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Largest US Companies Pledge $140bn to Cut Carbon Footprint

July 28, 2015April 5, 2017 by Karen Henry

Apple, Coca-Cola, Walmart and PepsiCo are among the 13 of the largest companies in the US that have signed the American Business Act on Climate Pledge. The companies have announced a combined total of $140 billion in new low-carbon investments, in addition to ambitious, company-specific goals to cut emissions as ... Read more »

US Firms Lead 2015 Sustainability Yearbook

February 5, 2015February 4, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Nine US-based companies including Alcoa, Ball Corp and Wyndham Worldwide won gold medals for sustainability in the 2015 RobecoSAM Sustainability Yearbook. The annual yearbook looks at companies’ sustainability performance in 2014, includes the best 15 percent per industry and ranks them gold, silver or bronze. The top performing company from each ... Read more »

Green Fleet Roundup: Volvo, Alcoa, HyperSolar, California Energy Commission

September 29, 2014September 26, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Volvo will officially launch its 7900 electric hybrid bus (pictured) at the International IAA Commercial Vehicles show at the end of the month. The bus offers fuel savings of 75 percent, energy reduction of 60 percent, and CO2 reduction of 75 percent. Alcoa will roll out its lightest heavy-duty truck ... Read more »

First-Ever Aluminum Fan Blade for Jet Engines

July 15, 2014July 14, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Alcoa will supply parts for Pratt & Whitney’s jet engines, including the forging for the first-ever aluminum fan blade for jet engines, under a 10-year, $1.1 billion deal. The aluminum fan blade will make the engine lighter, as well as more fuel and cost efficient, Alcoa says. The forging was ... Read more »

Green Fleet Roundup: Ford, DNV GL, Alcoa, NRG eVgo

June 5, 2014June 4, 2014 by Leon Walker

Ford has unveiled its Lightweight Concept vehicle, which uses advanced materials to explore future weight-reduction features that could improve performance and fuel efficiency while reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The concept car (pictured) reduces the weight of a 2013 Ford Fusion to that of a Ford Fiesta, resulting in a nearly 25 ... Read more »

US Firms Dominate Sustainability Yearbook

January 28, 2014 by Kirsten Korosec

Ten US-based companies including Abbott, Alcoa, Baker Hughes and Molson Coors have been awarded gold medals for sustainability practices in the RobecoSAM Sustainability Yearbook 2014. This places the US higher than any other country in the rankings. The gold medal-winning US companies also include Ball Corp, Citigroup, Humana, Life Technologies, Owens Corning and ... Read more »

Green Fleet Roundup: Toyota, Mazda, Tesla, Republic Services

January 16, 2014 by Leon Walker

Toyota says cumulative global sales of its hybrid vehicles topped the 6 million unit mark as of Dec. 31, 2013, reaching 6.072 million units. The latest million-unit milestone took just nine months — the fastest time yet for Toyota. Electric sports car manufacturer Tesla’s sales in the fourth quarter of ... Read more »

Alcoa's natural engineered wastewater treatment

Alcoa Commercializes ‘Engineered Wetlands’ Wastewater Treatment

December 19, 2013December 19, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Alcoa has entered into an agreement with German-based engineering and construction company, Bauer Resources, to commercialize Alcoa’s Natural Engineered Wastewater Treatment technology that mimics natural wetlands to sustainably treat wastewater. Under the agreement, Bauer will use Alcoa’s engineered wetlands technology to deploy wastewater treatment systems globally. The system imitates the ... Read more »

Controversial Ohio Energy Efficiency Bill Gets Rewritten

November 22, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

Ohio legislators were supposed to vote this week on Senate Bill 58 to change energy efficiency mandates and renewable energy requirements, but Ohio Republican Sen. William Seitz, chairman of the Senate Public Utilities Committee and lead sponsor of the bill, abruptly cancelled the committee’s scheduled Wednesday meeting, reports The Plain ... Read more »

Ohio Industrial Customers Split Over Efficiency Bill

November 18, 2013 by William Opalka

A utility backed energy efficiency and renewable energy bill before the Ohio Senate has divided the business community, with some endorsing changes in the programs and others opting for the status quo. As reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, a corporate letter-writing campaign over the past several weeks has accompanied ... Read more »

Staples, Alcoa Endorse e-Stewards Standard Version 2.0

November 5, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Wells Fargo, Staples, Bank of America and Alcoa are among the companies to exclusively use e-Stewards recyclers to ensure toxic electronic wastes are not exported to developing countries, processed with child or prison labor, or dumped in solid waste landfills, the standard and certification organization says. This week marks the ... Read more »

Green Fleet Roundup: FedEx Express, GE, GM, Chargepoint, Volvo

October 22, 2013 by Leon Walker

FedEx Express has introduced its new 767-300 cargo jet scheduled to begin service this fall. The freighter is approximately 30 percent more fuel efficient and has unit operating costs that are more than 20 percent lower than the MD10 aircraft it will replace, FedEx says. GE Capital’s Transportation Finance business and Clean Energy Fuels, the ... Read more »

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