Asia
P&G Talks Up Asia Sustainability Efforts
P&G promo video highlights environmental sustainability in P&G Asia.
Building Cap-and-Trade System ‘An Ingenious Approach’
The world’s first cap and trade system just for buildings could prove a model for other municipalities seeking to cut emissions, according to ...
Liquefied Natural Gas Boom Predicted
The liquefied natural gas industry can expect a ten-year global investment high of $26 billion per year by 2015, according to a report ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Massive Shell Spill, Online Violation Tracking, EPA Easing Carbon Capture
The EPA on Thursday proposed a rule that would exclude carbon dioxide streams that are injected for geologic sequestration, in wells designated for ...
Panasonic Launches Household-Level Energy Management Project in Singapore
Panasonic Corporation has launched a two-year pilot energy project with the government of the Republic of Singapore to collaborate on the development and testing of a ...
Staples, Cemex, Five Other Firms Help Start Sustainable Business Model Collaborative
Staples, Siemens and Johnson & Johnson are among a group of companies that have joined forces with think tank the World Resources Institute start an initiative ...
How Brands are Selling Green in China
China's insatiable appetite for growth has created some of the world's most polluted cities and rising concerns about food safety, air ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: SEC Climate Disclosure, San Fran Gold, EPA Sued Over Smog
Wyoming senator John Barrasso on Wednesday reintroduced a bill to stop the Securities and Exchange Commission’s policy of requiring companies to reveal their climate change risks. The Hill article says the lawmaker would rather ...
Lego Drops APP Packaging After Greenpeace Campaign
Lego has bowed to pressure from Greenpeace, reportedly agreeing to drop supplier Asia Pulp and Paper, and the toy company says it will only use packaging ...
Environmental Enforcement: China Halts ConocoPhillips Operations
The Chinese government yesterday ordered ConocoPhillips to stop operations at several rigs in an area affected by a 336 square mile oil ...
L’Oreal Buys Veolia Wastewater Treatment Plant
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies is constructing a wastewater treatment plant to reduce the environmental impact of cosmetics company L'Oreal's manufacturing facilities in Asia.
The treatment plant ...
Coke in China Switches to PETG Labelling
A subsidiary firm of Fuwei Films has won the contract to supply environmentally-friendly PETG heat-shrinkable labels to China Bottlers Procurement Consortium, the authorized procurement service provider for the Coca-Cola bottling system in China.
The Fuwei subsidiary ...
Japanese Firms Turn Out Lights, Redefine Weekend to Save Energy
Japan is embracing energy efficiency at an unprecedented rate, as the country continues to deal with the fall-out from its nuclear energy crisis, the ...
Bonn Wrap-Up: Kyoto Faces Gap, Figueres Urges Action
The latest round of U.N. talks on global warming have ended in uncertainty: not only over the future of the Kyoto Protocol, but even ...
Mattel Bows to Greenpeace Pressure on APP Packaging
Mattel has pledged to create a sustainable procurement policy and directed suppliers to put a freeze on purchases from Asia Pulp & Paper, ...
Greenpeace Scales Mattel HQ in Toy Packaging Protest
Greenpeace has launched a global campaign against Mattel, scaling headquarter buildings around the world and hanging huge banners depicting a frowning Ken doll and the ...
Japan to Execs: Wear Sandals, Hawaiian Shirts to Save Energy
The Japanese government launched its "Super Cool Biz" campaign today, pushing employees to wear Hawaiian shirts, T-shirts and sandals to work in order to ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Edison's Bryson Nominated; India Plans Efficiency Trades
President Obama has announced his choice for commerce secretary: John Bryson, former chairman and CEO of utility company Edison International – the parent company ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Calif. Cap-and-Trade, Nuclear Delays, Logging Ban
A state superior court judge ruled on Friday that California must halt plans for a cap-and-trade system until regulators can consider alternatives to ...
Managing the Information Glut
If there is one thing there is no shortage of in the energy sector, it’s information. The sheer volume of data generated in ...
