North America
Sustainable Packaging Brief: Wal-Mart, Safeway, Dr. Pepper
The five largest grocery chains in Canada will require their suppliers to shift to PET for thermoformed clamshell packaging, reports Waste & Recycling News. ...
Smart Meter Shipments to Top 100m in 2011
Global shipments of smart energy meters will exceed 100 million this year and should increase to more than 250 million by 2016, according ...
Federal Election Reshapes Canada’s Climate Policy Landscape
History was made in Canada’s federal election on May 2. Conservative gets majority government while New Democrat serves as Opposition for the ...
50 Years of Environmental Law in Canada
2011 is the 50th anniversary of Ontario environmental laws. Our first environmental statute came in 1961: Ontario Water Resources Act (following creation ...
Dell Closing in on Recycling Goal
Electronics manufacturer Dell is two-thirds of the way toward its goal of recycling 1 billion pounds of e-waste by 2014, the company has ...
Unilever Becomes Canada’s Biggest Commercial Renewables Purchaser, under Bullfrog Deal
Unilever Canada will become the single largest commercial purchaser of renewable power in that country through a 59,000 MWh a year deal with Bullfrog ...
Environmental Enforcement: EPA Orders Doe Run to Clean Up Former Lead Mine
Mining company Doe Run Resources Corp. and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ (MDNR) Division of State Parks have agreed ...
Canadian Tire Saves $6m from Transport, Building and Product Initiatives
Canadian Tire Corporation completed 389 environmental initiatives in fiscal year 2010. These changes are forecasted to annually avoid about $6 million in costs, ...
Smart Grid, Renewables to Drive Canadian Sustainability Market Up 38%, Report Says
The Canadian sustainable business market will grow from US$2.3bn in 2010 to US$3.7bn in 2014, a 38 percent rise, according to an analyst report.
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GHG Rule Defense a White House ‘Priority’; UK Plc Demands Mandatory Reporting
Defending new rules on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will be a top administration priority this year, a U.S. Justice Department official has ...
IKEA Claims Largest Retail Rooftop Solar Installation in Canada
IKEA Canada claims its new solar initiative will make it the first retailer to exclusively own, install and operate what will be the largest rooftop solar ...
Fleet Managers Unlikely To Purchase Hybrids, Electrics
Almost two-thirds of private and government-owned automobile fleets are unlikely to purchase either an all-electric or hybrid vehicle, according to a recent survey ...
‘Eco Fees’ Surprises Ontario Consumers
Ontario consumers have begun seeing a new 'eco fee' added on to their supermarket charges at point of sale. The fee is for recycling ...
Poultry Farms Could Turn Waste to Profit
Poultry farms have traditionally had to contend with the significant waste problem posed by the production of chicken manure, but they may now be able ...
Investor Climate Resolutions Climb Nearly 50% in 2010
Investors filed a record 101 climate and energy-related resolutions with 88 U.S. and Canadian companies so far in 2010, nearly 50 percent higher than last ...
Siemon Touts ‘Carbon Negativity’
Siemon says its U.S. and Canada operations have achieved "carbon negativity." The company says it has achieved a carbon reduction that is more than ...
Canadian Small Businesses Spent less than $500 on ‘Green’ Projects since 2008
About 59 percent of small businesses surveyed in Canada said they spent less than $500 on "green" initiatives over the past two years, according ...
Loblaw Tops List of Sustainability Leaders
Loblaw Companies topped the list of Canadian companies leading the way in sustainability, according to a study by Corporate Knights and reported in the ...
Athletic Depts Make Sustainability a Priority
A majority of NCAA athletic departments are now making environmental initiatives a priority, according to a survey by ProGreenSports. Over 93 percent of survey ...
Ford Cuts Vehicle Emissions by 5 Percent
Ford Motor Company reduced the CO2 emissions of its 2009 U.S. models by 5 percent compared with its 2008 models last year, according to its ...
