Environmental Awards
Environmental awards are given out by Government agencies such as the EPA and private corporations each year. These awards recognize innovations that lead to greater sustainability and energy efficiency. Examples of the awards include the EPA’s Energy Star Combined Heat and Power (CHP) award, the EPA’s National Building Competition Award, Platts Global Energy Awards, the award for the GE ecomagination challenge: Powering the Grid.
Winning App Helps Commercial Buildings Get Energy Star Benchmark
Melon, an app that simplifies the process of getting an Energy Star benchmark for a commercial building, was one of the big winners in ...
Ecolab Cuts Fuel Consumption by 22% Since 2006
Ecolab has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 22 percent since 2006, normalized to sales, helping to earn it a Sustainable Fleet award from the NAFA ...
Coca-Cola, Vodafone, Marks & Spencer Win Environmental Reporting Awards
Coca-Cola Enterprises has won the top honor in the CR Reporting Awards 2011, taking home the Best Report award for its corporate responsibility ...
Pac-12 Wins EPA College Green Power Challenge
The Pac-12 college athletic conference has claimed top spot among the 30 conferences in the EPA's College and University Green Power Challenge, which rewards the ...
Colby College is National Champion of Environmental March Madness Tournament
Colby College has been named national champion in the first-ever March Madness tournament for Environmental Studies, a competitive review of university environmental programs designed to ...
Colby, Colorado State, Purdue and RIT Make ‘Final Four’ for Environmental Studies
Colby College, Colorado State University, Purdue University and Rochester Institute of Technology have advanced to the "Final Four" round of the March Madness tournament for ...
Environmental Eight Schools Advance in March Madness Tournament for Colleges and Universities
The "Environmental Eight," those schools advancing to the second round of the Enviance and Environmental Leader-sponsored March Madness tournament for Environmental Studies, have just been ...
Adidas, General Mills Drop Off ‘Most Ethical’ List; Kellogg’s, Hasbro, Alcoa Join
Starbucks, Patagonia and General Electric are among the 23 companies that have been named for six years running to Ethisphere's Most Ethical Companies list, ...
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 ...
Sustainable 16 Colleges Tip Off in March Madness Competition
The Sustainable 16, a group of sixteen colleges and universities that demonstrate excellence in environmental academics, has been named in the first-ever Enviance, Inc. and ...
Climate Leadership Award Winners Revealed
Twenty companies, including IBM, San Diego Gas & Electric, Port of Los Angeles, SAP and UPS, were named the winners of the inaugural ...
Sustainable Packaging Brief: Salazar, Hilex, Georgia-Pacific, Mucell, EDV
Salazar Packaging and Globe Guard Products has a new design for a rack-hangable container, the Eco Hanging Pack. Targeting the manufacturers of soft goods, in ...
Win Recognition for Your College’s Environmental Program
Enviance and Environmental Leader are hosting a March Madness tournament to determine the university with the best undergraduate programs in environmental studies and sustainability....
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Rainforest Alliance, LEED, Clean Truck Program, Green Mill Index
Caribou Coffee coffees and espresso are now all sourced from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms, and it is the first major U.S. coffeehouse to meet this ...
Suntech, Tesco, Schneider Take Home Gigatron Awards
Renewable energy firm Suntech, grocery chain Tesco and Schneider Electric are among those companies to receive awards for outstanding business leadership in carbon emissions reduction at ...
CSR Departments Redundant, Unilever Chief Says
CSR departments are redundant, Unilever chief marketing officer Keith Weed told the annual Marketing Society conference in London.
Weed said brands should weave CSR into ...
EPA Reveals Green Leadership Award Winners
Google, Intel, Kohl's, Staples and the Empire State Building were among the winners of the EPA's Green Power Leadership Awards, presented ...
Univ. Central Florida Wins Energy Star ‘Battle of the Buildings’
The University of Central Florida has won the EPA's 2011 Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings.
UCF’s winning building was a parking garage (pictured) ...
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 ...
JP Morgan, Starbucks and Chevron Top Industry Corporate Citizenry Rankings
JP Morgan Chase & Co., Starbucks Corp. and Chevron Corp. are three of the winners named in Corporate Responsibility Magazine’s 10 Best Corporate Citizens rankings by ...
