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.
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 ...
Lighting Brief: Cree, FZLED, Philips Wins DOE Prize
FZLED has unveiled a range of 22-watt spotlights featuring Cree LEDs. The PAR38-03 series is a simple money-saving plug-and-play replacement for inefficient ...
Entergy, Coulomb Place EV Stations on LSU Campus; Butte College ‘Grid-Neutral’
Entergy Corporation has joined forces with Coulomb Technologies to fund and donate 16 electric vehicle charging stations at college campuses in and around Entergy's ...
First Housing Wins Acterra Sustainability Award
First Housing received the 2011 Acterra Award for Sustainability/Small Company for its environmental programs. This video profiles First Housing.
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Symantec Wins Acterra Sustainability Award
Symantec Corporation received the 2011 Acterra Award for Sustainability/Large Company for its environmental programs including green IT, ...
Sherwin-Williams Wins Green Chem Award for Bottle-Based Paint
Sherwin-Williams has won an EPA green chemistry award for paints made from recycled soda bottles, among other materials.
The company won the Designing ...
P&G, Coke, Intel, Heinz, GSK Among Sustainable Packaging Award Winners
Gillette, Coca Cola, Intel, GlaxoSmithKlein and Heinz are among this year's DuPont Packaging Award winners.
“Nearly all of the winning innovations related to reducing waste in ...
Duke Replaces 60 Systems With Integrated EHS Suite
Duke Energy is managing over a million individual chemical records and 600 waste profiles with its Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) system, which has ...
Burt’s Bees, Marks & Spencer Share Staff Engagement Tactics
Burt’s Bees sees engaging its employees as the most critical and challenging of all its sustainability targets for 2020, the Guardian has ...
EPA Launches Awards as ‘Climate Leaders Legacy’
The Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Registry, Pew Center on Global Climate Change and Association of Climate Change Officers have announced a new national ...
Nike, AEP Win in Ceres Environmental Reporting Awards
Nike has won the top prize in sustainability reporting awards run by investment advocacy group Ceres and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ...
Corporate Green IT Awards from InfoWorld
InfoWorld has released its annual Green 15 list, a badge of recognition for sustainability initiatives within the IT sector since 2008. This year’s winners have ...
Ford, GE, Pepsi Win Energy Star Awards
Ford, Lowe's, J.C. Penney and KB Home are among the winners of the 2011 Energy Star Awards, announced by the Environmental ...
