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.
Closed-Loop Business Models for the Future
Closed loop thinking -- striving to keep materials within the economic system, without negative impact on health or environment -- is ...
How to Generate and Maintain Momentum for Sustainability Projects
As a parent, this time of year is always bittersweet - refreshed after a long summer vacation, my children head back to ...
Waste Heat Recovery from Gas Compression Can Reach 90%
Heat recovery provides an enticing opportunity for industries using gas compression processes, according to a trade journal.
About 50,000 Btu/hr of thermal energy is ...
Less Is More, Part VI: Budgeting for Sustainability
This will be the second to last in the series and, probably, these will be the most complicated since we are ...
WEF Names 16 Emerging Economy Sustainability Champions
Natura, 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 ...
Bayer Saves 1m Gallons Through Water Reuse
Bayer HealthCare has saved more than a million gallons of water since January with a wastewater treatment system at its animal health division headquarters ...
Less Is More, Part V
Designing for small
In my last article, I stated that one of the challenges is linking product performance to ...
Adidas Becomes Third Sports Brand to Ban Hazardous Chemicals
Adidas has become the third major sports brand to commit to having zero discharge of hazardous chemicals throughout its supply chain by 2020 in the wake ...
A Lean, Mean and Keen Approach to a Sustainable Merchandising
If you do your best to buy “green” products when you visit the local grocery store, you’re not alone. Products that are ...
Less Is More, Part IV
How much less is less?
The last several postings have been discussing the elements of reducing consumption in manufacturing. Not ...
Gap Aims to Cut GHGs 20% by 2015
Gap has pledged to cut its greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent by 2015, from a 2008 baseline, in the company’s fifth Social and Environmental ...
Nike Bows to Greenpeace, Plans to Drop Hazardous Chemicals
Sportswear giant Nike has bowed to pressure from Greenpeace and promised to eliminate all hazardous chemicals across its entire supply chain, and the ...
High Noon: Quality Management vs. REACH, RoHS, WEEE
Managers and companies responsible for compliance find themselves at a stand-off with today’s supply chain. The supply line is young, fresh, dynamic, ...
Less Is More, Part III
Where does the material go?
California is used to the concept of getting more from less. We only have to ...
Less Can Be More, Part II
Where did all the material go?
Some time ago (July last year to be specific) we discussed the concept of "...
Less Can Be More
Or, keep your eye on the hole...
My father had an interesting expression he would bring out when my brother ...
Sherwin-Williams Wins Green Chem Award for Bottle-Based Paint
Sherwin-Williams has won an EPA green chemistry award for paints made from recycled soda bottles, among other materials.
The company won the Designing ...
Wornick Foods Cuts Water Use 80% with Cooling System
Wornick Foods, a manufacturer of convenience foods and military rations, says it reduced its water usage by 80 percent and improved the quality of ...
Verizon Aims to Triple Alt Fuel Fleet by 2015
Verizon increased its number of alternative fuel vehicles more than six-fold last year, according to the company’s 2010-11 corporate responsibility report, ...
Industrial Energy Efficiency Presentation From Carbon Trust
Henrietta Stock, a technology acceleration manager at Carbon Trust, discusses Industrial Energy Efficiency.
