Environmental Management and Sustainability News and Best Practices

CEMEX Uses Tires to Replace Kiln Fuel

October 10, 2006April 25, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

CEMEX used nearly one million tires to replace 10 percent of its conventional kiln fuel last year at its Lousville, Kentucky plant, one of several initiatives that won it overall environmental excellence honors at the 11th annual Cement Industry Environment and Energy Awards. The CEMEX facility was among four cement ... Read more »

Awareness Outstrips Corporate Action On Climate Change

October 5, 2006October 2, 2009 by Sarah Roberts

Awareness of the risks and opportunities of climate change has not translated into widespread planning and action by Canada’s largest corporations, according to the findings of the Carbon Disclosure Project Report Canada 280, released yesterday by The Conference Board of Canada. Only 36 percent of respondents have a greenhouse gas ... Read more »

REI Joins List of Top 20 U.S. Purchasers of Renewable Energy

October 5, 2006October 2, 2009 by Sarah Roberts

Recreational Equipment, Inc. and its adventure travel company, REI Adventures, have entered into a partnership with Bonneville Environmental Foundation to compensate for the greenhouse gas impact of all REI Adventures trips and REI Outdoor School outings. BEF is a nonprofit environmental foundation that markets green power products and funds new ... Read more »

Wells Fargo Commits to Largest-Ever U.S. Corporate Purchase of Renewable Energy

October 3, 2006October 2, 2009 by Sarah Roberts

Wells Fargo will buy renewable energy certificates to support generating 550 million kilowatt-hours of wind energy a year for three years, making Wells Fargo the largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy in the U.S. The purchase will offset 40 percent of Wells Fargo’s electricity consumption with 100 percent wind energy. ... Read more »

Wisconsin Gov. Unveils $450 Million Public, Private Renewable Energy Investment Strategy

October 3, 2006November 20, 2006 by Sarah Roberts

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle has proposed a $450 million public/private investment strategy in renewable energy. The proposal, including nearly $80 million from the state, will be included in his budget next year as part of a broad effort to make Wisconsin the nation’s leader in energy independence and create 17,000 ... Read more »

Open Energy Complete 1st Installation of SolarSave Roofing

October 3, 2006November 20, 2006 by Sarah Roberts

Open Energy Corporation, a renewable energy company focused on the design and manufacturing of solar products, has completed the first installation of its SolarSave Roofing Membranes at KTS Machine Shop in Elmwood Park, New Jersey. The project includes 56 SolarSave Roofing Membranes, creating a 25 kilowatt system. The building-integrated photovoltaic ... Read more »

Georgia Gov. Proposes Biofuel Tax Incentive

September 27, 2006May 8, 2007 by Sarah Roberts

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perduehas proposed a sales tax exemption for materials and equipment used in the construction of biofuel facilities in Georgia, The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports. The four percent tax incentive could mean annual savings of $2 million to 4 million. Facilities must produce fuels from Georgia-grown agriculture products ... Read more »

Corporate Directors Study Liabilities, Opportunities of Climate Change

September 26, 2006May 8, 2007 by Sarah Roberts

Yale University is launching a program to educate hundreds of independent corporate board members about the potential liabilities and strategic business opportunities that global climate change can create for companies. The collaborative effort draws together institutions with complementary expertise in the area of climate change: Marsh, a risk and insurance ... Read more »

7 of 10 Americans Favor Nuclear Energy

September 26, 2006November 20, 2006 by Sarah Roberts

Nearly seven of 10 Americans favor nuclear energy and 68 percent support building a new reactor at the existing nuclear power plant closest to where they live, according to a recent public opinion poll conducted for the Nuclear Energy Institute. Regionally, 70 percent of respondents in the Northeast and Midwest ... Read more »

Performance Bicycle Co. to Use 100% Renewable Energy

September 26, 2006October 2, 2009 by Sarah Roberts

Performance Bicycle has become the first U.S. sports retailer to use renewable energy exclusively to power its stores, corporate headquarters, distribution centers and call center. The company will purchase over 5,087,260 kWh of renewable energy credits annually — equal to 100 percent of its electricity use — from Renewable Choice ... Read more »

Fairmont Buys 10% Renewable Energy

September 26, 2006October 2, 2009 by Sarah Roberts

The 415-room Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C. has signed a three-year contract with Pepco Energy Services for over 3 million kWh of electricity generated from renewable resources. Beginning in March 2007, ten percent of The Fairmont’s the energy will come from wind farms located in the Mid-Atlantic region. Pepco Energy ... Read more »

Xcel Energy Plans US’s Largest Solar Power Plant

September 25, 2006October 2, 2009 by Sarah Roberts

Xcel Energy has announced that an affiliate of SunEdison will build, own and operate a 8 megawatt central solar power plant in south central Colorado. The power plant will house two solar technologies; concentrating photovoltaic and advanced flat-plate solar panel units. Both the flat-plate solar panel segment of the plant ... Read more »

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