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E&Y: Third of CEOs Making Final Decision in Energy Strategy

The largest global corporations are tackling potential future energy cost rises through executive-level engagement and proactive energy strategies, according to research by Ernst & Young. The Global Annual Cleantech Insights and Trends survey of 100 global executives at companies worth over $1 billion within energy intensive sectors found that for 36 ... Read more »

Raytheon Sustainability Report: Carbon Emissions Drop 13%

Raytheon last year reduced its emissions of greenhouse gas equivalent by 13 percent, from 596,000 to 522,000 metric tons, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. About 92 percent of the defense contractor’s emissions are related to its energy consumption. Raytheon’s greenhouse gas emissions consisted of 82 percent indirect emissions ... Read more »

Co-op Sustainability Report: GHG Goal Met Six Years Early; Carbon Neutrality Delayed

The Co-operative Group, the owner of the UK’s fifth-largest supermarket chain, has met its target of a 35 percent cut in operational GHG emissions, versus 2006 levels, six years early. It now says it will aim for a 50 percent cut by 2020. The company exceeded the 2017 target, set ... Read more »

Nokia Siemens Sustainability Report: Water Use Drops 22%

Data networking and telecommunications equipment company Nokia Siemens Networks reduced its water usage by 22 percent between 2010 and 2011, according to the company’s 2011 sustainability report. In 2011 the company, which is a joint venture between Nokia and Siemens, used 597,093 m3 of water, down from 774,521 m3 in ... Read more »

Manufacturers Bring Production In-House to Protect Against Natural Disasters

In an effort to protect themselves against natural disasters, climate change and economic downturns, two-fifths of manufacturing companies surveyed by EEF are bringing production back in-house, and a quarter have increased their use of local suppliers. Two-thirds of the companies that brought production back in-house also increased their use of ... Read more »

Intel Leads Tech and Telecom Green Power Rankings

Intel has placed first and Microsoft second in the EPA’s first-time ranking of tech companies’ green power use. The EPA publishes the Green Power Partnership rankings quarterly, and Intel is a perennial winner. The company, which uses about 2.8 billion kWh of green power annually — 89 percent of the ... Read more »

Dell Sustainability Report: GHG Intensity Up 2%, Recycle Rate Reaches 98%

Dell’s scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions intensity rose 2 percent in fiscal year 2012 to 7.03 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per million dollars in revenue, according to the company’s latest corporate responsibility report. In Dell’s fiscal year 2012 – which ended February 3 – GHG intensity ... Read more »

CBRE Sustainability Report: Four-Year, $1m ‘Green Research Challenge’ Launched

Global real estate services company CBRE increased electricity use in its worldwide operations by 6 percent last year, from 60,642 to 64,284 MWh, according to its 2011 corporate responsibility report. In the report, CBRE also revealed its Real Green Challenge, which will award $1,000,000 over four years to fund independent ... Read more »

GE, Alcoa, Johnson Controls, Ford and Intel Top Climate Innovation List

GE, Alcoa, Johnson Controls, Ford and Intel lead their peers in the innovation of clean-tech solutions and products, mitigation of climate change-related risks and management of carbon emissions, according to a rating by risk analysis company Maplecroft. The Maplecroft Climate Innovation Indexes (CIIs) studied 360 large, multinational U.S. companies and ... Read more »

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