September, 2011
Report: How Smaller Companies Profit From Sustainability
Sustainability is a growing priority among small- and medium-sized businesses - and according to three national accounting bodies, more than half of surveyed businesses will have ...
Inspector General: EPA Failed to Follow Procedure on GHG Assessment
The EPA Office of the Inspector General has taken a stance against the procedural policy the EPA used in its 2009 determination that greenhouse gas emissions ...
UK Rail Sector Plans to Cut Carbon Intensity 25%
The U.K. rail industry has set out plans to cut carbon emissions per passenger kilometer by a quarter by 2019.
In the Initial ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Solar Loan Guarantees, Keystone XL Delays, Merck Penalty
The Energy Department has finalized more than $1 billion in loan guarantees for two large-scale solar projects, just before the Sept. 30 deadline expires for the ...
Toshiba LED Bulbs Light Up Houston Art Museum
Toshiba International Corporation's LED Lighting Systems Division is now providing lighting to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Toshiba installed 150 of its A19 lamps in the ...
Constellation Breaks Ground on Maryland’s Largest Solar Array
Constellation Energy today announced it has started construction on a 16.1 megawatt DC grid-connected photovoltaic solar installation in Emmitsburg, Md.
It is the largest solar power plant ...
Chevy Sonic Wet Paint Job Cuts GHG, Saves $40 a Car
General Motors is applying a new painting process to the 2012 Chevrolet Sonic, using a water-based "three-wet" paint process and a single trip through the oven. The painting method reduces the paint shop footprint ...
NORESCO, UMD Ignite $34M CHP System, Energy Efficiency Project
Energy services provider NORESCO has secured a $33.9 million guaranteed energy savings agreement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance ...
Food Tarnished Pizza Boxes Get Recycled
Eureka Recycling has begun recycling delivery-style pizza boxes in the St. Paul, Minneapolis area, ABC News reports.
BP Plans Olympic Offset World Record
BP Target Neutral has offered to offset any carbon emitted by spectators' travel to the 2012 London Olympic Games at no cost to the ticket-holder.
The body, ...
Symantec Nearly Doubles LEED Facilities
In FY11, Symantec nearly doubled its number of LEED-certified buildings from nine to 16, including an enterprise data center, according to the company's 2011 ...
Gillette Hails Packaging Innovation
Gillette has highlighted the importance of packaging innovation on production efficiencies at the Pack Expo conference in Las Vegas.
Mike Marcinkowski, principal engineer for research and development ...
Environmental Software Briefing – Autodesk Cloud, BigBelly, PDI PowerMap, Raritan
3D design and engineering software creator, Autodesk, has released Autodesk Cloud, a subscription-based service collection of more than a dozen web-based capabilities, products ...
Nike Sets Up Green Venture Capital Arm
Nike is to set up a sustainable venture capital arm in an effort to cut costs and promote green commerce.
The sports clothing company’s Sustainable Business & ...
Swedes REACH into Textiles and Leathers
Three new restriction proposals for NPs and NPEs have been announced under REACH regulation. Earlier this month, Sweden proposed intentions to restrict ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: WEEE Revision, REACH Review, Honda LEED Certifications
The European Parliament's environment, public health and food safety committee is expected next week to endorse a proposal that would strengthen EU rules on e-waste, European ...
Sustainable Chemistry, Sustainable Healthcare, Sustainable Life
This is the third in a series of articles from the winners of the 2011 Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge ...
NHS to Assess Emissions of Procurement
The U.K.’s National Health Service has begun assessing the carbon footprint of health care procurement.
Many N.H.S. bodies already include environmental costs into their procurement decision making, ...
Sustainability in Family Business
John Elkington founding partner and executive chairman of Volans on family buisnesses, sustainability and effective stewardship.
Carbon Credits ‘Questionable’; Truckers Earning Carbon Offsets
Most carbon credits certified in India are “questionable” and do not represent real greenhouse gas reductions, according to a Wikileaks cable.
An American diplomatic cable ...
