Ecolabels & Sustainability Certifications
Eco-labels are labels that indicate that a product is environmentally friendly. These articles include information on organizations that have earned sustainability certifications and eco-labels. For example, the LEED Roundup is a report of the most recent businesses and buildings to have earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.
Standards & Compliance Briefing: NASA, LEED, Green-e, ASHRAE 90.1, ISO 14001
Here's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes seven items.
NASA's newest building at Ames Research Center at ...
The Sustainability Consortium’s Sustainability Measurement & Reporting System
The Sustainability Consortium is developing a standardized framework for the communication of sustainability-related information throughout the product value chain. Here's a ...
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 ...
Chevy’s EcoLogic Stickers Unveiled
Here's a video of the Ecologic stickers that Chevy unveiled earlier this year (read our story). The sticker details how ...
USGBC To Revamp the LEED Program
The US Green Building Council (USGBC) is revamping the LEED rating system this year. LEED 2012 will focus on ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Aviation Fuel Handling, Agriculture Carbon Credit, CARB, Clean Green
Here's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 12 items.
Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade group ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: IgCC, LEED Milestone, Energy Efficiency Standards, U.S. Army Drops LEED
The ICC has released the 2012 International Green Construction Code (IgCC), the first model code that includes sustainability measures for the entire construction ...
UN Global Compact to Shake Out More Free Riders from Membership Ranks
More than 750 businesses, including major European and American corporations, are expected to be ejected from the United Nations Global Compact in the next six ...
Consumers Don’t Trust Green Product Claims, Survey Says
Eight in ten Americans don't believe companies are addressing all of their environmental impacts, and only 44 percent trust companies' green claims, according to research ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: ASHRAE Guideline 32, Cool Planet, e-Stewards, Greenguard, FSC
ASHRAE's newly published Guideline 32-2012: Sustainable, High Performance Operation and Maintenance aims to give facility managers guidance on operation and maintenance of buildings to ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Counterfeit UL, ISO 50001, ISO 14001, UL2703
Solar mounting provider Applied Energy Technologies (AET) has achieved UL2703 compliance for its Rayport and T6 Flush Mount Roof Systems. To obtain the UL ...
FTC Increasing Scrutiny of Green Claims, Former Director Says
The Federal Trade Commission is intensifying its scrutiny of marketers' green claims, according to an attorney and former FTC employee.
In a column for CorporateComplianceInsights.com, ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: BREEAM, LEED, FSC, GreenChill, IEEE Smart Grid
The U.S. Green Building Council's LEED green building program will now recognize credits from BREEAM, the U.K.'s green rating program. The recognition will begin with ...
Sears, LG, Xcel, Lowe’s Among Energy Star Winners
Sears Holdings Corporation has won the Energy Star Corporate Commitment Award in recognition of what the EPA-run program calls its superior achievements in energy efficiency.
Sears ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: International Water Stewardship, Federal GHG Reporting, ZigBee, LEED, Greenroads
The Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) released the first draft of its International Water Stewardship Standard at the World Water Forum in ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: GHG Protocol for Products, Cradle to Cradle, B Lab, Climate Registered
BT has become the first company in the world to have product carbon footprints independently verified by the Carbon Trust to the new ...
Demystifying Green Real Estate Development
If you're like most small- to mid-size real estate developers, the idea of going green and sustainable is intriguing, almost sexy ...
Standards & Compliance: NSF/ANSI Fabrics, Volvo 50001, Green Globe
Glen Raven Custom Fabrics says it is the first company to declare compliance under the NSF/ANSI 336 Sustainable Assessment for Commercial Furnishings Fabrics. Two of ...
Ford Focus Electric Certified Most Fuel-Efficient at 110 MPGe
The EPA has certified the 2012 Ford Focus Electric, which boasts a 110 miles per gallon equivalent in-city rating, as America's most fuel-efficient five-passenger vehicle.
Focus ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Basel and R2, Fuel Economy, Greenguard Select, LEED, B Corp
The Basel Action Network's e-Stewards Certification for electronics recyclers now includes the earlier EPA-developed R2 (Responsible Recycling) practices. E-Stewards certifications already require adherence to the ...
