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.
Major Gaffes and Gaps Plague CSR Reports, Study Finds
Incorrect and irrelevant data, unsubstantiated figures and major gaps abound in company CSR reports, according to a forthcoming study from the U.K.’s University ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: UN Conference, Chevy Volt Fire Risk, Electric Bills to Rise
The United Nations Climate Change Conference kicks off in Durban today, presenting the last chance for countries to come to an agreement on extending the ...
Green Building Brief: Seattle Benchmarking, Kone Elevators, Retrofit Rules
Seattle is moving into the next stage of its Building Energy Benchmarking and Reporting Program, launched in May. The city has ...
Tiffany Details Diamond, Metals Purchasing
Tiffany & Co. last year bought over 80 percent of its serialized diamonds either directly from a mine, or from a supplier that only ...
Airline Sustainability Reports Need Improvement, PwC Says
Southwest Airlines, UPS, Delta, Air France KLM, Iberia, LAN Airlines and Lufthansa produced the best sustainability reports by airlines last year, according to a ...
Atos to Use SAP Sustainability App; Greenstone Updates Acco2unt
International IT services company Atos will use SAP BusinessObjects Sustainability ...
Database Will Benchmark Thousands of Reports, GRI Says
Companies will be able to benchmark their sustainability data against information from thousands of other firms, using a database just launched by the Global ...
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 ...
US Firms Put CSR Communication Before Performance, KPMG Says
U.S. companies are "scratching the surface" of corporate responsibility, as a whole concentrating on communication more than performance, according to a global survey ...
EPA, Other Agencies Detail their Own Environmental Progress
The EPA reduced its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 79.5 percent between FY 2008 and FY 2010, according to the ...
NHS Supply Chain Cuts Delivery Distances, CO2
NHS Supply Chain, the outsourced procurement arm of the U.K.'s National Health Service, cut delivery distances from 11 million to 9.8 million miles ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Chemical Standard, Singapore Ecolabel, WEEE
ANSI on Wednesday unveiled a new standard that establishes criteria for comparing chemicals and processes. The standard, NSF/GCI/ANSI 355 Greener Chemicals and Processes Information Standard, was ...
Site Matches Effluent Producers and Users; Software Analyzes Supplier Footprints
Consulting firm CH2M HILL is launching WaterMatch, a free social networking site to help industry and agriculture find source of effluent for water ...
Cornell Taps Distributed Sun for NYC Campus Proposal
Distributed Sun LLC has teamed-up with Cornell University for a proposal that, if accepted by the City of New York, would see the partners build, finance, ...
Eastman Lowers Energy Intensity, Exceeds Release Targets
Eastman Chemical Company met a target of a 2.5 percent energy-efficiency improvement last year, lowering its energy intensity by six percent, according to the ...
Nestle, Nike, GSK ‘Deserve Place’ in Sustainability Rankings
Campbell's, Danone, General Electric, Glaxosmithkline, HP, Intel, Nestlé,
Nike, Panasonic, Siemens, and Unilever are the companies most deserving of their top places within sustainability rankings, ...
CDP Launches Supplier Emissions Scoring
The Carbon Disclosure Project and FirstCarbon Solutions have launched an initiative to score the CDP Supply Chain program, with performance scores introduced for the ...
Calvert names Toyota, VW, Ford ESG Champs
Sustainable investment firm Calvert Investments has named Toyota, Ford and Volkswagen as models of environmentally and socially responsible business practice in a report.
The report "...
Getting the Most Out of GRI and Sustainability Reporting
It's clear that sustainability has become a true protector today against increased costs, damage to brand and reputation, as well as existing ...
Cargill Ahead of Targets on Energy, GHGs, Water
Cargill's energy efficiency improved by 3.7 percent over its 2010 baseline during fiscal year 2011, according to a company statement.
During the year ending May ...
