Sustainable Manufacturing
Sustainable manufacturing is the processing of resources into products with minimal negative environmental impact. Products are manufactured through processes that prevent ghg’s, conserve energy and natural resources, and that are non-hazardous to employees and consumers.
Going on a Resource Diet
In a recent article I was building an argument to try to place products in a space defined ...
The New Meaning of ‘Green’
From inside your home to inside your car, manufacturers are changing what it means to be "green." Eco-friendly products certainly aren’t a new ...
Bill McDonough: 7 Things About Cradle to Cradle
Bill McDonough discusses Cradle to Cradle and sustainability.
Pfizer Discusses its Strategic Plant Restructuring & Energy Master Plan
Michael Becker, Director, Engineering, Pfizer Manufacturing Germany GmbH talks to Pharmaceutical Processing's Editor In Chief Mike Auerbach during ...
Avoiding an Environmental Tsunami
In recent weeks, the world has watched the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Most concerning ...
Cadbury Factory Cuts Energy 60%, Costs 50% With Dehumidifier
A Cadbury chewing gum factory in Thailand reduced its energy use by 60 percent and operating expenses by 50 percent with a ...
DuPont, Hoover, Seventh Generation Products Among the First to Wear USDA’s Biobased Label
Hoover, DuPont and Seventh Generation are among the first companies to win the right to use the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) BioPreferred ...
Paper By-Products Fire Sappi Mill, Help Feed Cows
Sappi Fine Paper is using black liquor, a residue from the pulping process, to generate energy equivalent to 100,000 barrels of fuel oil.
The company’s ...
Lifecycle Assessment Market ‘to Pick Up in 2012′
PE International, SolidWorks, PwC and WSP Environment & Energy are among the companies poised to benefit from growth in the lifecycle assessment (LCA) software ...
Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Manufacturing
Recently, I discussed the "space" that manufacturing and use impacts occupy depending upon the product. I presented a ...
Best Practices – Environmental Compliance, Risk and Product Stewardship
Global product manufacturers are increasingly faced with ever-expanding legal requirements governing product design and access to key markets world-wide. Newly enacted or expanded laws governing ...
Environmental and CSR Reporting in China Today: A Paradox
China is a country of many paradoxes, and the level of environmental protection and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is no exception.
On one ...
When Bad Data Happens to Good Companies
Indeed sustainability is a strikingly simple idea. Yet the concept of reducing environmental liability in business is too often viewed as a ...
Ford Flips Switch on Michigan Assembly Plant Solar Power System
The primary part of one of Michigan's largest solar power generation systems at Ford's Michigan Assembly Plant is now up and running. The ...
Green Consumption and Green Manufacturing
Recent postings have been discussing the connection between the use phase impact of a product and the manufacturing phase ...
Reducing Scope 3 Carbon Emissions
Even though most large electronics companies now routinely measure and report carbon emissions for power generation and purchases (referred to as “Scopes 1 ...
Sustainable Consumption Part II: Everyone Wants a Label
Last time we started to introduce the issues around sustainable consumption - from a manufacturing perspective. I know ...
Environmental Leader’s Insider Knowledge Report Released
Environmental Leader’s Insider Knowledge Report: Lessons Learned from Corporate Environmental, Sustainability and Energy Decision-Makers
Environmental Leader has released the inaugural edition of its Insider Knowledge ...
Sustainable Consumption Can Lead to Sustainable Manufacturing
I recently attended a technical meeting in Europe on manufacturing, where the flames of green manufacturing have been flamed and ...
Best Practices Webinar – Bringing Lifecycle Thinking into Sustainable Design
Sustainable business in 2011 looks much different than it did just a few years ago. The majority of companies are now adopting rudimentary corporate responsibility ...
Renewables Briefing: World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm, 1.3 MW Solar Installation at Navy's SPAWAR
