Carbon Management
Carbon management is the effort to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse emissions. These stories look at corporate sustainability programs and attempts to lower energy costs through carbon management. They also explore fuel standard requirements, EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions to prevent global warming, and efforts to reduce carbon footprints.
Delivering Sustainable Supply Chains
Regulation, along with a drive to improve efficiency and enhance corporate reputation, has encouraged the majority of large organizations to look ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: GreenScreens, Global Sustainable Tourism Council, WaterSense, CarbonNeutral
NSF International now offers chemical reviews in accordance with Clean Production Action's (CPA) GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals program. The Greenscreen scores chemicals from one through ...
Carbon Tracking Declines Among Energy Firms, Survey Finds
A surprising 68 percent of energy and utility industry professionals say they have no system in place to track and report on carbon emissions, up ...
North America Lags on Supplier Emission Cuts
North American suppliers are likely to fall behind in the race to capitalize on climate change opportunities, scoring a D average on emissions performance ...
Coke Improves Water Efficiency for 8th Straight Year
In 2010, Coca-Cola improved its water use efficiency for the eighth consecutive year, with a ratio of 2.26 liters of water per liter of ...
Tesco Quits Carbon Labeling
Tesco, the U.K.'s biggest retailer, has decided to stop using a carbon labeling program a few years after promising to label all ...
Software Briefing: NCC Group, Ryder, SAIC and ThinkEco
Nordic region-based construction and property development firm NCC Group is to start using CA Technologies' CA ecoSoftware energy and sustainability management system. NCC hopes ...
Report: Retrofits ‘More Green’ than New-Builds
Renovating old buildings is better for the environment than building new structures, according to a report by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
According to ...
Companies ‘Lagging’ on Carbon Accounting
Despite looming deadlines for compliance with carbon regulations, most companies are still lagging in their comprehension of carbon accounting as a whole, according to ...
C3 Unveils Version 3 Energy and Emissions Software
C3 has launched version three of its Energy and Emissions Management software.
C3 Version 3 is an integrated suite of applications that manage enterprise-wide energy ...
Grupo Pao de Acucar Chooses SAP for Energy Monitoring
The Grupo Pao de Acucar, the largest retailer in South America, has selected the SAP Carbon Impact OnDemand product to monitor and manage carbon emissions ...
Turbine Makers: Who’s Producing Most Efficiently?
Decarbonising Europe's energy use will create opportunities for manufacturers of low-carbon energy technologies, such as Vestas and General Electric. Their operational and ...
Intuit Cuts Electricity Per Dollar Revenue, Absolute Consumption Rises
Intuit has steadily improved its electricity usage relative to revenue since 2007, but its absolute electricity usage has increased since FY08, according to the ...
Locus, ChemAdvisor Combine Chemical Database and Environmental ePortal
ChemAdvisor's chemical regulatory database will be offered as a module within Locus Technologies' ePortal, the two environmental software companies have announced.
Locus president and CEO ...
Carbon Tools Launched for Law Firms, Employee Engagement
Law firm consultancy ecoAnalyze has released ED3 Lite, a free online tool for law firms to calculate their carbon footprints.
Firms can use ED3 Lite ...
Carbon Disclosure Project Employs WCI App; Tendril Seeks Smart Grid Developers
The Carbon Disclosure Project is using WCI Consulting's Green Analytics content in combination with cloud-based business intelligence software from SAP, to analyze and ...
Indirect Carbon Emissions and Why They Matter
According to our recent research, a combination of regulation and consumer demand means that 93% of multinational companies are now taking ...
States Abandon Carbon Market
Six U.S. states have abandoned the planned Western Climate Initiative greenhouse gas trading program leaving only California and four Canadian provinces involved in the program's development, ...
Motorola, Deutsche Bank, Bloomberg Sign up to Windmade Label
Major global companies including Motorola Mobility, Deutsche Bank and Bloomberg have produced or have pledged to procure at least 25 percent of their operations’ power consumption ...
Atos to Use SAP Sustainability App; Greenstone Updates Acco2unt
International IT services company Atos will use SAP BusinessObjects Sustainability ...
