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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.
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Net Zero Transit Center Uses Geothermal, Solar, Biomass
A 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 ...
Microsoft Commits to Carbon Neutrality in FY 2013
Microsoft will charge an internal carbon offset fee starting in fiscal year 2012-2013 in its effort to be carbon neutral beginning July 1, according ...
Marriott Ranked Least Efficient, as Budget Hotels Show the Way
A sustainability study of 46,000 US hotels by tech company Brighter Planet found budget hotels ...
Puma Earns A, Apple Takes Home D in EIRIS Sustainability Rankings
German sportswear manufacturer Puma tops EIRIS' Top 10 Global Sustainability Leaders list while Apple earns a D, in a ranking that sees UK and European ...
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 ...
ORD Airport Vertical Gardens Feed 10,000 People Per Year
Chicago O'Hare Airport contains an aeroponic vegetable garden that feeds 10,000+ ...
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 ...
Lessons Learned: Sustainable Aquatics Center at London 2012
Video highlighting what was learned in building the Sustainable Aquatics Center ...
Royal Caribbean Ships to Cut up to 20% of Energy, GHGs
Royal Caribbean has awarded more than $60 million in orders to automation technology group ABB, to provide power and propulsion systems for two ...
Sustainability Efforts at Sheraton Denver Downtown
Sustainability Efforts at Sheraton Denver Downtown.
Accor Hotels Target 10% Cuts in CO2, Energy Use
Hotel 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 ...
RBS Reveals Environmental Goals, Aims to Cut £200m by 2020
Royal Bank of Scotland has revealed environmental goals that it hopes will cut £200 million ($318 million) from its costs by 2020. This is the ...
United, American, Other Airlines Drop EU Carbon Trading Lawsuit, Urge U.S. to Act
American 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, ...
Qantas to Run Flights on Converted Cooking Oil Biofuel Mix
Qantas 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 ...
Thomas Cook Sustainability Report: Emissions Rise, Energy Use Drops
Thomas Cook Group, whose North American travel agency brands include MyTravel, ABATours and Exotik Tours, increased its scopes 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by ...
Airbus ‘Could Lose Chinese Business’ Due to European Carbon Rules
Airbus' parent company has warned that it stands to lose Chinese business if the European Commission ignores protests from airlines about its European emissions trading ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: All-of-the-Above Energy, Calif. Safer Consumer Products Regs, Deepwater Horizon
At 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 ...
Accor Lifecycle Analysis: Only 13% of Water Use Occurs On-Site
Accor'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 ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: GreenScreens, Global Sustainable Tourism Council, WaterSense, CarbonNeutral
NSF 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 ...
