E-Waste
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Chemical Standard, Singapore Ecolabel, WEEE
ANSI on Wednesday unveiled a new standard that establishes criteria for comparing chemicals and processes. The standard, NSF/GCI/ANSI 355 Greener Chemicals and Processes Information Standard, was ...
Kaiser Permanente, Fujitsu Lead Green IT Rankings
Kaiser Permanente, KPMG, State Street and Allstate lead this year’s Computerworld rankings of the top green IT users, while Fujitsu, HP, Accenture and Microsoft top the list for green IT vendors and data center suppliers.
Fujitsu ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Oil Sustainability Certification, Prop. 65 'Dunks' Acrylamide, WEEE Trial
Equitable Origin on Monday announced the launch of a stakeholder-based sustainability certification for the oil and gas industry, the first of its kind, according to the ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Green Climate Fund, Basel Amendment, Roadless Rule
A United Nations committee has completed the draft design of a Green Climate Fund that would send $100 billion per year by 2020 to assist developing ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: WindMade Label, EV Harmonized Port, LEED Awards
WindMade on Wednesday announced the criteria for a consumer label identifying companies that buy wind power and other renewable energy. To receive the certification companies must ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Hilton ISO Certifications, Petroleum Standards, Gates LEED Honors
Kimberly-Clark Corp. announced on Monday that it has become the first national tissue maker certified as meeting the sustainable sourcing requirements of the Forest Stewardship Council. ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Prop. 65 Suit, ASTM Energy Standard, Lamborghini ISO 50001
Environmentalists have brought a large lawsuit under California's Proposition 65 against major food and beverage companies retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores, Gerber, Dole, Safeway, and Whole Foods, ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: WEEE Revision, REACH Review, Honda LEED Certifications
The European Parliament's environment, public health and food safety committee is expected next week to endorse a proposal that would strengthen EU rules on e-waste, European ...
Panasonic Using SAP Recycling Software
Electronics giant Panasonic is using SAP's Recycling Administration software to aid compliance with product end-of-life regulations.
Panasonic uses the SAP product to classify recyclable materials by type, ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Cadmium Jewelry Standard, WEEE, IEEE SmartGrid Portal
The U.S. jewelry industry, still reeling from revelations that children's products contained dangerous amounts of cadmium, is pushing back against strict limits passed by many states, ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: RoHS Lead Exemption, WEEE Compromise, LEED Platinum Luxury
The European Union on Monday added a new exemption for lead to the RoHS directive on toxic substances in electronic goods, ENDS Europe reported. ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: GHS Tools, 10,000th LEED, RoHS 2
3E Company has release a suite of new software and online data management tools to help companies comply with the Occupational Safety and Health ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: REACH Additions, GRI's G4, e-Waste Pledge Sunsets
The European Chemicals Agency has proposed to add 20 chemicals to its list of "substances of very high concern" (SVHC) list, as defined by ...
Environmental Regulations Shaping Today’s Sustainable Supply Chains
Join Environmental Leader for a webinar on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 8am PDT/11am EDT, discussing environmental regulations shaping today's sustainable ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: WEEE, Biodiesel, RoHS, Coal and Coke
The Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance and member companies in three states on Monday announced that the for the first time retail locations will post sustainability grades for biodiesel, ...
Urban Mining: The New Frontier
In six short years, I’ve watched as the products coming into our electronics recycling business have grown to include not just computers ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Electric Vehicles, Smart Energy, Green Grade Homes
The American National Standards Institute submitted to the Department of Energy a report (pdf) outlining priority areas where standards and conformance activities ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: UN Insurance Principles, WEEE, Tesco Fuel
The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative held its fourth of seven meetings last week in Auckland in an effort to develop sustainability ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Vehicle Disposal, E-Waste Strategy, Utility Calculating EPA Costs
The Ontario Automotive Recyclers Association is calling for an industry-led environmental management system for recycling and disposing of old vehicles, the Record ...
Apple Paying Consumers for PCs
Apple has expanded its recycling program with an option that will pay owners of iPhones, iPads, Macs and even PCs a fair market value ...
