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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

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CARB Diesel Vehicles, China vs. EU ETS, Mexico Climate Law

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CARB Diesel Vehicles, China vs. EU ETS, Mexico Climate LawCalifornia's On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles (In-Use) Regulation has shifted the reporting date to March 30, 2012, for most privately and federally owned diesel fueled trucks ...

February 6, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Northern Gateway, EU ETS, USDA, Vermont CEP

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Northern Gateway, EU ETS, USDA, Vermont CEPThe elders of the Haisla First Nation voiced their opposition at the opening of a regulatory joint review hearing in Kitamaat Village, British Columbia, on ...

January 11, 2012

‘Pillow Renovation’ Helps Hilton Concord Go Green

‘Pillow Renovation’ Helps Hilton Concord Go GreenThe Hilton Concord hotel in the San Francisco Bay Area is incorporating environmentally friendly systems, including such innovations as a low temperature dishwasher and "pillow ...

December 28, 2011

EL Pro FedEx to Fund Transportation Projects in Mexico, Brazil, India

FedEx to Fund Transportation Projects in Mexico, Brazil, IndiaFedEx will provide $1.4 million over two years to EMBARQ - the World Resources Institute’s sustainable transport arm - to provide technical expertise on sustainable ...

December 21, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17 Durban, Gulf Coast Task Force, Chevron Fined

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17 Durban, Gulf Coast Task Force, Chevron FinedDurban: The world's biggest polluters -China, the United States and India - remain firmly against a new legal commitment to curb their carbon emissions. The nations ...

December 7, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17-Durban, EU Aviation Regulation, Boiler MACT, Clean Air Act

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17-Durban, EU Aviation Regulation, Boiler MACT, Clean Air ActDurban: The draft plan for the United Nations Green Climate Fund - a financing system that would deliver $100 billion a year in aid to developing ...

December 2, 2011

Airline Sustainability Reports Need Improvement, PwC Says

Airline Sustainability Reports Need Improvement, PwC SaysSouthwest Airlines, UPS, Delta, Air France KLM, Iberia, LAN Airlines and Lufthansa produced the best sustainability reports by airlines last year, according to a ...

November 15, 2011

Atos to Use SAP Sustainability App; Greenstone Updates Acco2unt

Atos to Use SAP Sustainability App; Greenstone Updates Acco2untInternational IT services company Atos will use SAP BusinessObjects Sustainability ...

November 14, 2011

Fed Agencies Ordered to Cut Travel, Printing, IT 20%

Fed Agencies Ordered to Cut Travel, Printing, IT 20%President Obama heralded a program that has saved the Commerce Department $1.8 million off its cell phone bills, as he directed agencies to ...

November 11, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL Delayed, Solar Tariffs, EDF Hacking

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL Delayed, Solar Tariffs, EDF Hacking The Obama administration announced Thursday that it will delay a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline until after the 2012 election, The New York ...

November 11, 2011

Marriott, Crowne Plaza Install Energy Management Tools; Hilton Recycling Soap

Marriott, Crowne Plaza Install Energy Management Tools; Hilton Recycling SoapCrowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan is now using Telkonet's cloud-based EcoSmart energy management platform. The energy management system, installed by PAC Consultants, gives the hotel independent remote management ...

November 9, 2011

United Launching Biofuel Flight Today, with Alaska on Its Heels

United Launching Biofuel Flight Today, with Alaska on Its HeelsUnited Airlines and Alaska Airlines are both launching commercial flights powered by biofuel this week. United, the world's largest airline, will use algae-based ...

November 7, 2011

Chicago Airports Plan Solar, Alternative Fueling, Composting

Chicago Airports Plan Solar, Alternative Fueling, CompostingThe Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) announced a series of sustainability initiatives at the 2011 Airports Going Green conference in Chicago, including plans for a ...

November 2, 2011

Logistics Firms Move Towards Sustainability Checks on Supply Chain

Logistics Firms Move Towards Sustainability Checks on Supply ChainUsing supply chain scorecards to measure a supplier's sustainability is becoming widespread throughout the transport and logistics industry, as companies such as DHL and Eurostar aim ...

October 24, 2011

Green Drive Saves Hilton $74m in Two Years

Green Drive Saves Hilton $74m in Two YearsLightStay, the sustainability measurement system used by Hilton Worldwide and its portfolio of 10 hotel brands, has saved the company more than $74 million since its ...

October 21, 2011

Virgin Atlantic’s Low Carbon Aviation Fuel

Virgin Atlantic’s Low Carbon Aviation Fuel Sir Richard Branson on Virgin Atlantic's development of a world-first low ...

October 20, 2011

EarthCheck Names Tourism ‘Star Performers’

EarthCheck Names Tourism ‘Star Performers’Hotels under the Novotel, Radisson and InterContinental banners have been named as examples of best practice in an assessment of the travel and tourism industry by ...

September 28, 2011

MGM Resorts Joins Carbon Measurement Working Group

MGM Resorts Joins Carbon Measurement Working GroupMGM Resorts has joined the Carbon Measurement Working Group, a group of leading international hotel companies working to standardize carbon footprint measurements within the ...

September 22, 2011

EU ETS to Cost Airlines $1.5bn in 2012; BA Hit Hardest

EU ETS to Cost Airlines $1.5bn in 2012; BA Hit HardestThe cost for airlines of joining the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme in 2012 will be approximately €1.1 billion ($1.5 billion) using a carbon price of ...

September 20, 2011