Archive for October, 2008
Starwood Says Philips EcoTVs Could Save Hotel $12 Million
Starwood Hotels and Resorts signed an exclusive three year agreement with Philips Electronics to use Philips' SmartPower2 energy efficient TVs, also known as the EcoTV, in Starwood's 460 properties across North ...
Nike Debuts Latest Nike Considered Design Products
Nike debuted its latest products from Nike Considered Design. Nike's goal with the line is to to create products that minimize environmental impact by reducing waste throughout the design and development ...
Criticized Companies Named Leaders In CSR Reporting
This Friday, Salter Baxter will publish its eighth annual study of corporate social responsibility. The study assesses the 50 biggest listed companies in Europe in March 2008 and names some of Europe's ...
Goldman, Blue Source Partner to Market GHG Emission Reductions
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Blue Source LLC announced they have formed an alliance to market U.S. GHG emission reductions. The companies say the alliance will combine Goldman’s expertise in commodities ...
Coke Improves Water Use Efficiency 2%
The Coca-Cola Company released its fifth annual Sustainability Review, “Act. Inspire. Make a Difference. A dialogue of progress and possibility” (PDF). The company's total water use increased four percent against its 2006 ...
Intel’s Right-Hand Turn To Energy Efficiency
Intel's John Skinner talks about Intel's "right hand turn" from full-speed ahead, to energy-smart performance in computer chip design, especially with new architecture codenamed Nehalem, which will be branded Intel Core i7. He also tells ...
Wind Industry Installs 1,400 MW In Q3
The U.S. wind energy industry installed 1,389 megawatts in the third quarter, bringing to 4,204 MW the total of wind power projects completed in what is expected to be another record year, according to the ...
Hollander Aims For Zero Waste Manufacturing Operations By 2010
Hollander Home Fashions committed to a zero-waste goal for its manufacturing operations by 2010, saying it's the first company of its size in its industry to make such a commitment. Last year, ...
Investors Urge CEOs to Join UN Global Compact
A group of global investors announced a collaborative effort to urge CEOs of about 9,000 companies (PDF) to commit to the United Nations Global Compact and its ten principles, CSRwire ...
Water Footprint Network Launched
Seven global groups have joined forces to set up the Water Footprint Network, with the aim of working toward a common approach to water footprint measurement, accounting, and reporting. Partners are the ...
UPS To Deploy 2 Hydraulic Hybrids Early 2009
UPS announced it placed orders for seven hydraulic hybrid vehicles (HHV), and touted that it is the first in the industry to do so. The technology stores energy by compressing hydraulic ...
EPA To Judge Power-Plant Emissions Hourly Instead Of Annually
The EPA is moving to judge power plants on their hourly rate of emissions rather than their total annual output,Wall Street Journal reports. The proposed rules would loosen pollution regulations, and treat ...
Xcel Cuts Solar Payments By 22%, Slashes REC Price
Last week, Xcel Energy gave small business and home participants in its Solar Rewards program 30 hours notice that it would slash what it would pay towards the cost of a ...
U.S. Corporate Sustainability Reporting Doubles Since 2005
Twice as many top U.S. companies publicly released sustainability data in 2008 compared with three years earlier, with ethics outweighing economics for the first time as the primary reason for the disclosures, according to a ...
CSR Strategy: If You Build It, Will They Come?
You might remember the movie Field of Dreams, in which Kevin Costner is constantly reminded, “If you build it, he will come.” It seems fitting that with the World Series in full swing I am ...
Military Efficiency Projects Of Note
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS), Calif., earned a Presidential Leadership Award for federal energy and water management, Navy News reports. MCAS Miramar saved 97 million gallons of water in 2007, translating ...
Financial Crisis Could Make Complying With EU Carbon Plan Easier
With EU firms cutting production and selling off excess carbon permits allocated by national governments, the global financial crisis may make it cheaper for corporations in Europe to comply with EU's ...
New Car CO2 Emissions Down 5% From Last Year
According to new research by Clean Green Cars, all but two automakers have cut their average CO2 emissions this year. The average CO2 figure from a new car in September 2008 ...
EU Adds Aviation In Its Carbon Plans, Airlines Criticize Decision
European Union governments approved to include aviation in the bloc's emissions trading scheme from 2012. The scheme is likely to affect at least 87 major airlines, of which 35 are headquartered outside ...
Campuses Miss Deadlines On Road To Going Carbon Neutral
Some 580 college presidents have pledged that their colleges and universities will become carbon-neutral, but many are finding it a tough journey and are already missing deadlines, Christian Science Monitor ...
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Comments and Discussions
Tom Stacy on National Grid Again Rejects High Costs of Offshore Wind
"Each time government entices big money investment away from riskier, but clearly..."
miggs on European Paper Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions by 42% since 1990
"Yet another example of the potential of combined heat & power to transform..."
Stevenson on News Corp. Taps Hara for Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management
"All of us should think of ways to save energy now. It is not a myth,..."
Trade Association on Trade Group on EPA Chemical Regs: ‘If Everything is a Priority, Then Nothing is a Priority’
"Seriously… that..."
Gary Markowitz on Supermarkets Tackle Emissions Reductions, Fuel Efficiency
"Supermarkets waste over 10 percent of their energy through improper..."
peter in ireland on Ontario May Follow California’s Lead on TV Energy Efficiency
"Governor Schwarzenegger is shooting himself in the foot! 1...."
Environmental Leader on S. America Takes Most Urgent View of Copenhagen Talks
"The survey respondents (the PDF report mentions 4,000 respondents in 38..."