Finance & Reporting
Clean Energy Records Lowest Quarter of Investment Since 2009
After clocking up a record in 2011, new financial investment in clean energy in Q1 2012 was the weakest since the depths of the financial ...
New Solar Finance Models Set to Replace Government Funding, Report Says
As government-funded financial incentives for solar photovoltaics are reduced in some major markets, price reductions and third-party ownership models will become the key drivers for ...
Kraft Cuts 45 Million Lbs of Packaging, 12.5m Travel Miles
Since 2010 Kraft Foods has cut 45 million pounds of weight from the packaging of its products, according to an update on the company's progress ...
Oil Prices Fall on US Economy Concerns
U.S. businesses may be waving goodbye to rising gas prices, according to figures from two surveys.
The national average for a gallon of gasoline on Monday ...
Scotts Miracle-Gro Sustainability Report: Announces 50% Waste-to-Landfill, 20% CO2 Reduction Targets
Scotts Miracle-Gro has set sustainability goals including a 50 percent reduction in waste sent to landfill and a 20 percent cut in greenhouse gas ...
General Mills Sustainability Report: Energy Use Falls Another 6%, But 2011 a 'Challenging' Year
General Mills' energy usage rate stayed flat in fiscal 2011 at just under 540 kWh of energy per metric ton of production, a 6 percent ...
The Sustainability Consortium’s Sustainability Measurement & Reporting System
The Sustainability Consortium is developing a standardized framework for the communication of sustainability-related information throughout the product value chain. Here's a ...
Global Carbon Markets Plummet
The value of the world's carbon markets declined by 21 percent over the last quarter, despite trading volumes above the historical average, according to analysis ...
Shareholder Interest in Triple Bottom Line ‘Increasing’
Investor attention to the "triple bottom line" of environmental, social and economic performance is growing and raising support levels for shareholder resolutions on environmental and ...
Tax Reform Could Remove Barriers to Energy Efficiency Investments, ACEEE Says
Barriers to efficiency investments are embedded in the current tax code and, with tax reform likely to be on the agenda in 2013, the American ...
Top Medical Equipment Manufacturers Lack Public Sustainability Goals, Focus Efforts on Waste, Report Says
Of the 10 largest manufacturers of medical equipment and supplies, with more than $100 billion in annual sales, only four have announced any ...
Bacardi Sustainability Report: Energy Efficiency Up 7%, Water Efficiency Up 9%
Drinks giant Bacardi reduced its absolute water use by four percent in 2011, while improving its water use efficiency by nine percent, according to the ...
Volvo Sustainability Report: Hazardous Waste Up 14%, Energy Use 7% - But Sales Up 17%
From 2010 to 2011, Volvo Group's energy use rose 7 percent and its hazardous waste production rose by 14 percent - both smaller percentages than ...
Deloitte Outlines Process for Choosing Environmental Metrics
Public and private companies are finding it a major challenge to determine what environmental, social and governance (ESG) information to disclose, according to a new ...
Lowe's Sustainability Report: Purchased Green Power Jumps 34%
Home improvement retailer Lowe's purchased 34 percent more green power in 2011 than in 2010, according to the company's 2011 corporate sustainability report.
In 2011, the ...
Water Tools from GEMI, Ceres, Aqueduct Each Fill a Different Niche
The three latest tools for identifying and assessing water-related risks offer a variety of pros and cons, according to Bill Baue, a senior research fellow ...
SAP Sustainability Report: GHGs Up 8%, But Down 6% Relative to Sales
Software corporation SAP emitted eight percent more greenhouse gases in 2011 than 2010, its first year-on-year rise in such emissions since 2007, but its emissions ...
Sustainability Results: AB InBev Beats CO2 Goal Early, Cuts Water 8% in One Year
Anheuser-Busch InBev cut its greenhouse gas emissions per hectoliter of beer produced by 11.5 percent from 2009 to 2011, beating a goal of a 10 ...
BP Sustainability Report: Greenhouse Emissions, Energy Use Drop
Oil giant BP's direct greenhouse gas emissions dropped from 64.9 million metric tons in 2010 to 61.8 Mte in 2011, according to the company's latest ...
Starbucks Sustainability Report: Water Consumption Up 5%, Energy Use Drops 4.5%
Starbucks increased its water consumption by 5 percent year-on-year in 2011, according to the company's latest sustainability report.
The coffee giant has set a goal of ...
