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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: State of the Union, ETS Waivers, Tidal Permit, Cal ISO Plan
Manufacturers should get incentives to make energy-efficiency improvements to their plants, President Obama said in last night's State of the Union address. He called ...
Environmental & Energy Executive Moves: Petco, Saatchi, WSP, Elster, Navigant, Sustainable Apparel Coalition
Petco: The retailer has named Jim Thomas vice president of sustainability, safety & environmental health. Thomas was CSR vice president at JC Penney.
Sustainable Apparel ...
More Firms Appointing Lead Corporate Responsibility Role
The proportion of organizations with a lead role overseeing corporate responsibility shot up to 62 percent in 2011, versus 42 percent in ...
Environmental & Energy Executive Moves: GRI, American Airlines, EPA, Ameripen, USGBC, Ecotality
Global Reporting Initiative: The organization has appointed Herman Mulder (pictured) as chairman of the board. Mulder is a former senior executive vice-president at ...
Facebook Hires Ex-Google Green Czar
Google's former green czar, Bill Weihl, will join Facebook in late January, according to the website Fresh Dialogues.
The website said Weihl will have ...
Ford Environmental and Safety VP Retires
Ford's group vice president of sustainability, environment and safety engineering, Sue Cischke, has announced her retirement.
Cischke will retire February 1 and will be ...
Do Companies Need a Culture of Sustainability?
Stuart Hart, the S.C. Johnson chair in sustainable global enterprise at ...
Forging a Sustainability Career
Thomas Hesterberg of Navistar and Manish Shah of Fos Biofuels talk about their sustainability career paths at the Brennan School of ...
Google Green Czar Steps Down
Google green czar Bill Weihl quietly stepped down from his post yesterday.
Weihl, who headed the company's Clean Energy Team, confirmed his departure ...
Father of Green Chemistry on ‘Designing Tomorrow’
Paul Anastas, the coiner of the term "green chemistry," a leader of the EPA's Office of Research and Development, and director ...
Environmental & Energy Executive Moves: Ingersoll Rand, Nordex, PwC, enXco
Ingersoll Rand: Joe Wolfsberger has joined the supplier to the transportation, manufacturing, construction, and agricultural industries as vice president, environmental health and safety, ...
Environmental & Energy Executive Moves: Climate Registry, AECOM, PG&E, BioteQ, Abound Solar
The Climate Registry: The operator of a voluntary carbon footprint registry has appointed David Rosenheim to the position of executive director. Rosenheim ...
Environmental & Energy Executive Moves: GE, Toshiba, First Wind, Hara, NextEra, ISO
Banyan Water: The water management consultant has appointed Jeff Fulgham as CSO. He was chief sustainability officer & Ecomagination director at GE ...
Most Chief Sustainability Officers Close to the Top, Report Finds
Nine out of ten CSOs are one or two steps removed from the CEO, according to a report by executive search and consulting firm ...
Meg Whitman Brings Mixed Environmental Record to HP
Meg Whitman's appointment at HP sends mixed signals for the company's future sustainability leadership.
HP announced on Thursday that its board of directors appointed ...
Environmental & Energy Executive Moves: PPG, Mainstream, AECOM, PwC, Oracle, Viridity, Itron
PPG Industries: The maker of paints, coatings, chemicals and specialty materials appointed Diane Kappas (pictured, far left) vice president of environment, health and ...
Environmental & Energy Executive Moves: Nissan, Poseidon, Dow, New York City, WM, First Solar
Nissan Americas: The car company has named Vicki Smith as senior manager for corporate social responsibility and executive director of the Nissan ...
Environmental & Energy Executive Moves: TD Bank, Dupont, Siemens
United Water: Lisette Provencher (left) has been named senior vice president, operations support for the company and its parent, Suez Environment North ...
Ray Anderson, Interface Chairman and Sustainability Leader, Dies at 77
Ray Anderson, the founder of Interface, Inc. and a widely recognized leader in sustainable business, died yesterday after a long battle with cancer. He ...
Environmental & Energy Executive Moves: Recyclebank, Serious Energy, SunPower, PHH
Serious Energy: The manufacturer of energy-efficient building components and software has appointed John Pitcher as vice president of ...
