Harvard Refuses to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Harvard University, which has the world’s largest college endowment valued at $32.7 billion, has decided to continue its investment in fossil fuels, despite heavy pressure from environmental activists....
View ArticleUN Body Approves ‘Historic’ Airline Deal
The UN’s aviation body has approved a plan for a market-based program to cut airline industry emissions, in a move Bloomberg described as “unprecedented for a single global industry.” The market...
View ArticleCox Enterprises and Manheim Cut Daily Water Demand 60%
Cox Enterprises and its Manheim auction operation in Georgia have saved 2 million gallons of water annually and reduced daily water demand by 60 percent since opening the Water Conservation Center in...
View ArticleNatural Capital: How Do You Go about Accounting for It?
There are many reasons why companies would want to account for their natural capital impacts. I’ll come to those later, but first I want to answer the question of how do you actually go about it? There...
View ArticleTexas A&M, District Energy St. Paul Among Honorees for District Energy
The International District Energy Association recently gave 11 organizations awards for district energy. Selected by an international panel of experts, nine international entities received Awards of...
View ArticleSeattle Pizza Chain Offers Rewards for Local Composting
Zeeks Pizza in the metro Seattle, WA, area, is partnering with Seattle Public Utilities, King County Solid Waste Division, and Cedar Grove — a company that recycles organic waste and turns it into...
View ArticleNavigant Forecasts 4.3 Million EV Charging Units Sold in 2022
Buoyed by strong growth in the market for plug-in electric vehicles, worldwide sales of EV charging equipment will grow from around 442,000 units in 2013 to 4.3 million in 2022, representing a compound...
View ArticleAcuity Brands Facility Achieves Zero Landfill Certification
The Acuity Brands’ Carlisle, Penn. manufacturing and distribution center has achieved zero landfill status, as certified by Link International, the lighting and controls company says. This is the...
View ArticleAnthesis Acquires Best Foot Forward
Sustainability consultancy Anthesis has acquired UK blue-chip advisors Best Foot Forward in a deal that the companies say creates a “new global sustainability consulting platform.” The agreement...
View ArticleAnti-Toxins Law Amended to Protect Businesses
California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that weakens the state’s anti-toxins law in an effort to reduce what he calls frivolous lawsuits and fines for businesses. Proposition 65, the state’s...
View ArticleStandards & Compliance Briefing: Butanol, Whirlpool, PAS 141
ASTM International has published ASTM D7862-13, Specification for Butanol for Blending with Gasoline for Use as Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel. The standard covers butanol that is intended to be...
View ArticleRogers Family Launches 97% Biodegradable Single-Serve Coffee Cup
Rogers Family Company has developed a single-serve coffee product that it says is 97 percent biodegradable. The company says an estimated 9.1 billion single-serve coffee and drink cartridges — some 19...
View ArticleAviation Deal: Questions Remain
Several uncertainties still threaten the planned market for reducing airliner emissions. Last week the International Civil Aviation Organization agreed to create a market-based program starting in...
View ArticleAirbus’ Fuel-Efficient Jets Fly into Boeing Territory
Airbus has received a $9.5 billion order from Japan Airlines for 31 fuel-efficient A350 jets (pictured), the New York Times reports. The planes will likely replace Boeing 777s — and signal a larger...
View ArticleLandmark Green Chemistry Regulations Take Effect in California
California’s groundbreaking Safer Consumer Product regulations took effect October 1, 2013. The long-in-the-making green chemistry regulations establish a process for the California Department of...
View ArticleStaples Canada Achieves Recycling Goals for Q2 2013
Staples Canada announced its sustainability achievements for the second quarter of 2013, showing that the company, along with partner Call2Recycle, diverted over 23,880 kg of batteries from landfills...
View ArticleVerisae Acquires Hara, Triples Customer Base
Minneapolis-based Verisae, a provider of energy and sustainability management for businesses, has acquired Hara Software based in San Mateo, Calif., for an undisclosed amount. Hara’s cloud-based...
View ArticleUPS Expands LNG Fueling Stations; AMP Americas Signs CNG Dairy Industry Deal
AMP Americas and UPS have announced plans to expand natural gas infrastructure across the US. AMP Americas has signed a deal with Dairy Farmers of America and Select Milk Producers, both national dairy...
View ArticleContract Wins: OriginOil, ISI, Solidia Technologies, Cool Planet, Locus
OriginOil, developer of Electro Water Separation (EWS), a high-speed, chemical-free process to clean up large quantities of water, has signed its first pay-per-barrel agreement with Industrial Systems,...
View ArticlePrivate Equity Groups Fail to Put Value on ESG Efforts, PwC Says
Private equity firms still mainly gear their environmental, social and governance management towards risk, rather than opportunity with less than 15 percent calculating the value they create through...
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