Environmental Conservation
Publix Saves Two Billion Shopping Bags
Initiatives started by Publix Super Markets in mid-2007 have saved two billion single-use paper and plastic shopping bags from being used, the company has announced.
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Seaworld, Busch Gardens to Eliminate Plastic Bags
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment is to eliminate plastic shopping bags from the 10 theme parks it operates by the end of the year. The move ...
Cintas Eco-Apparel Uses 15 Million Plastic Bottles
Cintas Corporation says it has helped eliminate more than 15 million plastic bottles from the waste stream by reuing plastic waste in its ...
Consumer Electronics Firms Upped Recycling by 53% in 2011
Members of the consumer electronics industry's eCycling Leadership Initiative - including Apple, Best Buy, Dell and HP - increased the amount of goods they recycled ...
WellPoint and Xerox Managed Print Services Cut GHGs 60%, Expect $3m a Year in Savings
Health benefits company WellPoint has teamed up with Xerox to develop a sustainable document strategy via the consolidation of its printing equipment and monitoring of ...
Xerox, Danone Drop Asia Pulp & Paper after Greenpeace Pressure
Danone and Xerox are among a list of companies that have pledged to suspend purchases from Asia Pulp & Paper following a Greenpeace exposé on ...
Tuna Fleets’ GHGs Lower than Other Fishing Vessels
Tuna products tend to be less energy-intensive than many aquaculture and livestock-derived sources of protein, but catching tuna uses more energy than fishing some other ...
SCA Sustainability Goals: 5 TWh Wind by 2020, Tripling of Biofuel Production
SCA, the world's third-largest paper company, is aiming to produce 5 TWh of windpower on its forest land by 2020, according to the firm's latest ...
Fracking Industry May Lack Will to Avoid Environmental Impacts, Report Finds
The natural gas industry is technologically capable of tapping shale gas resources, but some companies may have trouble managing the environmental and social risks involved, ...
PwC Report: Materials Shortage Threatens Manufacturing
Seven core manufacturing industries - including the renewable energy sector - could be seriously affected by a shortage of minerals and metals, which could disrupt ...
DuPont, 3M Meet EPA Perfluorinated Chemical Goals
Daikin, DuPont, 3M/Dyneon and Solvay Solexis have met the goals of an EPA-backed program aimed at reducing the emissions from, and use of, long-chain perfluorinated ...
Durable Refit Materials Can Reduce Buildings’ Carbon Footprint
Using durable construction materials in maintenance and renovation projects can lessen a building's the long-term carbon footprint, according to Texas A&M University research.
The research, by ...
Microsoft, Coke, Nestle Detail Climate Adaptation Plans
Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Levi's, Nestle and Starbucks are among a slew of multinational companies listed in an online database just launched by the U.N. that details ...
SC Johnson Lists Ingredients Online
Household cleaning products manufacturer SC Johnson is now listing the ingredients contained in its products and the roles they play in a newly-relaunched web site.
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Chevys to Carry Ecologic Label
Chevrolet vehicles sold in the United States are to carry the Ecologic environmental label.
The labels will carry information on environmental aspects related to vehicle manufacturing ...
Report: Retrofits ‘More Green’ than New-Builds
Renovating old buildings is better for the environment than building new structures, according to a report by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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Annual Electric Efficiency Budgets Jump 25%
U.S. ratepayer-funded electric efficiency budgets increased from $5.4 billion in 2010 to $6.8 billion in 2011, according to a report by The Edison Foundation's Institute ...
Lufthansa to End Biofuel Trials, Blaming Low Supplies
Lufhansa is ending trials using biofuels to power flights, because it can't find reliable supplies, Reuters reports.
The final flight in the trial program will ...
ACEEE Report Sees Rapid Growth in Home Efficiency Programs
There has been a rapid growth in the number and budgets of natural gas energy efficiency programs for U.S. homes, according to a report by ...
Ford, Volkswagen Set Environmental Targets
Automaker Ford has committed to reducing its water usage per vehicle by 30 percent by 2015 against a 2009 baseline, while Volkswagen has announced that ...
