Awards
GE Wins Award for Best Sustainability Reporting
GE Corporation has earned the top sustainability reporting award at the 2009 Ceres Conference in San Francisco, California. The winners of the Ceres-Association of Chartered Certified ...
Sports Arenas Go Green
Office and government buildings aren't the only structures going green; two sports arenas -- the Philips Arena and the American Airlines Arena -- have met the requirements ...
“Use Less Stuff” Logo Rewards Reductions in Product, Packaging and Energy
A new green certification program for products and packages will be launched on Earth Day, April 22, reported PackWorld. Companies can earn the "Use Less Stuff" certification if they deliver a 20-percent reduction ...
EU May Add Processed Foods to Eco-Label Program
The European Parliament has endorsed an agreement on extending the European Union's (EU) eco-label scheme to other products, reported EurActiv.com. After EU member-state representatives have formally adopted the regulation, processed food and feed products ...
CorporateRegister.com Announces CR Reporting Award Winners
CorporateRegister.com has announced the winners of its second CR Reporting Awards 2008 (CRRA '08). This year's winners include Vodafone, Virgin Media, Ecologic Designs, Novo Nordisk, Royal ...
Aviation CO2 Calculator Released, GHG Verification Class Certified
While the aviation industry gained a new CO2 calculator, a new class of independent carbon certifiers emerged. A new report from Oxford University calls Sabre Holding's air ...
Business Travel Association Sponsors Corporate Social Responsibility Awards
The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) has awarded its first Corporate Social Responsibility Awards (CSR) to Symantec and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) at the first Green ...
JCPenney Earns Energy Star Award for Sustained Energy Management
JCPenney is the first retailer to earn the ENERGY STAR Award for Sustained Excellence in Energy Management by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the ...
Teknion, Bentley Prince Street, Kyocera Mita Receive Evergreen Awards
The U.S. General Services Administration presented 2009 Evergreen Awards to Teknion, Bentley Prince Street and Kyocera Mita for their green efforts in the business categories of furniture, ...
GE to Deliver Smarter Appliances
GE Consumer & Industrial plans to introduce a suite of "smart" appliances, or energy-management-enabled appliances, that are enabled to receive a signal from local utility companies that are participating in tiered rate programs to help ...
Two U.S. Honda Plants Cut Energy Use, Emissions
Based on advances in reducing energy use while producing cars and light trucks, Honda's Ohio and Alabama plants have earned Energy ...
Uptime Institute Announces Global Green 100 List
The Uptime Institute announced its Global Green 100 list, which highlights significant energy efficiency achievements of global corporations operating major data centers. The list includes Fortune 500 ...
UPS Gets $470K To Reduce Diesel Emissions
UPS has been awarded about $470,000 by the EPA's Diesel Emissions Reduction National Program. The grant will fund two projects to reduce particulate matter: the replacement of diesel engines in ground support cargo tugs ...
100 Most Sustainable Companies 2009
Corporate Knights Inc and Innovest Strategic Value Advisors announced its fifth annual list of the 100 most sustainable corporations in the world at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The G100 includes ...
HSBC Tops Ethical Rankings List
Covalence recently published their annual Ethical Rankings from a study of over 540 companies across 18 different industries. They used data from 2002 to Nov. '08 and ranked companies according to ...
Panasonic’s ‘E Floor’ Wins Award at Eco-Products 2008
The E Floor, a product developed by Panasonic Electric Works, was recently given the Chairperson's Award at the Eco-Products 2008 expo held in Tokyo, reports Green Building Elements. The E Floor is ...
Lockheed Martin Nabs Awards
Lockheed Martin has been given several awards this year for its actions towards the aggressive 25 percent reduction goal for carbon, waste, and water use it set in 2007, to achieve ...
Eaton Launches Sustainability Microsite
Eaton Corp., which recently changed its tagline to "powering businesses worldwide" to reflect a change in focus to hi-tech power management products, has launched a special section of its website devoted to ...
DOE Offers $200M in Biofuel Awards
The Department of Energy (DOE) will award as much as $200 million in grants to 5-12 projects over the next six years for advanced biofuel pilot refineries. By giving support, the US hopes ...
DOE Awards Energy Savings Contracts Worth $80 Billion
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded new Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs) to 16 companies. Under an ESPC, the contractor designs, constructs, and obtains the necessary ...
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Tom Stacy on National Grid Again Rejects High Costs of Offshore Wind
"Each time government entices big money investment away from riskier, but clearly..."
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"Yet another example of the potential of combined heat & power to transform..."
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Trade Association on Trade Group on EPA Chemical Regs: ‘If Everything is a Priority, Then Nothing is a Priority’
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Gary Markowitz on Supermarkets Tackle Emissions Reductions, Fuel Efficiency
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Environmental Leader on S. America Takes Most Urgent View of Copenhagen Talks
"The survey respondents (the PDF report mentions 4,000 respondents in 38..."