Sustainability

Sustainability includes sustainable building, design and operations. Sustainability is the collection of policies and strategies employed by companies to minimize their environmental impact on future generations. Ecological concerns, such as the environmental impact of pollutants, are balanced with socio-economic concerns such as minimizing the consumption of limited natural resources to maintain their availability for the future.

How Much Do Sustainability Consultants Make?

How Much Do Sustainability Consultants Make? SSC President Jennifer Woofter breaks down the results from SSC's annual salary survey, going behind the numbers to help you understand ...

April 4, 2012

Siemens Installing Energy, Carbon Saving Steel Furnace for Tyasa; First Demand Response Customer Goes Live

Siemens Installing Energy, Carbon Saving Steel Furnace for Tyasa; First Demand Response Customer Goes LiveSiemens is installing an energy-saving electric arc furnace for turning scrap iron into steel at a plant owned by steel manufacturer Tyasa in Ixtaczoquitlan, in ...

April 3, 2012

Xerox, Danone Drop Asia Pulp & Paper after Greenpeace Pressure

Xerox, Danone Drop Asia Pulp & Paper after Greenpeace PressureDanone and Xerox are among a list of companies that have pledged to suspend purchases from Asia Pulp & Paper following a Greenpeace exposé on ...

April 3, 2012

EL Pro Volvo Sustainability Report: Hazardous Waste Up 14%, Energy Use 7% - But Sales Up 17%

Volvo Sustainability Report: Hazardous Waste Up 14%, Energy Use 7% – But Sales Up 17%From 2010 to 2011, Volvo Group's energy use rose 7 percent and its hazardous waste production rose by 14 percent - both smaller percentages than ...

April 2, 2012

Renewable Energy Is No Longer a Pipe Dream

Renewable Energy Is No Longer a Pipe DreamIn October 2011, the global population reached seven billion. It is on its way to more than nine billion, and it took ...

April 2, 2012

Autodesk CEO Discusses Sustainability

Autodesk CEO Discusses Sustainability Autodesk CEO Carl Bass discusses the future of sustainable design.

April 2, 2012

Three CEOs in One Room: Walmart, Coca-Cola, Unilever

Three CEOs in One Room: Walmart, Coca-Cola, UnileverSome of the biggest CEOs in Canada come together for the Walmart Green Student Challenge. I took this rare opportunity to ask them: ...

March 30, 2012

EL Pro Lowe's Sustainability Report: Purchased Green Power Jumps 34%

Lowe’s Sustainability Report: Purchased Green Power Jumps 34%Home improvement retailer Lowe's purchased 34 percent more green power in 2011 than in 2010, according to the company's 2011 corporate sustainability report. In 2011, the ...

March 29, 2012

Southwest Airlines’ Weight Loss Program

Southwest Airlines’ Weight Loss ProgramIn 2010, Southwest Airlines saved more than 570,000 gallons of fuel and reduced emissions by approximately 5,700 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent ...

March 29, 2012

Corporates ‘Ineffective’ at Sustainability, Experts Say

Corporates ‘Ineffective’ at Sustainability, Experts SayOnly 17 percent of sustainability experts rate the performance of corporate leaders in addressing the sustainability agenda as effective, down from 24 percent last ...

March 29, 2012

UN Global Compact to Shake Out More Free Riders from Membership Ranks

UN Global Compact to Shake Out More Free Riders from Membership RanksMore than 750 businesses, including major European and American corporations, are expected to be ejected from the United Nations Global Compact in the next six ...

March 28, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Indian Point, EPA Overruled on Coal, UK Delays GHG Reporting Law

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Indian Point, EPA Overruled on Coal, UK Delays GHG Reporting LawEntergy, the owner of Indian Point nuclear plant in Buchanan, N.Y., has agreed with the New York State DEC to pay a $1.2 million penalty ...

March 28, 2012

Google, Pepsi, MillerCoors Highlight World Water Day Initiatives

Google, Pepsi, MillerCoors Highlight World Water Day InitiativesGoogle, Coca-Cola, Levi Strauss and other major companies used videos, environmental alliances and unwashed jeans to highlight their commitment to the environment on World Water ...

March 23, 2012

EL Pro BP Sustainability Report: Greenhouse Emissions, Energy Use Drop

BP Sustainability Report: Greenhouse Emissions, Energy Use DropOil giant BP's direct greenhouse gas emissions dropped from 64.9 million metric tons in 2010 to 61.8 Mte in 2011, according to the company's latest ...

March 23, 2012

QA Graphics Launches Data Manager 3.0

QA Graphics Launches Data Manager 3.0QA Graphics, a company that specializes in control system graphics for the building automation industry, has released version 3.0 of Data Manager, an integral component ...

March 22, 2012

Summit Energy Releases Latest DashboardView

Summit Energy Releases Latest DashboardViewSummit Energy, a subsidiary of Schneider Electric, has released the latest version of its online sustainability and energy management platform, DashboardView. DV provides Summit clients with ...

March 21, 2012

Metrics, Compensation and Culture in Corporate Sustainability

Metrics, Compensation and Culture in Corporate SustainabilitySustainability professionals need more than passion and great ideas - they must be experts in all aspects of business operations. A successful change ...

March 20, 2012

Seeking Sustainability? Encourage Discussion of Conflicting Viewpoints

Seeking Sustainability? Encourage Discussion of Conflicting ViewpointsPulitzer Prize winning journalist Walter Lippman once said: "Where all think alike, no one thinks very much." Perhaps it is fortunate ...

March 19, 2012

Adidas, General Mills Drop Off ‘Most Ethical’ List; Kellogg’s, Hasbro, Alcoa Join

Adidas, General Mills Drop Off ‘Most Ethical’ List; Kellogg’s, Hasbro, Alcoa JoinStarbucks, Patagonia and General Electric are among the 23 companies that have been named for six years running to Ethisphere's Most Ethical Companies list, ...

March 19, 2012

Unilever, BT, 13 Others Top Corporate Responsibility Index

Unilever, BT, 13 Others Top Corporate Responsibility IndexKPMG, Unilever, EDF Energy, BT Group, Heineken UK, Marks & Spencer, PwC, J Sainsbury and seven other companies earned the Platinum Plus rating for corporate ...

March 16, 2012