Environmental Compliance
Environmental compliance is the adherence to environmental laws, regulations and standards. These stories include environmental enforcement stories on key environmental enforcement news. Also included are stories on the government’s regulatory intervention and proposed government regulation on the environment.
Shell Wins Emissions Reduction Advertising Battle
The U.K.'s advertising watchdog has ruled in favor of oil giant Shell over claims it made in a magazine advert that its biofuels reduced CO2 ...
Case Set to Challenge EPA's GHG Regs
Oral arguments will begin February 28 in a case challenging a "weak link" in the EPA's regulatory process for greenhouse gas emissions, according to ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Building Initiative, LEED, GRI, International Maritime Organization
The Green Building Initiative released its Guiding Principles Compliance certification program for existing buildings - a tool designed to help federal agencies comply with sustainability requirements ...
Siemens, PortVision Maritime Systems ‘Save Time, Money’
Siemens Industry and PortVision have released new maritime systems that claim to save vessel and fleet owners time and cut energy costs.
Siemens has announced ...
JPMorgan, Citi, BofA Slammed Over Coal Investment
JP Morgan Chase, Citi and Bank of America have been branded the worst three "climate killers" in the financial sector over their large-scale investments ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Climate Bonds, ISO 50001, Cradle to Cradle, Green Leaf
The Climate Bonds Initiative has released a prototype Climate Bond Standard - a screening tool for investors and governments to support investment in the ...
GHG and the Crystal Ball: EPA’s Not-So-Clear Path Forward
Join Environmental Leader for a webinar on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 11am PST/2pm EST, discussing the EPA's Greenhouse Gas Mandatory ...
Kone Taps KMI for EHS Software
Elevator and escalator firm Kone has installed KMI's Environmental Health and Safety Software Suite.
Kone sites in over 50 countries worldwide now have access to KMI's Incident ...
Oxford Instruments Releases Handheld Material Analyser
Technology firm Oxford Instruments has launched the X-MET7000, a hand-held XRF analyser for materials analysis and screening.
The product is designed for those requiring analysis across a ...
Regulatory Definitions of ‘Nanomaterials’
In 2004, the UK Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering published perhaps the first widely respected and cited assessment of the ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Coins, Organics Vote, LEED
The U.S. Mint announced that its West Point, N.Y., facility has been accepted in the Energy Department's Superior Energy Performance program, just one of the steps ...
REACH Regulations and Resilient Flooring
Presentation by Pete Thomas of Flooring Sustainability Partnership, on REACH regulations and how they apply to resilient flooring. Given at Tarkett ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Product App, China WEEE, GM Wildlife Conservation
Consumer Reports announced the launch of its new Eco-Label smart phone app, which will provide consumers with information on products' green marketing claims. The magazine said ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Construction Code, WM Certifications, LEED Airports
The provisions in the new 2012 International Green Construction Code were completed during a final hearing at the International Code Council's meeting in Phoenix, Ariz. The ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Compliance Survey Results, Bentley ISO 50001, Printing Cartridge Standard
The results are in from a survey of senior executives at more than 200 global process industry companies. According to the poll conducted by CSC and ...
40% of Firms Failing to Tackle Energy Efficiency, UK Says
More than 40 percent of companies ranked on their energy efficiency actions by the U.K. government failed to score a single point, it emerged ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Wine Standard, Energy Star Update, WEEE Recast
An international wine trade group has adopted a standard for calculating the industry's greenhouse gas emissions, Off License News reported. The International Organisation of Vine ...
EPA Releases Secret ‘Watch List’ of Potential Clean Air Violators
Facilities operated by Abbott Labs, Boeing, Ford, GE, GM, Shell and Weyerhaeuser all appear on a secret EPA "watch list" published. for the first ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: GHS 90 Days Away, Green Code, NSF/ANSI Standard 60
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has submitted a final rule to revise its Hazard Communication Standard to align with GHS, MSDSonline reported. The Office ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Tablet Certifications, California Toxics Regulations, RoHS Recast
TCO Certified, a third party sustainability labeler for IT products, on Monday launched TCO Certified Tablets, a certification for tablet PCs that demonstrate minimal use of ...
