Business-to-Business

Matt Brewing Cuts Steam Use, Energy Costs

Matt Brewing Cuts Steam Use, Energy CostsThe company behind Saranac brand beers has installed a steam pressure management system that has reduced steam use by about a third, while saving water ...

May 25, 2012

P&G Shifts 200 Forklifts to Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power

P&G Shifts 200 Forklifts to Hydrogen Fuel Cell PowerProctor & Gamble, owner of the Tide, Pampers and Gillette brands, will convert its battery-operated forklift fleets at three facilities to ones ...

May 25, 2012

Daikin McQuay Commercial AC First to Meet DOE Efficiency Challenge

Daikin McQuay Commercial AC First to Meet DOE Efficiency ChallengeDaikin McQuay is the first manufacturer to meet the US Energy Department's rooftop unit challenge, an initiative announced in January 2011 that ...

May 25, 2012

Google, Fox, 52 Others Among EDF Climate Corps Newcomers

Google, Fox, 52 Others Among EDF Climate Corps NewcomersGoogle, Pfizer and Fox Entertainment Group are among the 54 companies joining the Environmental Defense Fund's Climate Corps program for the first time this year. The ...

May 24, 2012

Goldman Sachs to Pump $40bn into Clean Energy

Goldman Sachs to Pump $40bn into Clean EnergyGoldman Sachs Group plans to invest $40 billion over the next 10 years into renewable energy, an area ...

May 24, 2012

Shaw Industries, Kilian Reveal Chemical Substitution Successes

Shaw Industries, Kilian Reveal Chemical Substitution SuccessesGerman sign manufacturer Kilian Industrieschilder and carpet firm Shaw Industries are among the companies that have found environmentally friendly substitutes for problematic or dangerous chemicals ...

May 24, 2012

Accor Launches Carbon Footprint Calculator for Events

Accor Launches Carbon Footprint Calculator for EventsAccor, the European hotel group that owns the Sofitel and Adagio brands, has launched an interactive tool designed to help seminar organizers determine the carbon ...

May 23, 2012

Del Monte Foods, Others Join KKR’s Green Portfolio Program

Del Monte Foods, Others Join KKR’s Green Portfolio ProgramPrivate equity firm Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts is adding seven of its portfolio companies, including Del Monte Foods, healthcare products firm Capsugel and telecommunications firm ...

May 23, 2012

Winning App Helps Commercial Buildings Get Energy Star Benchmark

Winning App Helps Commercial Buildings Get Energy Star BenchmarkMelon, an app that simplifies the process of getting an Energy Star benchmark for a commercial building, was one of the big winners in ...

May 23, 2012

EL Pro Kimberly-Clark Sustainability Report: 99.9% of Virgin Fiber From Certified Sources

Kimberly-Clark Sustainability Report: 99.9% of Virgin Fiber From Certified SourcesKimberly-Clark, the company behind Kleenex, Scott and Huggies, has made significant progress on some of its 2015 sustainability goals, including aiming to source 100 percent ...

May 22, 2012

Top Environmental Services Firms Named

Top Environmental Services Firms NamedAECOM, AMEC, Arcadis, CH2M Hill, ERM, SAIC and URS lead the US market for environmental services, according to a report from Verdantix. Green Quadrant ...

May 21, 2012

Sustainable Architectural Coatings ‘Will Grow Market Share’

Sustainable Architectural Coatings ‘Will Grow Market Share’Consumer awareness, government regulations and the widespread acceptance of energy efficiency standards for buildings are driving the development of ...

May 18, 2012

Hilton, BSR Launch Sustainable Procurement Center

Hilton, BSR Launch Sustainable Procurement CenterHilton Worldwide and sustainability consultants BSR have launched a three-year initiative to help procurement professionals make more informed purchasing decisions based on the ...

May 16, 2012

US Airways, Shutterfly Drop Sustainable Forestry Initiative

US Airways, Shutterfly Drop Sustainable Forestry InitiativeUS Airways, Shutterfly, Energizer, Allied Electronics, Phillips Van Heusen, Pitney Bowes and Ruby Tuesday will stop using the Sustainable Forestry Initiative seal on their products, ...

May 16, 2012

Telecom Industry to Shift More Capital to Energy Efficiency

Telecom Industry to Shift More Capital to Energy Efficiency The telecom service industry will invest more than 61 percent of its capital expenditures into sustainable infrastructure by 2016, representing a ...

May 15, 2012

Walmart Cuts Outdoor Water Use with WeatherTrak Devices; Three Products Launched

Walmart Cuts Outdoor Water Use with WeatherTrak Devices; Three Products LaunchedWalmart stores equipped with WeatherTRAK smart irrigation controllers have reduced outdoor water use an average of 39 percent since they were installed in ...

May 14, 2012

Marriott Ranked Least Efficient, as Budget Hotels Show the Way

Marriott Ranked Least Efficient, as Budget Hotels Show the WayA sustainability study of 46,000 US hotels by tech company Brighter Planet found budget hotels ...

May 7, 2012

Port of Los Angeles to Pay Carriers for Using Low-Emission Ships

Port of Los Angeles to Pay Carriers for Using Low-Emission ShipsThe Port of Los Angeles has adopted an international clean air program that will ...

May 7, 2012

Free Online Tool Helps Manufacturers Assess Sustainability Efforts

Free Online Tool Helps Manufacturers Assess Sustainability EffortsUL Environment, the environmental services unit of Underwriters Laboratories, has launched a free web-based tool to help manufacturers assess their corporate sustainability efforts. The ...

May 4, 2012

North America Has Capacity to Store 500 Years of CO2 Emissions

North America Has Capacity to Store 500 Years of CO2 EmissionsNorth America's geological formations have the capacity to store 500 years of carbon dioxide emissions, according to an atlas produced by the United States, Canada ...

May 4, 2012