Cortec Technology Film Uses Recycled Resin
Cortec Corporation has launched the latest version of its VpCI 126 Blue high-technology films and bags that contains a higher content of recycled resin than earlier products. The new version of VpCI...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Green Globes, Stormwater, NASA
The Green Building Initiative has released what it calls the most significant upgrade to the Green Globes for New Construction program since its US launch in 2006. Green Globes NC is now based on an...
View ArticleTreatment System Slashes Buildings’ Water, Electricity Use
Property developers Lerner, Carr and WC Smith, and Washington, DC historic hotel Willard InterContinental have installed water treatment technology from Silver Bullet to cut water, electricity and...
View ArticleIntel Sustainability Report: GHGs Per Chip Up 48%
Intel’s per-chip GHG emissions rose 48 percent from 2011 to 2012, according to its latest corporate responsibility report. The measure, which Intel terms its Normalized Production Index, is indexed to...
View ArticleWaste Management Launches Sustainable Products Venture
Waste Management and sustainable designer William McDonough have launched a sustainable product and package design company to reduce consumer goods’ waste impact. The Waste Management McDonough...
View ArticleCoke to Improve Water Efficiency 25%
The Coca-Cola Company has committed to improving water efficiency in its manufacturing operations by 25 percent by 2020 compared with its 2010 baseline. The company announced the new goal yesterday and...
View ArticleDell’s Devil in the Details
We’re looking forward to hearing the details of Dell’s intriguing new packaging goal. The company has been at the forefront of sustainable packaging innovation, such as its use of cushioning material...
View ArticleDell Pledges Waste-Free Packaging by 2020
Dell announced sustainable packaging initiatives including goals for a waste-free packaging stream by 2020 and a new wheat straw material (pictured) that turns agricultural waste into boxes. The...
View ArticleEastman Chemical Report Shows Improvement Needed in Reduction of Hazardous Waste
Eastman Chemical Company just released a 2013 Sustainability Progress Report, which shows that the company’s progress toward reducing hazardous waste “requires improvement.” The company hopes to reduce...
View ArticleAB InBev Aims to Reduce Tons of Packaging Material by 100k
Anheuser-Busch InBev announced new five-year goals for its “Environmental Commitment,” including reducing packaging materials by 100,000 tons, or the equivalent of about 250 million full cans of beer....
View ArticleLingacite Launches Carbon-Negative Building Block
UK concrete masonry products company Lingacite says it has produced the world’s first carbon-negative masonry block, developed in partnership with Carbon8 Aggregates. The block, called the Carbon...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: IHS, WWF, Codexis, Environ
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. IHS: Scott Key (pictured) is now president and CEO of the information and analytics company. Key was also...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Fracking Rule Delay, Monsanto Sued, Solar...
Interior secretary Sally Jewell (pictured) said she will triple the one-month comment period on proposals to tighten standards for oil and gas drilling, including fracking, on federal lands. The Bureau...
View ArticlePractically Green Launches New Engagement Platform
Digital engagement company Practically Green has introduced a new enterprise platform designed to motivate global businesses and their employees to adopt healthy, sustainable choices within their...
View ArticleRWE, Vattenfall Emit Most CO2 in EU System
RWE, Vattenfall and E.On have topped Carbon Data’s rankings of the most carbon-intensive companies in the European Union’s emissions trading scheme, same as last year. Steel manufacturers ArcelorMittal...
View ArticleGreen Globes: Gunning for LEED
For many sustainability professionals, “green building certification” equals “LEED.” Green Globes wants to change that. The online assessment and rating tool has undergone several transformations in...
View ArticleCalifornia Low-Carbon Rule Faces Threats, Despite Success
California’s low-carbon fuel rule has been successful, displacing 6.2 percent of total gasoline and diesel volume in 2012 with cleaner burning transportation fuels, but it still faces legal threats and...
View ArticleGSA Hits All Sustainability Targets for 2012
The General Services Administration last year exceeded its fiscal year 2020 greenhouse gas reduction target, reducing emissions by more than 35 percent from 2008 levels, and reached its other...
View ArticleBP Seeks to Rein in Oil Spill Claims
BP is fighting to rein in settlement awards related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster, which killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in US history. The UK oil company has for...
View ArticleBMW Launches Largest Fuel Cell Fleet
BMW’s entire fleet of material-handling trucks and forklifts in its Spartanburg, SC production facility is now equipped with hydrogen fuel cells from Plug Power. This expansion, which brings the...
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