Environmental Reporting
Environmental reporting includes articles about environmental and sustainability reporting and requirements, provides research from environmental regulators such as the EPA, and discusses environmental reporting software to perform reporting tasks such as carbon accounting software.
Comcast, Honeywell Slammed by CDP; UPS Tops Latest Rankings
UPS, Consolidated Edison and Dow Chemical are among the top-ranked U.S. companies in the Carbon Disclosure Project's annual carbon performance and disclosure ratings for ...
Philips, Bayer Top CDP Rankings; Amazon, Apple and Warren Buffett Fail to Respond
Philips Electronics, Bayer and Cisco have topped the Carbon Disclosure Project’s 2011 carbon performance and disclosure rankings, as for the first time, a ...
Most Soft Drink Makers Lack Recycling Goals
Only three out of eight major soft drink companies have recycling goals, according to a study by Green Research.
PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Company, ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: RoHS Lead Exemption, WEEE Compromise, LEED Platinum Luxury
The European Union on Monday added a new exemption for lead to the RoHS directive on toxic substances in electronic goods, ENDS Europe reported. ...
Integrated Reporting Framework Proposed
Integrated reporting holds the prospect of removing “clutter” that obscures important information in company reports, according to a discussion paper released by the ...
First Steps to Creating a Corporate Sustainability Report
Half of the Fortune 100 produced a CSR report last year, and this trend will continue to grow with reporting likely to become ...
Data Revealed: Google Uses More Power than Salt Lake City
Google has broken its silence on energy consumption, announcing that it consumed 2,259,998 MWh in 2010.
In a new section on the Google Green ...
Dell to Revamp GHG Measurement; No Longer Carbon-Neutral
Dell’s changing business model is forcing the company to craft a new way of measuring its carbon footprint, the company notes in its ...
Chemical Industry Proposes Assessment Tool to EPA
The American Chemistry Council is seeking to inform the Environmental Protection Agency's regulatory revisions with a proposed system for prioritizing chemical review and ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: GHS Tools, 10,000th LEED, RoHS 2
3E Company has release a suite of new software and online data management tools to help companies comply with the Occupational Safety and Health ...
WPPI Taps Siemens, eMeter for Smart Grid Install
Siemens Energy is installing meter data management system eMeter EnergyIP for Midwest-based WPPI Energy and its member utilities.
The eMeter management system will allow WPPI members to ...
Hotel Chains Seek Carbon Measurement Consensus
A group of 12 international hotel companies including Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott is trying to create a single methodology for calculating carbon footprints and emissions.
Carbon measurement ...
Environmental Regulations Shaping Today’s Sustainable Supply Chains
Join Environmental Leader for a webinar on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 8am PDT/11am EDT, discussing environmental regulations shaping today's sustainable ...
ConAgra Sued Over ‘Natural’ Claims
A law firm is inviting consumers to submit claims against companies using the term "natural" on their foods, as the attorneys pursue a class-action ...
CFO’s Sustainability Role Still Growing, E&Y Says
Recent trends in corporate sustainability are changing the CFO’s role in the three critical areas of investor relations, external reporting and financial risk ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Renewable Auctions, Oil Sands Protests, Canada Coal Rules
The California Public Utilities Commission has given unanimous approval to the Renewable Auction Mechanism (RAM), a program under which developers will bid ...
Nike Bows to Greenpeace, Plans to Drop Hazardous Chemicals
Sportswear giant Nike has bowed to pressure from Greenpeace and promised to eliminate all hazardous chemicals across its entire supply chain, and the ...
TruCost, FactSet Combine Environmental and Financial Data Services
Trucost and FactSet have created an integrated platform for analyzing environmental and financial risk, with pension fund CalSTRS their first high-profile customer.
The two organizations ...
Alcohol Makers Set Fewer Sustainability Goals
Makers of alcoholic beverages have fewer public sustainability goals than firms in many other industries, according to a study by Green Research.
The ...
Beverage Industry Leaders Get Recycling ‘B-’
Nestlé Waters North America, PepsiCo and the Coca-Cola Company have all received a "B-" letter grade for their recycling efforts in a new report, which criticized ...
