Asia

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Green Climate Fund, Basel Amendment, Roadless Rule

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Green Climate Fund, Basel Amendment, Roadless Rule A United Nations committee has completed the draft design of a Green Climate Fund that would send $100 billion per year by 2020 to assist developing ...

October 24, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: FERC Regulations, Wastewater Rules, Fines for ConocoPhillips and Sherwin-Williams

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: FERC Regulations, Wastewater Rules, Fines for ConocoPhillips and Sherwin-WilliamsThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced that it has published three final rules on Thursday, dramatically shaking up the payment method for transmission, particularly in the ...

October 21, 2011

Toyota, Honda Plants Among Hundreds Closed by Thai Floods

Toyota, Honda Plants Among Hundreds Closed by Thai FloodsHonda and Toyota have stopped all production in Thailand as that nation's floods continue to rip through industrial parks, and now threaten Bangkok. Thailand is ...

October 18, 2011

EL Pro Standards & Compliance Briefing: WindMade Label, EV Harmonized Port, LEED Awards

Standards & Compliance Briefing: WindMade Label, EV Harmonized Port, LEED Awards WindMade on Wednesday announced the criteria for a consumer label identifying companies that buy wind power and other renewable energy. To receive the certification companies must ...

October 13, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: China Gas Tax, EPA Lawsuits, California Recycling Law

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: China Gas Tax, EPA Lawsuits, California Recycling Law China will impose a nationwide value-based sales tax on oil and natural gas beginning next month, Bloomberg reported. The country's Ministry of Finance said the ...

October 12, 2011

EL Pro Standards & Compliance Briefing: Conflict Minerals, UL Certification, Kuwait's Green Airport

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Conflict Minerals, UL Certification, Kuwait’s Green Airport GREENGUARD announced the launch of a mobile Web site for its Product Guide, a database of low-emitting products certified by the company.  The company said ...

October 6, 2011

Carbon Credits ‘Questionable’; Truckers Earning Carbon Offsets

Carbon Credits ‘Questionable’; Truckers Earning Carbon OffsetsMost carbon credits certified in India are “questionable” and do not represent real greenhouse gas reductions, according to a Wikileaks cable. An American diplomatic cable ...

September 29, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fuel Standard Delay, Wind Project Scuttled, DOE Policy Shift Proposed

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fuel Standard Delay, Wind Project Scuttled, DOE Policy Shift ProposedThe EPA and Transport Department are delaying new fuel efficiency standards until mid-November, saying they had to process a high volume of comments and complete technical ...

September 28, 2011

EarthCheck Names Tourism ‘Star Performers’

EarthCheck Names Tourism ‘Star Performers’Hotels under the Novotel, Radisson and InterContinental banners have been named as examples of best practice in an assessment of the travel and tourism industry by ...

September 28, 2011

WEF Names 16 Emerging Economy Sustainability Champions

WEF Names 16 Emerging Economy Sustainability ChampionsNatura, Suzlon and Woolworths are among 16 fast-growing companies from the emerging markets that also shine in terms of their sustainability initiatives, according to a World ...

September 16, 2011

Marriott Mumbai Taps Nalco for Water Reduction

Marriott Mumbai Taps Nalco for Water ReductionThe 583-room Marriott Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre and Marriott Executive Apartments has used Nalco products to help reduce water use in its cooling systems by 16 ...

September 13, 2011

EL Pro Compliance & Standards Briefing: RoHS Lead Exemption, WEEE Compromise, LEED Platinum Luxury

Compliance & Standards Briefing: RoHS Lead Exemption, WEEE Compromise, LEED Platinum LuxuryThe European Union on Monday added a new exemption for lead to the RoHS directive on toxic substances in electronic goods, ENDS Europe reported.  ...

September 13, 2011

Sustainability And The Auto Industry at APAC16

Sustainability And The Auto Industry at APAC16 Dr.Pawan Goenka, Chairman - Asia Pacific Automotive Engineering Conference 16 and President - Automotive & Farm Equipment Sector, Mahindra & ...

September 7, 2011

APP-China Revises Sustainability Commitments

APP-China Revises Sustainability CommitmentsAsia Pulp & Paper says it has published new sustainability commitments for its Chinese operations, but the company has not announced specific ...

September 2, 2011

SABMiller, WWF Seek Water Futures Partners

SABMiller, WWF Seek Water Futures PartnersBrewer SABMiller, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature and the German international development agency GIZ have asked businesses, NGOs and other organizations to join their Water ...

September 1, 2011

China, U.S. Keep Renewable Investment Top Spots

China, U.S. Keep Renewable Investment Top SpotsChina and the United States have maintained the top two places in Ernst & Young’s Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index. The Chinese government has announced in the ...

August 31, 2011

Anheuser-Busch Supplies Recycled Water to Residents, Other Companies

Anheuser-Busch Supplies Recycled Water to Residents, Other CompaniesA project by Anheuser-Busch InBev is using recycled water from one of its plants to support local public housing, in an initiative that the ...

August 30, 2011

Sub-$15 LED Bulb Unveiled

Sub-$15 LED Bulb UnveiledLighting Science Group and Dixon Technologies have revealed a 60-watt equivalent LED bulb that they say will be the first to sell ...

August 30, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Raw Material Reporting, XL Go-Ahead, ConocoPhillips Sued

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Raw Material Reporting, XL Go-Ahead, ConocoPhillips SuedThe EPA on Thursday said it would delay reporting rules that will require manufacturers and power plants to submit information on ...

August 26, 2011

GE Bundles EV Tech with Hertz Cars, Forms CHP Venture

GE Bundles EV Tech with Hertz Cars, Forms CHP VentureHertz and GE Industrial Solutions China have announced a partnership aimed at renting electric vehicles to multinational companies and government agencies in China. In the agreement, the ...

August 25, 2011