Environmental Data
Water Tech Market for Food and Drink to ‘Almost Double’ by 2020
The global water technology market in the food and beverage sector is set to almost double in size by 2020 as concerns over water scarcity ...
Energy Efficiency Gaining Ground in Inefficient States, ACEEE Says
Energy efficiency is gaining momentum in states that have traditionally been behind the curve in pushing such technology, according to research by the American Council ...
Excessive Water Use ‘Threatening Business in Major Economies’
Unsustainable water use is threatening agriculture, other business and populations in China, India and the US, according to a study by risk analysis company Maplecroft....
NREL Unveils ‘More Accurate’ Energy Project Emissions Calculator
Cradle-to-grave greenhouse gas emissions from solar photovoltaics are about 5 percent of those from coal; wind and solar are about equal in emissions; and nuclear ...
Safeway, Whole Foods Win First ‘Good’ Greenpeace Seafood Ratings
Safeway and Whole Foods have become the first retailers ever to earn a "green", or "good" rating for commitment to the sustainability of the seafood ...
SAP GHGs Up 22 Percent in Q1 2012 Compared to Q1 2011
Software company SAP emitted 145 kilotons of greenhouse gasses in Q1 2012, a 22 percent increase in GHGs this quarter compared with ...
Gucci Parent PPR Pledges 25% Cut in CO2, Water, Waste
Luxury and sporting goods group PPR - the company behind Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen and Puma - has unveiled a raft of sustainability ...
London Olympics Slash CO2 Footprint by 21%
The organizers of the 2012 London Olympic Games have cut the event's projected carbon footprint by over a fifth, through the use of rented seats, tents and crowd barriers, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek ...
Chemical Manufacturers Cut Toxic Releases 32%
Specialty chemical manufacturers are decreasing the amount of toxic chemicals they release to the environment, according to the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates.
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EPA Releases Green Power List, Microsoft Debuts at Third
Microsoft has ranked third in the EPA's list of organizations using the most green power, and along with McDonald's, ...
Kellogg's Sustainability Report: Falls Behind Target With Normalized Waste Production Up 13%
Kellogg's increased its normalized waste to landfill by 13 percent last year, putting the cereal company behind schedule to meet its 2015 goal on ...
Royal Caribbean Ships to Cut up to 20% of Energy, GHGs
Royal Caribbean has awarded more than $60 million in orders to automation technology group ABB, to provide power and propulsion systems for two ...
Citi Sustainability Report: Meets 2011 10% Carbon Reduction Goal
Financial giant Citi has exceeded its 2011 goal to reduce operational greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent from a 2005 baseline, according to the company's ...
Salesforce Worst of ‘Dirty’ Cloud Companies, Greenpeace says
Salesforce, the world's largest vendor of enterprise cloud computing, gets the worst ratings in a Greenpeace report that claims cloud computing companies are perpetuating the ...
Battery Electrics Offer Best Savings; EV Emissions Beat Gas, Even in ‘Dirty Grid’ Regions
The total cost of ownership (TCO) over the lifetime of an alternative fuel vehicle can be lower than a conventional internal combustion engine vehicle, despite ...
100 Best Corporate Citizens Revealed
Bristol-Myers Squibb is ranked no. 1 on the list of 100 Best Corporate Citizens 2012 from CR Magazine, followed by IBM, Microsoft, Intel and Johnson ...
Leakage Rates ‘Threaten Green Benefits of Natural Gas’
Failure to reduce methane leaks has the potential to eliminate much, if not all, of the greenhouse gas advantage of natural gas over coal, according ...
Smart Grid Spending to Reach $46.4bn in 2015; Software and IT Valued at $2.9bn by 2017
Global smart grid spending will grow at a CAGR of 17.4 percent from 2010 to 2015 to reach $46.4 billion, while the smart grid software ...
Industrial Energy Management Market to Grow 21.6% a Year to 2020, Study Says
The U.S. market for industrial energy management software and services will rise from $960 million in 2011 to $5.6 billion by 2020, a compound annual ...
Shell Oil Explores Hybrid Cloud IT Infrastructure to Lower Power Costs for Big Data
When Shell Oil's power requirements grew 3.6 MW in a nine-month period at its three global data centers and 400 regional sites, the company's IT ...
