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P&G Shifts 200 Forklifts to Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power

P&G Shifts 200 Forklifts to Hydrogen Fuel Cell PowerProctor & Gamble, owner of the Tide, Pampers and Gillette brands, will convert its battery-operated forklift fleets at three facilities to ones ...

May 25, 2012

Daikin McQuay Commercial AC First to Meet DOE Efficiency Challenge

Daikin McQuay Commercial AC First to Meet DOE Efficiency ChallengeDaikin McQuay is the first manufacturer to meet the US Energy Department's rooftop unit challenge, an initiative announced in January 2011 that ...

May 25, 2012

Google, Fox, 52 Others Among EDF Climate Corps Newcomers

Google, Fox, 52 Others Among EDF Climate Corps NewcomersGoogle, 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 ...

May 24, 2012

Goldman Sachs to Pump $40bn into Clean Energy

Goldman Sachs to Pump $40bn into Clean EnergyGoldman Sachs Group plans to invest $40 billion over the next 10 years into renewable energy, an area ...

May 24, 2012

Accenture: 44% of Senior Execs say Sustainability ‘Critical’ to Business

Accenture: 44% of Senior Execs say Sustainability ‘Critical’ to BusinessForty-four percent of senior executives say that sustainability is critical to their businesses, according to an Accenture report, and that figure rises to 64 ...

May 23, 2012

Winning App Helps Commercial Buildings Get Energy Star Benchmark

Winning App Helps Commercial Buildings Get Energy Star BenchmarkMelon, an app that simplifies the process of getting an Energy Star benchmark for a commercial building, was one of the big winners in ...

May 23, 2012

Nine out of Ten Businesses Have Energy Goals, Deloitte Says

Nine out of Ten Businesses Have Energy Goals, Deloitte SaysBusinesses are driving efforts to cut energy consumption even as the economy recovers, and plan to cut ...

May 22, 2012

NASCAR and EPA Partner on Environmental Initiatives

NASCAR and EPA Partner on Environmental InitiativesNASCAR 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 ...

May 22, 2012

Top Environmental Services Firms Named

Top Environmental Services Firms NamedAECOM, AMEC, Arcadis, CH2M Hill, ERM, SAIC and URS lead the US market for environmental services, according to a report from Verdantix. Green Quadrant ...

May 21, 2012

O2 Measures Lifecycle of Mobile Voice, Data Emissions

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 ...

May 21, 2012

IBM to Monitor 50 Federal Buildings, Save Taxpayers $15m – With More to Come

IBM to Monitor 50 Federal Buildings, Save Taxpayers $15m – With More to ComeIBM 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 ...

May 18, 2012

EL Pro Apple Data Center to be 100% Powered by Renewable Energy

Apple Data Center to be 100% Powered by Renewable EnergyApple 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 ...

May 18, 2012

Walmart Announces 27 Solar Projects Totalling 10.5 MW

Walmart Announces 27 Solar Projects Totalling 10.5 MWWalmart 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 ...

May 17, 2012

EL Pro FedEx Express: Fleet 16.6% More Efficient Than in 2005

FedEx Express: Fleet 16.6% More Efficient Than in 2005FedEx 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 ...

May 17, 2012

Hilton, BSR Launch Sustainable Procurement Center

Hilton, BSR Launch Sustainable Procurement CenterHilton Worldwide and sustainability consultants BSR have launched a three-year initiative to help procurement professionals make more informed purchasing decisions based on the ...

May 16, 2012

US Airways, Shutterfly Drop Sustainable Forestry Initiative

US Airways, Shutterfly Drop Sustainable Forestry InitiativeUS Airways, Shutterfly, Energizer, Allied Electronics, Phillips Van Heusen, Pitney Bowes and Ruby Tuesday will stop using the Sustainable Forestry Initiative seal on their products, ...

May 16, 2012

EL Pro CVS Sustainability Report: Carbon Intensity Drops 3.9%

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 ...

May 14, 2012

Walmart Cuts Outdoor Water Use with WeatherTrak Devices; Three Products Launched

Walmart Cuts Outdoor Water Use with WeatherTrak Devices; Three Products LaunchedWalmart stores equipped with WeatherTRAK smart irrigation controllers have reduced outdoor water use an average of 39 percent since they were installed in ...

May 14, 2012

PepsiCo, Walmart Partner to Manage Ecosystem Risks

PepsiCo, Walmart Partner to Manage Ecosystem RisksAnglo American, Grupo Andre Maggi, PepsiCo, Vale, Votorantim and Walmart have partnered to develop business strategies that protect the ecosystems in which they operate in ...

May 11, 2012

Excessive Water Use ‘Threatening Business in Major Economies’

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....

May 11, 2012