May, 2011
Burt’s Bees, Marks & Spencer Share Staff Engagement Tactics
Burt’s Bees sees engaging its employees as the most critical and challenging of all its sustainability targets for 2020, the Guardian has ...
Boeing, Alaska Air Press for Biofuel Research
Oilseed, forest residues, municipal solid waste and algae are all promising feedstocks for the future of aviation, according to an industry research initiative that ...
ABS Develops Tanker Energy Efficiency Plan
The American Bureau of Shipping has helped Maran Tankers Management to develop, review and revise an enterprise-wide efficiency management plan which ABS says could ...
Considering the Energy of Labor, Part II
Or, Carbs vs. Kilowatts
We'll keep charging forward with the discussion about the value of human labor in manufacturing and ...
The Evolution of Sustainability
Throughout the great recession of 2007 – 2010, there has been a dislocation of trust between companies and the global communities they ...
Environmental Enforcement: Moran Beef to Pay $20,000 over Water Allegations
Moran Beef Inc. – a beef feedlot in Underwood, Iowa – has agreed to pay a $20,000 civil penalty over allegations of unpermitted ...
Scientists in New York have discovered that fly ash, ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: ISO 50001 to Launch in June
The ISO has announced that June 15 will be the launch date for ISO 50001, the new international standard for energy management, ...
World GHG Emissions Hit Record Level
Greenhouse gas emissions reached their highest point ever last year, making it “extremely challenging” to prevent global temperature rising to dangerous levels, the ...
Fleet Briefing: Nissan, GE, Range Rover, InterContinental
London has launched a network of electric vehicle charge points that it plans to grow to 1,300 strong by the end of 2013. Drivers can access the charge points with a swipe card, ...
New Jersey Quits RGGI, Bans Coal Plants
New Jersey governor Chris Christie has pulled the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the only mandatory cap-and-trade program in the U.S., ...
Sprint Unveils Zero E-Waste Goal
Sprint Nextel plans to collect 100 percent of its own e-waste for reuse and recycling by 2017, as one of four goals in the ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: EPA Red Tape, Nat Gas Bill, Keystone Pipeline
The Obama administration has published regulatory reviews by 30 agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy, prepared in compliance with ...
Styrene Industry Accuses HHS of ‘Willful Ignorance’ Over Carcinogen Listing
U.S. styrene industry bodies the Styrene Information and Research Center and the American Composites Manufacturers Association have written a letter urging secretary of health ...
British Airways CIO on IT Execs, Energy Efficiency
When it comes to the role CIOs should play in corporate energy reduction, we should stand up and be counted, says ...
Be Green Packaging to Open U.S. Plant
Be Green Packaging has finalized the purchase of its first U.S. manufacturing facility, in Ridgeland, S.C.
The packaging company, whose customers include Whole Foods, ...
Carbon-Neutral Kohl's Reports Rise in Emissions, Recycling
Kohl’s first corporate sustainability report reveals that its scope 1 to 4 carbon emissions all rose in 2009, while the department store ...
Kraft Settles for $8m In Pollution Class Action
Kraft Foods will pay $8.1 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that one of its factories polluted the air and water ...
Smart Grid Benefits ‘Could Top $2 Trillion’
Smart grid technologies could deliver between $1.3 trillion and $2 trillion in benefits over the next 20 years, according to a study ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: NZ Soils, Reach, Dekra
New Zealand’s environment minister, Nick Smith, has announced a new national environmental standard on contaminated soil, Scoop.co.nz reports. Smith said that councils ...
