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Dow, Cargill Win Green Chemistry Awards

December 12, 2013December 12, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Dow Chemical, Cargill and Life Technologies have won the 2013 President Green Chemistry Challenge award for developing chemicals safer for public health and the environment. The challenge awards are presented in five categories: academic, small business, greener synthetic pathways, greener reaction conditions and designing greener chemicals. An independent panel of technical experts convened ... Read more »

Investors to Unilever, General Mills, 38 Other Companies: Adopt Sustainable Palm Oil Policies

December 5, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Unilever, Kellogg, Dunkin Donuts and General Mills are among the companies facing pressure from investors to adopt policies that would ensure palm oil development does not contribute to deforestation, development on peatlands, or human rights violations. In an effort coordinated by Green Century Capital Management, a coalition of institutional investors ... Read more »

GE, AT&T, Siemens Support Keystone XL

October 14, 2013October 14, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

A diverse group of over 150 companies, including AT&T, Motorola, Siemens, Volvo and Wyndham Worldwide, have urged President Obama to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Companies signing the letter include many one would expect – fossil fuel companies such as Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil and Shell; utilities such ... Read more »

Solar Roundup: Washington Gas Energy, Sol Systems, Cargill, TEVA Energy

September 26, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

Cargill and TEVA Energy commissioned a solar energy system at Cargill’s Fresno, Calif., beef processing plant to pre-heat water used throughout the plant for food safety and sanitation purposes. This solar energy recovery system is coupled with an existing methane recovery system installed several years ago, boosting renewable energy usage ... Read more »

Cargill Sustainability Report: GHG Intensity Up Year-on-Year

September 20, 2013September 21, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

Cargill’s greenhouse gas intensity rose 1 percent during FY 2013, against its 2010 baseline, according to an EL PRO analysis of the company’s last two corporate responsibility reports. In the latest report, covering FY 2013, the privately-held provider of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services reports a 3.9 ... Read more »

Green Fleet Roundup: Toyota Hybrid Recalls, Volvo in China, Cargill’s Eco-Combi Trucks

September 5, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Toyota has announced voluntary safety recalls of about 133,000 Highlander Hybrid (pictured) and Lexus RX 400h vehicles built between 2006 and 2010, and 2006 and 2008, respectively. Transistors within the hybrid system’s inverter assembly can experience heat damage due to variations in characteristics of the transistors’ parallel circuits, Toyota says. ... Read more »

Supply Chain Disruptions ‘Significantly Hurt’ Bottom Line

August 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

More than 90 percent of companies say supply chain disruptions have a significant impact on a company’s business and financial performance, according to a report from the MIT Forum and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The report is based on the 2013 Global Supply Chain and Risk Management Survey, conducted by the two ... Read more »

Shareholders to Tyson Foods: Disclose Pig Gestation Crates Risks

August 19, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Tyson Foods’ shareholders have submitted a resolution asking that the meat giant disclose the financial and operational risks associated with its use of pig gestation crates. The Humane Society of the United States, investment firm Green Century Capital Management and the United Methodist Church Benefit Board jointly filed the proposal. ... Read more »

General Mills, Kraft, Monsanto Join Food LCA Database

August 8, 2013July 3, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

General Mills, Kraft Foods and Monsanto are among the first companies to join a project that aims to develop a comprehensive database for food and beverage life cycle assessments (LCAs). The Swiss Federal Research Station Agroscope and consulting firm Quantis launched the World Food LCA Database (WFLDB) today. They expect ... Read more »

Colby-Sawyer Installs Wind Turbine

August 8, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

New Hampshire’s Colby-Sawyer College installed its first wind turbine – a 50-foot tall Skystream 3.7. The turbine includes a 24/7 web-based monitoring system with real-time access to data, providing students with the ability to learn how the technology works, and to calculate business measurements such as return on investment and ... Read more »

Cargill Quantifies Supply Chain Risks

August 1, 2013August 1, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

Cargill has a new assessment tool to help food and beverage customers identify and quantify risks and opportunities in its supply chains. The tool provides the food ingredients company and its customers with data to evaluate sourcing issues that may negatively or positively impact their businesses and brands, such as ... Read more »

Bayer CropScience Launches Sustainable Cotton Program

July 19, 2013July 18, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Bayer CropScience has launched a sustainable cotton program, e3, that the company says provides stringent guidelines for US farmers who grow its Certified FiberMax or Stoneville cotton. Bayer’s Certified FiberMax and Stoneville programs allow buyers to identify where their cotton was grown using a Bayer-maintained certification database. The company says ... Read more »

Dow, Cargill Win Green Chemistry Awards

Investors to Unilever, General Mills, 38 Other Companies: Adopt Sustainable Palm Oil Policies

GE, AT&T, Siemens Support Keystone XL

Solar Roundup: Washington Gas Energy, Sol Systems, Cargill, TEVA Energy

Cargill Sustainability Report: GHG Intensity Up Year-on-Year

Green Fleet Roundup: Toyota Hybrid Recalls, Volvo in China, Cargill’s Eco-Combi Trucks

Supply Chain Disruptions ‘Significantly Hurt’ Bottom Line

Shareholders to Tyson Foods: Disclose Pig Gestation Crates Risks

General Mills, Kraft, Monsanto Join Food LCA Database

Colby-Sawyer Installs Wind Turbine

Cargill Quantifies Supply Chain Risks

Bayer CropScience Launches Sustainable Cotton Program

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