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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 ...
E-waste Recovery Totals $6.8b in 2010, Grows 3x Faster than Other Streams
E-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 ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: VDI 4707, European Parliament, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, e-Stewards, LEED
Four 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. ...
Microsoft: Cloud Computing Can Cut Emissions by 30% or More
Information Communication Technology (ICT) equipment and services are estimated to double their global carbon emissions to 4 percent of global electricity consumption by 2020, taking ...
Wah Fung Group Announces Efficient Fabric Dyeing Process
A 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 ...
PwC, Deloitte Named as Exemplar Sustainability Consultants
Only a handful of firms - Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers being the most prominent - have excelled when providing major companies with corporate-wide sustainability visions, according to ...
ISO 14066 Details Skill Set Needed for GHG Validation and Verification
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released a set of standards to determine the skill set and evaluate the competence of the ...
Deloitte Expands Sustainability Offerings, Acquires ClearCarbon, DOMANI
Taking steps to expand in what it has identified as a “key growth area,” Deloitte has acquired the assets of ClearCarbon Consulting, Inc. and DOMANI ...
Hara Lands Huge Abu Dhabi Environmental, Energy Management Contract
Hara 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 ...
Intertek Gears Up For Energy Star Enhanced Testing and Verification
Intertek is deploying 18 energy efficiency testing labs - nearly 30 percent of its commercial and electrical labs globally - across North America, Europe, and ...
KPMG Cuts Carbon Footprint 26% in 2 Years
KPMG, 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, ...
Sustainability Platforms to be Replaced by Integrated Systems
Existing sustainability platforms will likely be replaced by more integrated software solutions, according to a recent survey by Verdantix.
Four niche categories of software applications ...
Intertek Unveils Carbon Offset Program
Intertek 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 ...
Carbon, Energy Management Tools Automate Tracking, Reduce Costs
Small to large businesses can take advantage of carbon and energy management tools to help them gather emissions, energy and other environmental data. These tools ...
Cisco Goes After Enterprise Energy Management Market
Cisco has updated to its Smart Connected Buildings portfolio, a collection of services that provide for centralized management of buildings across global enterprise operations. The ...
OSU Energy Efficiency Center Offers Services to Farmers, Rural Businesses
Oregon 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 ...
Govt Carbon Management Mkt Near $300m by 2017
The 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, ...
NY Passes E-Waste Law, Manufacturers Get Ready To Pay
The New York State legislature passed a new electronics recycling law on Friday over unified Republican opposition, according to a report in ...
West Fraser Selects Carbonetwork’s Management Solutions
Forest products company West Fraser Timber Company has selected Carbonetworks as its supplier for performance management software for energy, greenhouse gas ...
SAP, Wipro Collaborate On Sustainability Solutions
Indian IT services firm Wipro announced Friday that it has entered into an agreement with German software company SAP ...
