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Apple and Partners Invest $144 Million in Carbon-Free Aluminum Smelting

May 14, 2018November 19, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

Apple along with major metals companies Alcoa Corporation and Rio Tinto Aluminum as well as the governments of Canada and Quebec announced that they are collectively investing $144 million to eliminate greenhouse gases from the aluminum smelting process.

EPA Will Entertain Full Climate Debate, Including Endangerment Finding

December 11, 2017December 11, 2017 by Ken Silverstein

Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt said that his agency will formulate the Clean Power Plan's future in early 2018. And while Pruitt said that the agency would "replace" the proposal and not "repeal" it altogether, others are questioning his true intent.

Companies Pay $40 Million in Superfund Site Settlement

December 29, 2016December 29, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Nearly two dozen companies will pay more than $40 million to clean up a superfund site in Rhode Island after disposing hazardous waste at the site, which environmental regulators say contaminated the soil, groundwater and surface water.

Why Your Firm Should Consider Products’ Total Cost of Ownership

October 17, 2016November 29, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

As corporations look to cut their environmental costs, evaluating total cost of ownership — or the total direct and indirect costs of owning a product or service — provides a way to achieve greater environmental accountability and better resource management. It’s not an easy task. It requires executives to dive ... Read more »

How Voodoo Manufacturing, Filabot Teamed Up to Reduce 3D Printing Waste

July 12, 2016July 12, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

3D printing company Voodoo Manufacturing teamed up with Filabot to recycle plastic waste into 3D filament. Over the past eight months, this partnership has allowed Voodo to recycle more than 600 pounds of plastic.

Why Most Companies Don’t Link ESG Performance to Executive Pay

January 29, 2016January 29, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Linking executive pay to corporate environmental, social and governance performance isn’t a new idea but it’s been slow to gain traction. Some 75 percent of large US companies don’t explicitly link executive compensation and sustainability, according to Ceres’s most recent report, using 2014 data. A Glass Lewis report that reviewed ... Read more »

RobecoSAM’s Sustainability Yearbook 2016: Who Made the List?

January 20, 2016January 21, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The world’s most sustainable companies are located in Europe, according to RobecoSAM’s Sustainability Yearbook 2016. The investment specialist today announced which companies made the annual list from each of the 59 industries analyzed. The Yearbook looks back at companies’ sustainability performance in 2015 and includes the best 15 percent per ... Read more »

Major Firms Call for Climate Agreement in Paris

October 16, 2015November 12, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Fourteen major companies based or with large-scale operations in the US have voiced strong support for a new global climate agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris later this year. In a statement organized by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), the companies — Alcoa, Alstom, ... Read more »

Alcoa to Separate into Two Companies

September 29, 2015September 28, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Lightweight metals manufacturer and recycler Alcoa has adopted a plan to separate into two publicly traded companies. The Upstream Company will comprise five strong business units that make up Alcoa’s Global Primary Products: Bauxite, Alumina, Aluminum, Casting and Energy. The Value-Add Company will include Global Rolled Products, Engineered Products and ... Read more »

Ford Uses Alcoa Lightweighting Technology

September 16, 2015September 15, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Ford and Alcoa are collaborating on a lightweighting project to produce next-generation automotive aluminum alloys that are more formable and design-friendly. The partners say the new alloys will improve efficiency and design. Ford will use Alcoa’s Micromill material in multiple components on the 2016 F-150 — becoming the first automaker ... Read more »

Alcoa Expands Lightweighting Capabilities

September 8, 2015September 7, 2015 by Karen Henry

Alcoa is expanding its light metals research and development center in Pennsylvania to meet increasing demand for complex, high-performance 3D-printed parts for aerospace and other high-growth markets such as automotive, medical and building and construction. The $60 million expansion of the Alcoa Technical Center near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will allow the ... Read more »

Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge

Circular Economy Product Design Challenge Kicks Off

September 1, 2015August 31, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute and 3D design software firm Autodesk are calling on product designers to fuel the circular economy by participating in the second Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge. The challenge kicks off today and gives designers a chance to win up to $6,000 for ... Read more »

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