why? We just had the biggest rainfall event in four years, and everyone is hoping more will be on the way. However, the...
View ArticleSABMiller Makes Business Case for Tackling Water Scarcity, Climate Change
Speaking at the Sustainable Innovation Forum, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Lima, SABMiller Peru managing director Fernando Zavala stressed the increasing risks water scarcity...
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