North America

SC Johnson GHG Emissions Down 27% in Last 8 Years

SC Johnson continues to make progress toward its 2011 GHG reduction goals, according to its 2009 responsibility report (PDF). SC Johnson cut greenhouse ...

Canada Can Meet GHG Emissions Targets, While Growing Jobs, Economy

Canada can meet targets to reduce global warming pollution, while growing jobs and its economy, according to an economic modeling study commissioned by the ...

Global Smart-Meter Installations to Reach 250 Million Units

As electricity metering undergoes a significant transformation since the first meter was installed more than 120 year ago, smart-meter shipments are forecast to reach 39.5 million ...

Ford, Azure Dynamics to Deliver All-Electric Van for U.S., Canada

Aimed at offering fleet owners the opportunity to eliminate the use of gasoline and lower their operating costs with a zero-emissions option, Ford Motor Company ...

Canadian Boreal Forests Emerge As Viable Carbon Sink

In northern Canada, an area twice the size of California stores the equivalent of 27 years worth of global greenhouse gas emissions. Now, Canadian ...

Sodexo Helps Customers Cut Energy, Water Consumption

Sodexo, an integrated facilities management services company, has outlined several key environmental projects at customer locations in its North America 2008-2009 Corporate Citizenship Report ...

Tetra Pak, HP Join Global Forest and Trade Network

Tetra Pak Inc., a manufacturer of food processing and packaging systems, and Hewlett-Packard have joined World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Global Forest & Trade Network in ...

Energy Efficiency Remains Untapped in the Industrial Sector

The industrial sector's energy savings have remained untapped by many existing publicly-funded energy efficiency programs, according to a new report by the American Council for ...

Retail Industry, Truckers Unite to Reduce Port Emissions

A partnership between the Retail Industry Leadership Association and the Coalition for Responsible Transportation (CRT) aims to slash diesel emissions in and ...

AT&T Top ‘Green’ Mobile Carrier in North America

A new scorecard puts AT&T, Sprint/Nextel and Verizon as the No. 1, 2 and 3 mobile carriers in North America, when judged ...

Less Scrutiny Paid to Companies Calling Themselves ‘Green’

There has been a slight decrease in scrutiny over companies calling themselves "green," according to a recent survey of supply chain professionals. While about 28 percent of ...

Green Buildings Combine Healthy Living with Energy Savings

Whether it's a commercial or residential green building project that is designed from the ground up to be eco-friendly or an energy-efficient retrofit, developers are realizing ...

Air Pollution Weighs on Proposed BNSF Freight Center

A proposed BNSF freight hub would increase air pollution in the Kansas City area, causing doubt about the future of a $750 million intermodal facility ...

70% of Supply Chain Execs Say Environment More Important

Environmental issues will become more important to the supply chain over the next three years, say about 70 percent of supply chain professionals in a recent ...

U.N. Calls for Tougher Emission Cuts

The world can still cap global warming at far lower levels -- 1.5 degrees Celsius versus 2 degrees Celsius -- and the Group of Eight industrialized ...

Global Emissions Up 2%

Despite worldwide efforts to cut CO2 emissions, nations spewed 1.94 percent more CO2 emissions in 2008 than in 2007, according to new analysis by German-based renewable ...

UN: Lack of ‘Strong’ CO2 Goals May Hurt Climate Talks

If before the Copenhagen talks there aren't strong commitments from rich nations to curb their 2020 CO2 emissions, the global climate treaty will be crippled, according ...

AT&T Optimizes Operations Via Efficiency

AT&T continues to improve technical efficiency as a means toward reducing its environmental impact, according to its 2008 CSR report. Above is a look at AT&T's ...

Kimberly-Clark to Source 40% of Fiber from Recycled or FSC-Certified Stock

By changing the content of more than 20 away-from-home tissue and towel products, Kimberly-Clark Corp., maker of Kleenex, Scott and Cottonelle brands, has agreed to ...

South Korea, Mexico to Set CO2 Reduction Goals

South Korea and Mexico have announced that they will set carbon emission targets ahead of the global climate meeting in Copenhagen this December. Industrialized nations could ...