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The Environment and Economic, Accounting and Decision-Making Systems

The Environment and Economic, Accounting and Decision-Making Systems On Thursday 15th December 2011 over 200 representatives from the international accounting and business communities, investors, government, academia and civil society ...

December 27, 2011

E-waste Recovery Totals $6.8b in 2010, Grows 3x Faster than Other Streams

E-waste Recovery Totals $6.8b in 2010, Grows 3x Faster than Other StreamsE-waste is a small portion of global waste, contributing only a 0.01 percent to 3 percent of total global waste, but it is growing at a ...

December 20, 2011

EL Pro Standards & Compliance Briefing: VDI 4707, European Parliament, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, e-Stewards, LEED

Standards & Compliance Briefing: VDI 4707, European Parliament, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, e-Stewards, LEEDFour double deck high-speed elevators from ThyssenKrupp Elevator installed in the 492-meter-tall Shanghai World Financial Center have received the VDI 4707 energy efficiency class A rating. ...

December 20, 2011

Microsoft: Cloud Computing Can Cut Emissions by 30% or More

Microsoft: Cloud Computing Can Cut Emissions by 30% or MoreInformation Communication Technology (ICT) equipment and services are estimated to double their global carbon emissions to 4 percent of global electricity consumption by 2020, taking ...

December 16, 2011

Wah Fung Group Announces Efficient Fabric Dyeing Process

Wah Fung Group Announces Efficient Fabric Dyeing ProcessA dyeing process designed by fabric supplier Wah Fung Group can achieve 13 percent carbon savings and over 50 percent water savings in fabric manufacturing when ...

December 1, 2011

PwC, Deloitte Named as Exemplar Sustainability Consultants

PwC, Deloitte Named as Exemplar Sustainability ConsultantsOnly a handful of firms - Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers being the most prominent - have excelled when providing major companies with corporate-wide sustainability visions, according to ...

November 10, 2011

ISO 14066 Details Skill Set Needed for GHG Validation and Verification

ISO 14066 Details Skill Set Needed for GHG Validation and VerificationThe International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released a set of standards to determine the skill set and evaluate the competence of the ...

August 1, 2011

Deloitte Expands Sustainability Offerings, Acquires ClearCarbon, DOMANI

Deloitte Expands Sustainability Offerings, Acquires ClearCarbon, DOMANITaking steps to expand in what it has identified as a “key growth area,” Deloitte has acquired the assets of ClearCarbon Consulting, Inc. and DOMANI ...

December 13, 2010

Hara Lands Huge Abu Dhabi Environmental, Energy Management Contract

Hara Lands Huge Abu Dhabi Environmental, Energy Management ContractHara has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement with the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA), the largest state-run utility in the United Arab ...

December 7, 2010

Intertek Gears Up For Energy Star Enhanced Testing and Verification

Intertek Gears Up For Energy Star Enhanced Testing and VerificationIntertek is deploying 18 energy efficiency testing labs - nearly 30 percent of its commercial and electrical labs globally - across North America, Europe, and ...

October 22, 2010

KPMG Cuts Carbon Footprint 26% in 2 Years

KPMG Cuts Carbon Footprint 26% in 2 YearsKPMG, LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, today announced it achieved a 26 percent reduction in its carbon footprint from 2007 through 2009, ...

July 22, 2010

Sustainability Platforms to be Replaced by Integrated Systems

Sustainability Platforms to be Replaced by Integrated SystemsExisting sustainability platforms will likely be replaced by more integrated software solutions, according to a recent survey by Verdantix. Four niche categories of software applications ...

July 9, 2010

Intertek Unveils Carbon Offset Program

Intertek Unveils Carbon Offset ProgramIntertek has launched a carbon offset program that allows its customers to offset carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions for its auditing services in China. The China program ...

July 6, 2010

Carbon, Energy Management Tools Automate Tracking, Reduce Costs

Carbon, Energy Management Tools Automate Tracking, Reduce CostsSmall to large businesses can take advantage of carbon and energy management tools to help them gather emissions, energy and other environmental data. These tools ...

July 1, 2010

Cisco Goes After Enterprise Energy Management Market

Cisco Goes After Enterprise Energy Management MarketCisco has updated to its Smart Connected Buildings portfolio, a collection of services that provide for centralized management of buildings across global enterprise operations. The ...

June 30, 2010

OSU Energy Efficiency Center Offers Services to Farmers, Rural Businesses

OSU Energy Efficiency Center Offers Services to Farmers, Rural BusinessesOregon State University's Energy Efficiency Center is offering its energy-efficiency services to Oregon farmers and rural businesses looking to cut their energy expenses, reports Sustainable ...

June 22, 2010

Govt Carbon Management Mkt Near $300m by 2017

Govt Carbon Management Mkt Near $300m by 2017The U.S. federal government’s demand for carbon management software is expected to grow from its current level of $36 million to $294 million by 2017, ...

June 1, 2010

NY Passes E-Waste Law, Manufacturers Get Ready To Pay

NY Passes E-Waste Law, Manufacturers Get Ready To PayThe New York State legislature passed a new electronics recycling law on Friday over unified Republican opposition, according to a report in ...

June 1, 2010

West Fraser Selects Carbonetwork’s Management Solutions

West Fraser Selects Carbonetwork’s Management SolutionsForest products company West Fraser Timber Company has selected Carbonetworks as its supplier for performance management software for energy, greenhouse gas ...

May 17, 2010

SAP, Wipro Collaborate On Sustainability Solutions

SAP, Wipro Collaborate On Sustainability SolutionsIndian IT services firm Wipro announced Friday that it has entered into an agreement with German software company SAP ...

May 17, 2010