Finance & Reporting

L’Oreal Cuts Water Use, GHG Emissions More Than 6%

L'Oreal bolstered its commitment to an eco-responsible business model by reducing energy and water consumption, waste and CO2 emissions in 2008, according to the company's fifth ...

PacifiCorp Tries to Reduce Incentive for Small Wind Developers

Companies that produce less than 10 megawatts of wind power may be denied the full rate that PacifiCorp pays other ...

Costco’s 2008 Emissions Totaled 1.34M Tons

Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions at warehouse club Costco totaled 1.34 million tons of CO2 equivalents in 2008, according to the company's ...

EIA Projects 2009 Emissions Reduction of 29M Metric Tons

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects CO2 emissions from the commercial and residential sectors to be 29 million metric tons lower in 2009, or just over ...

Pfizer Exceeds Emissions Reduction Goals, Misses Clean Energy Target

Pfizer has achieved three of its four public environmental goals to reduce emissions, according to the company's 2009 corporate responsibility report (PDF). The pharmaceutical company ...

Merck Slashes Energy Demand by 25%, Water Use by 15%

Merck has achieved and exceeded its corporate goal to reduce energy demand by 25 percent from a 2004 baseline and its water use by 15 ...

Tariff on Solar Imports May be Challenged

A recent decision to impose tariffs on a type of Chinese solar panels could eventually extend to other such imports, raising the cost of ...

Steelcase, Whirlpool Top Furniture, Appliance Climate Ratings

Steelcase, Herman Miller and Masco lead the latest Climate Counts rating of furniture suppliers (above), while Whirlpool, LG, Bosch/Siemens and AB ...

Abbott Cuts Oil and Coal Use by 35%

Abbott has reduced its use of both fossil fuels and electricity by 35 percent as part of a company-wide effort to protect the environment and ...

Hawaii, Ontario Enact Feed-in Tariffs for Renewables

Businesses in Hawaii and Ontario can adopt renewable energy technologies with greater assurance that the investments will pay off now that the state and ...

United Airlines Saves 1B Pounds of Fuel over Four Years

By using the latest flight techniques to conserve fuel, reduce noise and keep the air cleaner by reducing emissions, United Airlines has saved 1 billion ...

Global Investors Favor Forest Carbon Market

A survey of investors, who manage approximately $7 trillion of assets, shows support for an expanded carbon market mechanism, which would address the estimated 20 percent ...

Royal Caribbean Cruises Reduces Fuel Consumption by 4%

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has made environmental improvements over the past year. The company has reduced fuel consumption by 4 percent, NOx emissions by three ...

California Initiates Carbon Fee on Polluting Industries – Nation’s First

California has approved the nation's first carbon fee on polluting industries, as well as the country's most aggressive energy plan. In a whirlwind of new environmental ...

At 10.2M Metric Tons, Apple Reports Emissions For First Time

Product use accounts for 53 percent of the 10.2 million metric tons of emissions associated with the lifecycle analysis of Apple products, ...

PricewaterhouseCoopers Cuts Carbon Emissions by 10%

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) has reduced its carbon footprint 10 percent in fiscal year 2008, decreasing its carbon emissions by more than 30,000 metric tons. The ...

Caterpillar, FedEx Join Debate Over Carbon Tax Vs. Cap and Trade

Industry-leading businesses and associations are locking horns over the merits of a carbon tax versus a cap-and-trade program as passed in the House's climate legislation ...

Deloitte Reports Tax Implications for U.S. GHG Regulations

Whether the U.S. chooses a cap-and-trade scheme as passed in the House's climate bill in June or adopts a carbon tax, there will be tax ...

Office Depot Helps Large Customers Understand ‘Greenness’ of Purchases

Office Depot is stepping up its transparency in products it sells that have environmental attributes, including a special program for larger customers that helps explain the "greenness" of the customers' overall purchases. The program relies ...

Building Information Modeling Gains Ground

Nearly half of the construction industry is using building information modeling (BIM) tools or BIM-related tools, according to a new report from McGraw-Hill Construction. Measurable ...