Carbon Offsets/RECs
Carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates (RECs) are available to help companies meet regulatory and corporate sustainability goals for reducing their carbon footprint. Each REC is equivalent to a single megawatt-hour of electricity generated by a renewable energy source such as solar or wind power. Read articles here about carbon offsets, RECs, green-e certified renewable energy sales, and renewable energy credits.
Appliance Recycling Centers Using Robots to Extract Fridge Coolant
Appliance Recycling Centers of America Inc. is using a robotic system to remove almost all coolant from refrigerators, including the hard-to-reach coolant in foam insulation.
The Minneapolis-based ...
Empire State Building Awarded LEED Gold Certification
The Empire State Building has been awarded LEED Gold for Existing Buildings certification.
It is the tallest and almost certainly the best-known building in the U.S. to ...
Dell to Revamp GHG Measurement; No Longer Carbon-Neutral
Dell’s changing business model is forcing the company to craft a new way of measuring its carbon footprint, the company notes in its ...
London Olympics Drops Carbon Offset Pledge
Organizers of the London 2012 Olympic Games have dropped plans to offset the event’s carbon emissions, blaming requirements that such offset projects would have been located ...
Sail Venture Partners’ Walter Schindler Discusses Sustainability
Walter Schindler, managing director of Sail Venture Partners discusses sustainability.
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Imperial Sugar, Wetlands Fill, Gas Storage
Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division says Imperial Sugar will pay $80,000 to settle charges that the company violated state clean ...
ICE Adds 21 Emissions Contracts to Replace Futures Exchange
Intercontinental Exchange has announced plans to launch 21 over-the-counter North American emissions contracts.
The announcement follows on the heels of news that ICE will ...
Carbon Futures Platform to Shut; Offsets Near Record Lows
Financial markets firm Intercontinental Exchange Inc. is to shut its emissions derivatives trading platform, Chicago Climate Futures Exchange, by the end of the first quarter, the ...
NYSE Euronext Goes Carbon-Neutral
NYSE Euronext has become the first carbon-neutral global exchange operator, the company has announced.
The parent company of markets including the New York Stock Exchange ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: EPA Funding, Aussie Carbon Tax, Hazardous Waste Regs
The environment subcommittee of the House appropriations committee approved a bill this morning that would slash funds for the EPA, the Hill ...
CB Richard Ellis Reaches Carbon Neutrality Goal
CB Richard Ellis has achieved carbon neutrality for its 2010 global operations, the company has announced.
CBRE says it is the first global commercial real estate ...
Calif. Cap-and-Trade Work Gets Go-Ahead
The State of California can push ahead with plans to implement a carbon cap-and-trade system, a state appellate court has ruled, according to ...
Australia Considers Killing Camels for Carbon Credits
Under Australia's Carbon Farming Initiative, a plan to help combat emissions that was recently submitted to parliament, Adelaide-based company Northwest Carbon has suggested the ...
Voluntary Carbon Market Surges, Global Carbon Trading Stalls
The voluntary carbon market shrugged off policy failures and the closure of the Chicago Climate Exchange in 2010 to post a 34% surge ...
General Dynamics’ Power Contracts to Save $150,000
General Dynamics has negotiated purchasing contracts for green power that it says will save the company more than $150,000 a year.
World Energy Solutions helped General Dynamics ...
UPS, Live Nation to Offset Travel and Shipping Emissions
UPS and Live Nation Entertainment has struck a partnership to offset the carbon emissions from ticket shipping and musician travel.
The multi-year sponsorship alliance is ...
Bloomberg Claims 200% ROI on Sustainability
Every dollar that Bloomberg has spent on sustainability has saved two dollars in operating costs, according to the company’s first public sustainability report.
The ...
Firms Ditch Offsets as EU Ban Looms
Companies may be rushing to rid themselves of a type of offset credit that will soon be banned under European regulations, according ...
FTSE 100 Firms Offset 0.1% of Carbon
Members of the FTSE 100 buy carbon offsets worth only 0.1 percent of their carbon emissions – a “pitifully low” proportion, according to ...
Disney Cuts Electricity Use, But GHG Increases
The Walt Disney Company saw a 0.5 percent increase in direct greenhouse gas emissions between 2009 and 2010, despite reducing electricity consumption by 2.7 ...
