Acquisitions
Delta Airlines Buys Oil Refinery to Control Fuel Prices
Delta Airlines has agreed to buy a refinery from oil giant ConocoPhillips in an effort to reduce its $300 million-a-year jet fuel bill.
The ...
GE Renames Converteam Efficiency Business
GE has rebranded Converteam, the French process control and automation business it acquired last September, renaming it Power Conversion.
GE said the Power Conversion business ...
AEP to Buy Efficiency Firm BlueStar
American Electric Power has reached an agreement to acquire BlueStar Energy Holdings, a utility and provider of energy efficiency services – just eight weeks ...
Ecova to Buy LPB Energy Management
Energy and sustainability management company Ecova has announced its intent to acquire LPB Energy Management.
Ecova says the acquisition will solidify its leadership position in ...
Siemens Buys Energy Management Firm Pace Global
Siemens has completed the acquisition of Pace Global Energy, a company that combines strategic enterprise consulting with energy and carbon management.
Pace Global will integrate ...
DNV, KEMA Combine Forces on Energy Consulting and Certification
Risk management firm DNV has acquired a 74.3 percent share in KEMA, creating a combined consulting, testing and certification company targeting the clean energy, ...
P2 Buys Beyond Compliance, Expands Software Offering
P2 Energy Solutions has added regulatory and compliance software to its offerings with the purchase of Beyond Compliance, a provider of automated compliance ...
Ecova to Buy Energy Management Firm Prenova
Ecova, a sustainability management company formerly known as AdvantageIQ, has announced that it plans to acquire Prenova, an enterprise energy management firm.
Ecova plans ...
Efficiency Company BlueStar Buys TruBrite
BlueStar Energy Solutions, a provider of energy efficiency and demand response services, has acquired TruBrite Energy Management. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The acquisition builds upon ...
Merck Cuts GHGs, Outlines Post-Merger Goals
Merck’s sales and acquisition-adjusted GHG emissions fell by six percent between 2009 and 2010, from 2.21 and 2.08, according to the company’s 2010 global corporate responsibility report, its first in accordance with GRI principles since ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Cadmium Jewelry Standard, WEEE, IEEE SmartGrid Portal
The U.S. jewelry industry, still reeling from revelations that children's products contained dangerous amounts of cadmium, is pushing back against strict limits passed by many states, ...
Total Buys Majority Stake in SunPower
In a landmark deal for the solar industry, French oil major Total SA will spend $1.37 billion to buy a controlling stake in ...
GE Expands Efficiency Offerings with $3.2bn Converteam Acquisition
GE’s energy division announced today that it will buy a roughly 90 percent, $3.2 billion stake in French electrification and automation company Converteam, expanding ...
Schneider Electric Snaps Up Summit Energy for $268m
Schneider Electric has announced that it will acquire Summit Energy, a $65 million provider of outsourced energy procurement and sustainability services, for $268 million.
The ...
Deloitte Expands Sustainability Offerings, Acquires ClearCarbon, DOMANI
Taking steps to expand in what it has identified as a “key growth area,” Deloitte has acquired the assets of ClearCarbon Consulting, Inc. and DOMANI ...
SAP, Wipro Collaborate On Sustainability Solutions
Indian IT services firm Wipro announced Friday that it has entered into an agreement with German software company SAP ...
CBS Banks On Green Ad Dollars With EcoMedia Acquisition
CBS Corporation has acquired EcoMedia, an organization that helps fund public environmental projects with corporate dollars.
CBS is hoping to bring in some of ...
Veolia Buys Comfort Link, Enters Ice Thermal Storage Biz
Veolia Energy North America, a subsidiary of France's Veolia Environment, has purchased Comfort Link's district cooling ...
SAP to Acquire Clear Standards, Gains Carbon Mgmt Product
SAP plans to acquire Clear Standards, a privately held enterprise carbon management solutions provider that helps companies track and report greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts through a web-based system.
With the move, ...
Philips’ ‘Green Products’ Account for 25% of Total Sales
Royal Philips Electronics announced that it is meeting the sustainability goals of its "EcoVision4" program, launched in 2007.
Philips increased sales of 'Green Products' to 25% of ...
