Asia
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 ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: FERC Regulations, Wastewater Rules, Fines for ConocoPhillips and Sherwin-Williams
The 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 ...
Toyota, Honda Plants Among Hundreds Closed by Thai Floods
Honda 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fuel Standard Delay, Wind Project Scuttled, DOE Policy Shift Proposed
The 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 ...
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 ...
WEF Names 16 Emerging Economy Sustainability Champions
Natura, 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 ...
Marriott Mumbai Taps Nalco for Water Reduction
The 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 ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: RoHS Lead Exemption, WEEE Compromise, LEED Platinum Luxury
The European Union on Monday added a new exemption for lead to the RoHS directive on toxic substances in electronic goods, ENDS Europe reported. ...
Sustainability And The Auto Industry at APAC16
Dr.Pawan Goenka, Chairman - Asia Pacific Automotive Engineering Conference 16 and President - Automotive & Farm Equipment Sector, Mahindra & ...
APP-China Revises Sustainability Commitments
Asia Pulp & Paper says it has published new sustainability commitments for its Chinese operations, but the company has not announced specific ...
SABMiller, WWF Seek Water Futures Partners
Brewer 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 ...
China, U.S. Keep Renewable Investment Top Spots
China 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 ...
Anheuser-Busch Supplies Recycled Water to Residents, Other Companies
A project by Anheuser-Busch InBev is using recycled water from one of its plants to support local public housing, in an initiative that the ...
Sub-$15 LED Bulb Unveiled
Lighting Science Group and Dixon Technologies have revealed a 60-watt equivalent LED bulb that they say will be the first to sell ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Raw Material Reporting, XL Go-Ahead, ConocoPhillips Sued
The EPA on Thursday said it would delay reporting rules that will require manufacturers and power plants to submit information on ...
GE Bundles EV Tech with Hertz Cars, Forms CHP Venture
Hertz 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 ...
