South America

Brazilian Stock Exchange Urges Sustainability Reporting

Brazilian Stock Exchange Urges Sustainability ReportingThe Brazilian stock exchange, BM&FBOVESPA, has recommended that its listed companies either publish sustainability reports or explain why they do not. BM&FBOVESPA says the aims of ...

January 10, 2012

WEF Names 16 Emerging Economy Sustainability Champions

WEF Names 16 Emerging Economy Sustainability ChampionsNatura, Suzlon and Woolworths are among 16 fast-growing companies from the emerging markets that also shine in terms of their sustainability initiatives, according to a World ...

September 16, 2011

Contract Briefing: Xiolink, Siemens, Endesa, Ala. Corrections

Contract Briefing: Xiolink, Siemens, Endesa, Ala. CorrectionsXiolink, a provider of private cloud computing and managed infrastructure, has selected Modius’s OpenData Enterprise Edition to monitor, maintain, and provide analytics ...

August 30, 2011

Staples, Cemex, Five Other Firms Help Start Sustainable Business Model Collaborative

Staples, Cemex, Five Other Firms Help Start Sustainable Business Model CollaborativeStaples, Siemens and Johnson & Johnson are among a group of companies that have joined forces with think tank the World Resources Institute start an initiative ...

July 28, 2011

EL Pro Water Use Falls at SABMiller, But Steady at MillerCoors

Water Use Falls at SABMiller, But Steady at MillerCoorsSABMiller cut both its relative water consumption and fossil fuel emissions by three percent and recycled 96 percent of its waste last year, ...

July 15, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Renewable Funds, EPA Review, Belo Monte Dam

Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Renewable Funds, EPA Review, Belo Monte DamThe House appropriations subcommittee on energy and water yesterday passed a bill that cuts renewable energy funding by 27 percent to $1.3 ...

June 3, 2011

Energy-Efficient Vineyards Take Root in Chile

Energy-Efficient Vineyards Take Root in Chile In the past, Chile's winegrowers wasted vast amounts of energy, Deutsche Welle reports. But now six vineyards are ...

May 23, 2011

Dole Launches Rainforest Alliance Bananas

Dole Launches Rainforest Alliance BananasDole Food Company, the world’s biggest fruit producer, is now selling Rainforest Alliance Certified bananas. The bananas are grown in Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala ...

April 28, 2011

Green Mountain Coffee Funds Farmers’ Environmental Education

Green Mountain Coffee Funds Farmers’ Environmental EducationGreen Mountain Coffee has joined in a partnership with Fair Trade USA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to promote ...

February 16, 2011

Ecuadorian Judge Hits Chevron with $8.6bn Ruling

Ecuadorian Judge Hits Chevron with $8.6bn RulingChevron has been slapped with an $8.6 billion penalty, in what is suspected to be the largest environmental fine in history – and the amount ...

February 15, 2011

10 Trends Driving Action on Climate Change in 2011

10 Trends Driving Action on Climate Change in 2011Nobody expects the incoming Congress to take dramatic action on climate change, just as nobody was surprised that the international leaders meeting in Cancun ...

January 19, 2011

Biomass to Power Dow’s Aratu Complex

Biomass to Power Dow’s Aratu ComplexThe Dow Chemical Company's largest manufacturing facility in Brazil, the Aratu Complex, has plans to add biomass to its energy mix. Upon completion in December ...

December 2, 2010

World Cup Responsible for 2.7M Tons of CO2 Equivalent

World Cup Responsible for 2.7M Tons of CO2 EquivalentThe total carbon footprint for the recently concluded 2010 World Cup came to 2,753,250 tons of CO2 equivalent, according to a recent study by Ernst ...

July 14, 2010

Lanxess CoGen Plant Runs on Sugar Cane Waste

Lanxess CoGen Plant Runs on Sugar Cane Waste A cogeneration plant at Lanxess AG's plant in Porto Feliz, Brazil, uses a gas generated from sugar cane waste to run ...

April 11, 2010

G8 Summit Roundup: Climate Progress Hastens

G8 Summit Roundup: Climate Progress HastensThe G8 Summit in Italy has resulted in a flurry of developments on climate change, including a pledge to cut global emissions 50 percent by 2050, ...

July 9, 2009

Marriott: Green Your Hotel Stay For $1 Per Day

Marriott: Green Your Hotel Stay For $1 Per DayMarriott International, Inc. last week announced its latest environmental initiative in a five point plan to improve the planet, giving customers a chance to "green" ...

February 23, 2009

Computer-Sharing Project to Save Brazilian Schools 80% in Power

Computer-Sharing Project to Save Brazilian Schools 80% in PowerUsing its desktop-sharing software, which allows up to 10 desktops to run from one computer, Userful and ThinNetworks have been selected to supply ...

February 18, 2009

Wal-Mart Pushes Green Outside U.S. Borders

Wal-Mart Pushes Green Outside U.S. BordersWal-Mart announced this week goals to reduce phosphates in products in the Americas region by 70 percent by 2011. The move is part of a larger environmental plan for the ...

January 29, 2009

Wal-Mart Unveils Largest PV Installation in Latin America

Wal-Mart Unveils Largest PV Installation in Latin AmericaA Wal-Mart store in Aguascalientes, Mexico has installed a solar power system that will generate 20% of the store's energy needs. With over 1,056 solar panels totaling 174 kW installed, ...

January 20, 2009

Global Hospitality Industry Taking Green Steps

Global Hospitality Industry Taking Green StepsGovernment agencies, developers, and operators in the hospitality industry have numerous opportunities to jump on the green bandwagon, found Ernst & Young in Global Hospitality Insights (pdf). Highlights from the report: In Asia, resort brands and ...

December 23, 2008