July, 2011
Venue Giant AEG Joins Green Sports Alliance
The Green Sports Alliance will more than double in size with the addition of venues owned or operated by AEG, the company behind ...
Flagship Lord & Taylor to be 100% Wind-Powered
Lord & Taylor is buying 100 percent wind power for two New York stores, an initiative that is says will ...
Modius and Intel Team Up on Data Center Management
Modius’ OpenData Enterprise Edition will integrate with Intel Data Center Manager, Modius has announced.
Modius says that the integration will enhance Open Data, a platform ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: EPA Sets Fracking Standards, Calif. Hex Goal, Caterpillar Settles
The EPA on Thursday proposed standards to cut smog-forming volatile organic compound emissions from processes and equipment used in the oil and gas industry. The standards are the first federal air rules affecting new ...
New Software Calculates Carbon Footprint of Pork
A new computer program was released at World Pork Expo to help pork producers calculate the carbon footprint of their ...
Waste Management Expands Customer Base with Oakleaf Purchase
Waste Management has expanded its reach with the $425 million acquisition of third-party hauler network Oakleaf Global Holdings.
WM says the combined companies will ...
UPS, FedEx Report Efficiency Gains
UPS and FedEx have released sustainability reports within days of each other, with UPS showing a 3.3 percent reduction in fuel consumed per ...
DHL Launches ‘Carbon Dashboard’ Emissions Tracker
DHL Global Forwarding has launched the GoGreen Carbon Dashboard, a service for its freight customers to track carbon emissions in their supply chain.
The ...
Solar Briefing: GM, Denver Airport, Matrix Development, VA Hospitals
General Motors has pledged to double its solar power capacity from 30 to 60 MW by 2015, as it announced a $7.5 million investment in solar ...
Ford, GM Sign On As White House Unveils 54.5mpg Standard
General Motors and Ford have signed off on a deal to increase fuel efficiency to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.
The ...
Scientific Conservation Sues Serious Energy Over Exec Poaching
Energy software company Scientific Conservation has filed suit against its founder and the company he just joined, Serious Energy, alleging violation ...
Six Months in, Buildings Cut Energy Use up to 31%
Buildings owned by Scientific Instruments, the University of Central Florida, and a middle school in Indiana are currently leading the National Building Competition: Battle of ...
Staples, Cemex, Five Other Firms Help Start Sustainable Business Model Collaborative
Staples, Siemens and Johnson & Johnson are among a group of companies that have joined forces with think tank the World Resources Institute start an initiative ...
Verizon, NREL Sign Energy Efficiency and Smart Grid MOU
Verizon and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop ways to reduce energy use in ...
Biomass-Powered Data Centers: Next Step for Green IT?
Over the past several years, those of us in the data center industry have seen dramatic strides in Green IT, primarily focused ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: CarbonFree Label, Texaco Station Leaks, 15001 Benefits
LG Electronics and Carbonfund.org Foundation announced that LG products have earned the new CarbonFree certification label, marking the first time that certified LCD ...
Scholastic Raises FSC Paper Goal
Scholastic Inc. is increasing its targeted percentage of certified paper from 30 to 35 percent after making “significant gains” towards the goal, the company ...
K Line LNG Ship Cuts CO2 40%, Nitrogen 90%
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, a Japanese shipping giant, is building a car carrier whose nitrogen emissions are up to 90 percent lower than those ...
The Coming Consolidation of Sustainability Labels
An expert from a leading Swiss supermarket chain is predicting a major rationalization of the existing sustainable labeling ...
Polartec and Unifi Tackle Textile Scrap Waste
Textile companies Polartec and Unifi have launched a take-back program for polyester-based fabrics to reduce the millions of pounds of manufacturing scraps that end ...
