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How Regulation, Profitability and Sustainability Affect Aerospace Industry

How Regulation, Profitability and Sustainability Affect Aerospace Industry Panel at the Global Aerospace Summit 2012 discuss how the environment, fuel prices and legislation impact the civil aviation industry. Moderator • Marion ...

May 17, 2012

Net Zero Transit Center Uses Geothermal, Solar, Biomass

Net Zero Transit Center Uses Geothermal, Solar, BiomassA newly opened Boston transit hub promises to achieve net-zero energy through geothermal, solar and wood biomass power. Engineering firm Arup built the $15.4 million John ...

May 8, 2012

Microsoft Commits to Carbon Neutrality in FY 2013

Microsoft Commits to Carbon Neutrality in FY 2013Microsoft will charge an internal carbon offset fee starting in fiscal year 2012-2013 in its effort to be carbon neutral beginning July 1, according ...

May 8, 2012

Marriott Ranked Least Efficient, as Budget Hotels Show the Way

Marriott Ranked Least Efficient, as Budget Hotels Show the WayA sustainability study of 46,000 US hotels by tech company Brighter Planet found budget hotels ...

May 7, 2012

Puma Earns A, Apple Takes Home D in EIRIS Sustainability Rankings

Puma Earns A, Apple Takes Home D in EIRIS Sustainability RankingsGerman sportswear manufacturer Puma tops EIRIS' Top 10 Global Sustainability Leaders list while Apple earns a D, in a ranking that sees UK and European ...

May 2, 2012

Fleet Briefing: BMW Olympic Vehicles, Gamesa, CODA, GE WattStation Software

Fleet Briefing: BMW Olympic Vehicles, Gamesa, CODA, GE WattStation Software Here's the latest alternative fuel and energy-efficient vehicle news affecting environmental and energy executives. BMW has unveiled its London 2012 Olympic fleet ...

May 1, 2012

ORD Airport Vertical Gardens Feed 10,000 People Per Year

ORD Airport Vertical Gardens Feed 10,000 People Per Year Chicago O'Hare Airport contains an aeroponic vegetable garden that feeds 10,000+ ...

May 1, 2012

Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry

Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry Justin Ward, VP, Business Practices - Center for Environmental Leadership in Business, Conservation International and Mari Snyder, VP, Social Responsibility, Marriott ...

April 27, 2012

Lessons Learned: Sustainable Aquatics Center at London 2012

Lessons Learned: Sustainable Aquatics Center at London 2012 Video highlighting what was learned in building the Sustainable Aquatics Center ...

April 23, 2012

Royal Caribbean Ships to Cut up to 20% of Energy, GHGs

Royal Caribbean Ships to Cut up to 20% of Energy, GHGsRoyal Caribbean has awarded more than $60 million in orders to automation technology group ABB, to provide power and propulsion systems for two ...

April 20, 2012

Sustainability Efforts at Sheraton Denver Downtown

Sustainability Efforts at Sheraton Denver Downtown Sustainability Efforts at Sheraton Denver Downtown.

April 20, 2012

Accor Hotels Target 10% Cuts in CO2, Energy Use

Accor Hotels Target 10% Cuts in CO2, Energy UseHotel operator Accor has launched a set of sustainability targets for 2015 across the group's 4,400 hotels owned and leased hotels worldwide. The announcement follows a ...

April 17, 2012

EL Pro RBS Reveals Environmental Goals, Aims to Cut £200m by 2020

RBS Reveals Environmental Goals, Aims to Cut £200m by 2020Royal Bank of Scotland has revealed environmental goals that it hopes will cut £200 million ($318 million) from its costs by 2020. This is the ...

April 10, 2012

United, American, Other Airlines Drop EU Carbon Trading Lawsuit, Urge U.S. to Act

United, American, Other Airlines Drop EU Carbon Trading Lawsuit, Urge U.S. to ActAmerican Airlines, United Continental and association Airlines for America have dropped their lawsuit challenging U.S. airlines' inclusion in the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme, ...

March 29, 2012

Qantas to Run Flights on Converted Cooking Oil Biofuel Mix

Qantas to Run Flights on Converted Cooking Oil Biofuel MixQantas said it will operate Australia's first commercial flights powered by a blend of converted cooking oil and conventional jet fuel starting April 13, on ...

March 27, 2012

EL Pro Thomas Cook Sustainability Report: Emissions Rise, Energy Use Drops

Thomas Cook Sustainability Report: Emissions Rise, Energy Use DropsThomas Cook Group, whose North American travel agency brands include MyTravel, ABATours and Exotik Tours, increased its scopes 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by ...

March 15, 2012

Airbus ‘Could Lose Chinese Business’ Due to European Carbon Rules

Airbus ‘Could Lose Chinese Business’ Due to European Carbon RulesAirbus' parent company has warned that it stands to lose Chinese business if the European Commission ignores protests from airlines about its European emissions trading ...

March 12, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: All-of-the-Above Energy, Calif. Safer Consumer Products Regs, Deepwater Horizon

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: All-of-the-Above Energy, Calif. Safer Consumer Products Regs, Deepwater HorizonAt the University of Miami, President Obama gave his first remarks on rising gasoline prices, saying that the U.S. is producing more oil now than ...

February 24, 2012

EL Pro Accor Lifecycle Analysis: Only 13% of Water Use Occurs On-Site

Accor Lifecycle Analysis: Only 13% of Water Use Occurs On-SiteAccor's main water impacts come food production, in one surprising finding from the hotel company's lifecycle analysis of its environmental footprint. The Earth Guest Research ...

February 15, 2012

EL Pro Standards & Compliance Briefing: GreenScreens, Global Sustainable Tourism Council, WaterSense, CarbonNeutral

Standards & Compliance Briefing: GreenScreens, Global Sustainable Tourism Council, WaterSense, CarbonNeutralNSF International now offers chemical reviews in accordance with Clean Production Action's (CPA) GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals program. The Greenscreen scores chemicals from one through ...

February 7, 2012