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?
SSC President Jennifer Woofter breaks down the results from SSC's annual salary survey, going behind the numbers to help you understand ...
Siemens Installing Energy, Carbon Saving Steel Furnace for Tyasa; First Demand Response Customer Goes Live
Siemens 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 ...
Xerox, Danone Drop Asia Pulp & Paper after Greenpeace Pressure
Danone and Xerox are among a list of companies that have pledged to suspend purchases from Asia Pulp & Paper following a Greenpeace exposé on ...
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 ...
Renewable Energy Is No Longer a Pipe Dream
In October 2011, the global population reached seven billion. It is on its way to more than nine billion, and it took ...
Autodesk CEO Discusses Sustainability
Autodesk CEO Carl Bass discusses the future of sustainable design.
Three CEOs in One Room: Walmart, Coca-Cola, Unilever
Some of the biggest CEOs in Canada come together for the Walmart Green Student Challenge. I took this rare opportunity to ask them: ...
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 ...
Southwest Airlines’ Weight Loss Program
In 2010, Southwest Airlines saved more than 570,000 gallons of fuel and reduced emissions by approximately 5,700 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent ...
Corporates ‘Ineffective’ at Sustainability, Experts Say
Only 17 percent of sustainability experts rate the performance of corporate leaders in addressing the sustainability agenda as effective, down from 24 percent last ...
UN Global Compact to Shake Out More Free Riders from Membership Ranks
More than 750 businesses, including major European and American corporations, are expected to be ejected from the United Nations Global Compact in the next six ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Indian Point, EPA Overruled on Coal, UK Delays GHG Reporting Law
Entergy, 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 ...
Google, Pepsi, MillerCoors Highlight World Water Day Initiatives
Google, 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 ...
BP Sustainability Report: Greenhouse Emissions, Energy Use Drop
Oil 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 ...
QA Graphics Launches Data Manager 3.0
QA 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 ...
Summit Energy Releases Latest DashboardView
Summit 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 ...
Metrics, Compensation and Culture in Corporate Sustainability
Sustainability professionals need more than passion and great ideas - they must be experts in all aspects of business operations. A successful change ...
Seeking Sustainability? Encourage Discussion of Conflicting Viewpoints
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Walter Lippman once said: "Where all think alike, no one thinks very much." Perhaps it is fortunate ...
Adidas, General Mills Drop Off ‘Most Ethical’ List; Kellogg’s, Hasbro, Alcoa Join
Starbucks, Patagonia and General Electric are among the 23 companies that have been named for six years running to Ethisphere's Most Ethical Companies list, ...
Unilever, BT, 13 Others Top Corporate Responsibility Index
KPMG, Unilever, EDF Energy, BT Group, Heineken UK, Marks & Spencer, PwC, J Sainsbury and seven other companies earned the Platinum Plus rating for corporate ...
