Carbon Footprint
Carbon footprint is the measure of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG’s) caused by a business, society, or individual. Here you will find the latest information on environmental footprint assessment tools, corporate carbon footprints, carbon emissions, and carbon offsets.
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Energy Star Buildings, WindMade, Corrugated Packaging, WEEE
Here's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes nine items.
The newly released list of U.S. cities with ...
Kraft Cuts 45 Million Lbs of Packaging, 12.5m Travel Miles
Since 2010 Kraft Foods has cut 45 million pounds of weight from the packaging of its products, according to an update on the company's progress ...
FedEx Express Launches Carbon-Neutral Shipping
FedEx Express, an operating company of FedEx Corp., is launching a carbon-neutral shipping program for its most widely used packaging for document shipping.
FedEx Express will ...
Lockheed Meets Green Goals a Year Early
Defense company Lockheed Martin has achieved its five-year sustainability goals a year ahead of schedule.
Lockheed Martin's programs have reduced its corporate water usage by 25 ...
BAE Sustainability Report: 6% 2010 Drop in Emissions With 2% Sales Rise
BAE Systems cut its CO2 emissions by 6 percent from 2009 to 2010, while its sales increased just over 2 percent in that time period, ...
A Look at the Outperformance of the Carbon Efficient Index
Here, Michael Orzano, associate director of Global Equity Indices, and Alka Banerjee, vice president of Global Equity & Strategy Indices for S&P Indices, ...
WellPoint and Xerox Managed Print Services Cut GHGs 60%, Expect $3m a Year in Savings
Health benefits company WellPoint has teamed up with Xerox to develop a sustainable document strategy via the consolidation of its printing equipment and monitoring of ...
O2's Flexible Working Day Saves 12.2 MT of Carbon
U.K. cell phone network O2 says that its recent one-day flexible working pilot saved the equivalent of roughly 12.2 metric tons of CO2.
During the pilot, ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Carbon Trust Standard, CEMARS, Net Zero Energy Building, ISO 50001, LEED
Here's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items.
Samsung Electronics has earned the Carbon Trust Standard ...
Bacardi Sustainability Report: Energy Efficiency Up 7%, Water Efficiency Up 9%
Drinks giant Bacardi reduced its absolute water use by four percent in 2011, while improving its water use efficiency by nine percent, according to the ...
Offset Supply to Drive Western Climate Initiative, Analysts Say
Offset supply will be the main long-term allowance price driver after California and Quebec link their emissions trading programs next year to form ...
Volvo Sustainability Report: Hazardous Waste Up 14%, Energy Use 7% - But Sales Up 17%
From 2010 to 2011, Volvo Group's energy use rose 7 percent and its hazardous waste production rose by 14 percent - both smaller percentages than ...
United, American, Other Airlines Drop EU Carbon Trading Lawsuit, Urge U.S. to Act
American Airlines, United Continental and association Airlines for America have dropped their lawsuit challenging U.S. airlines' inclusion in the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme, ...
SAP Measuring Footprints of 35,000 Danone Products
German software corporation SAP is helping French food group Danone to measure the individual carbon footprints of 35,000 of its products, as the food firm ...
All Nippon Group Sets 20% Carbon Reduction Goal
ANA Group, Japan's largest airline group, is aiming to cut its carbon emissions by 20 percent by 2020 compared with 2005 levels.
Dubbed ANA Fly Eco ...
Harper Launches Green Modeling Tool for Carbon Fiber Manufacturers
Thermal processing products firm Harper International has launched Beacon, a program allowing carbon fiber manufacturers to evaluate the carbon footprint of their manufacturing process and ...
Reducing Data Center Power Consumption: Steps to Minimize Your Facility’s Carbon Footprint
Commercial data centers are at the forefront of the growing and highly intense public debate over power consumption and carbon footprints. By assuming ...
When Emissions Are Outsourced
At first glance, CO2 emissions growth from fossil fuels and industrial processes looks fairly benign for developed countries. Compared to a 1990 baseline, ...
Verizon Aims to Cut Carbon Intensity by Half by 2020
Verizon announced yesterday that it will cut its CO2 intensity in half by 2020, using 2009 as a baseline.
The company made the announcement as it ...
BNSF Rail Customers Prevented Over 30m Metric Tons of CO2 in 2011
BNSF reports that its customers avoided 30 million metric tons of CO2 emissions in 2011 by shipping their freight by rail instead of moving their ...
