March, 2007
Survey: Most Companies Can’t Fulfill Sustainability Commitments
While a majority of North American firms in the survey (almost 60 percent) have a documented corporate-level sustainability strategy, just over one-third (36 percent) have adopted a formal sustainability strategy for the supply management organization ...
REI Releases CSR Report, Hands Brochure Version Out At Stores
Recreational Equipment, Inc. has released its first stewardship report, which provides a review of the co-op's social and environmental priorities and efforts for 2006, and includes short and long-term plans for improvement.
To increase exposure of ...
Virgin Blue Launches Voluntary Offset Program for Passengers
Virgin Blue has announced a program to offset its greenhouse gas emissions, The Australian reports.
It's the first carbon offset program by an airline certified under the Australian Government's Greenhouse Friendly program, which encourages Australian businesses ...
EDP Acquires Horizon, Jumps to 4th Largest Wind-Power Producer
EDP-Energias de Portugal SA, the country's biggest electricity utility, is buying Horizon Wind Energy LLC of Houston, Texas from Goldman Sachs Group for $2.15 billion, Bloomberg reports.
The acquisition boosts EDP's ranking to fourth from sixth among the ...
RV Makers Step Up Green PR
Coachmen Industries and Atlas Trailer Coach Products have both released some green PR this week.
Coachmen Industries is working with Natural Source Energy Systems to develop RVs that use biodiesel and solar power.
Coachmen is providing NSESI ...
Cummins Approves Use of B20 in Engines
Cummins has approved biodiesel B20 blends for use in its 2002 and later emissions-compliant ISX, ISM, ISL, ISC and ISB engines. This includes the recently released 2007 products.
Cummins upgraded its previous position on the ...
Google Offers Free Bikes to Overseas Employees
Eaton Issues First Sustainability Report
Airbus To Cut Fuel Consumption 50% by 2020
Airbus is targeting a 50 percent reduction in aircraft fuel consumption by 2020, The Australian reports.
The manufacturer was looking at airframe improvements to provide about 25 per cent of the reduction, while between ...
LA to Supply Clean Energy to 70,000 Homes
The LA City Council has approved two agreements that will provide enough renewable energy to power 70,000 homes. These agreements, each of which provide 25 megawatts of renewable power for a total of 50 megawatts, ...
Bigelow Tea Receives $777,000 for Solar Power
The Bigelow Tea Company will receive a $777,000 grant from the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund to defray approximately 55 percent of the cost of installing a 171-kilowatt solar power system at the company's Fairfield, Connecticut ...
DuPont, Tate & Lyle, Cryotech Launch Renewable Deicing Fluid
DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products, a joint venture between DuPont and Tate & Lyle have partnered with Cryotech Deicing Technology to introduce Susterra propanediol, a 100 percent renewably sourced product for runway deicing.
The product underwent ...
PG&E, SF Giants Solar Plan Catches Heat
A consumer advocate group says that Pacific Gas & Electric's plan to install almost 600 solar panels at the San Francisco Giants' AT&T Park is little more than a publicity stunt and that shareholders, not ...
Nike Sells Carbon Credits to Entergy
Nike has sold emission reduction credits totaling 100,000 metric tons to utility company Entergy. Environmental Resources Trust verified and registered the credit as a result of Nike exceeding its carbon footprint goals with the ...
Carl’s Jr. Fuels Arizona Fleet With Waste Vegetable Oil
MJKL, owner of 52 Carl's Jr. locations in Arizona, plans to convert all corporate fleet vehicles to operate on alternative fuel derived from waste vegetable oil collected at their Arizona franchise locations by early 2010.
The ...
SF Close To Banning Plastic Bags
San Francisco is close to passing a law that would require supermarkets and large drug stores to offer customers only bags made of recyclable paper, plastic that can be ...
NAM Wants Balance Between Environment & Economic Growth
In comments submitted yesterday to the House Committee on Energy & Commerce regarding climate change policy recommendations, the National Association of Manufacturers advised leadership to find a balance ...
AEP, St. Lawrence Cement, UTC Lauded for Cutting Emissions
The EPA has commended American Electric Power, St. Lawrence Cement and United Technologies Corp. for achieving significant greenhouse gas reductions under EPA's Climate Leaders program. The companies ...
White House Recognizes “Environmentally Preferable” Computer Manufacturers
The White House Council on Environmental Quality and the Federal Environmental Executive have released a list of computer manufacturers that make "environmentally preferable computers and monitors." The manufacturers make products meeting the new EPEAT green computer ...
Microsoft: Vista Can ‘Massively’ Reduce Carbon Emissions
Microsoft has commissioned a report which claims the new power-management features in Vista can help companies "massively" reduce carbon emissions resulting from the use of desktop PCs, ZDNet UK reports.
The study, which compared energy ...
