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P&G Shifts 200 Forklifts to Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power
Proctor & Gamble, owner of the Tide, Pampers and Gillette brands, will convert its battery-operated forklift fleets at three facilities to ones ...
Daikin McQuay Commercial AC First to Meet DOE Efficiency Challenge
Daikin McQuay is the first manufacturer to meet the US Energy Department's rooftop unit challenge, an initiative announced in January 2011 that ...
Google, Fox, 52 Others Among EDF Climate Corps Newcomers
Google, Pfizer and Fox Entertainment Group are among the 54 companies joining the Environmental Defense Fund's Climate Corps program for the first time this year.
The ...
Goldman Sachs to Pump $40bn into Clean Energy
Goldman Sachs Group plans to invest $40 billion over the next 10 years into renewable energy, an area ...
Accenture: 44% of Senior Execs say Sustainability ‘Critical’ to Business
Forty-four percent of senior executives say that sustainability is critical to their businesses, according to an Accenture report, and that figure rises to 64 ...
Winning App Helps Commercial Buildings Get Energy Star Benchmark
Melon, an app that simplifies the process of getting an Energy Star benchmark for a commercial building, was one of the big winners in ...
Nine out of Ten Businesses Have Energy Goals, Deloitte Says
Businesses are driving efforts to cut energy consumption even as the economy recovers, and plan to cut ...
NASCAR and EPA Partner on Environmental Initiatives
NASCAR and the EPA have signed a memorandum of understanding intended to raise racing fans' awareness of environmentally friendly products and initiatives.
Under the agreement, NASCAR ...
Top Environmental Services Firms Named
AECOM, AMEC, Arcadis, CH2M Hill, ERM, SAIC and URS lead the US market for environmental services, according to a report from Verdantix.
Green Quadrant ...
O2 Measures Lifecycle of Mobile Voice, Data Emissions
O2 has measured the greenhouse gas emissions embedded throughout the entire lifecycle of its voice and data services. The UK-based telecom ...
IBM to Monitor 50 Federal Buildings, Save Taxpayers $15m – With More to Come
IBM has won a contract to develop and install smart building technology in 50 of the federal government's most energy-consuming buildings, and the resulting data ...
Apple Data Center to be 100% Powered by Renewable Energy
Apple said it will power its 500,000-square-foot data center in Maiden, N.C., entirely with renewable energy by the end of the year.
The announcement, which ...
Walmart Announces 27 Solar Projects Totalling 10.5 MW
Walmart has announced plans to install solar photovoltaic arrays on 27 of its Massachusetts stores as early as August, adding on-site generation to more than ...
FedEx Express: Fleet 16.6% More Efficient Than in 2005
FedEx Express' vehicle fleet was 16.6 percent more fuel efficient in 2011 than it was in 2005, the company has announced.
The company has a goal ...
Hilton, BSR Launch Sustainable Procurement Center
Hilton Worldwide and sustainability consultants BSR have launched a three-year initiative to help procurement professionals make more informed purchasing decisions based on the ...
US Airways, Shutterfly Drop Sustainable Forestry Initiative
US Airways, Shutterfly, Energizer, Allied Electronics, Phillips Van Heusen, Pitney Bowes and Ruby Tuesday will stop using the Sustainable Forestry Initiative seal on their products, ...
CVS Sustainability Report: Carbon Intensity Drops 3.9%
Pharmacy chain CVS Caremark's absolute CO2 emissions rose 1.2 percent from 2010 to 2011, but when rationalized against the square feet of retail space the ...
Walmart Cuts Outdoor Water Use with WeatherTrak Devices; Three Products Launched
Walmart stores equipped with WeatherTRAK smart irrigation controllers have reduced outdoor water use an average of 39 percent since they were installed in ...
PepsiCo, Walmart Partner to Manage Ecosystem Risks
Anglo American, Grupo Andre Maggi, PepsiCo, Vale, Votorantim and Walmart have partnered to develop business strategies that protect the ecosystems in which they operate in ...
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....
