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Eastman Chemical, Alcoa, CalPortland, Lufkin, Raytheon Join DOE’s Save Energy Now Initiative

June 1, 2010 by Gina Roos

Eastman Chemical Company has joined the U.S. Department of Energy’s Save Energy Now initiative, pledging to reduce energy intensity 25 percent over a 10-year period. Eastman joins four other companies — Alcoa, CalPortland, Lufkin Industries and Raytheon — in pledging to improve their energy efficiency as Save Energy Now Leaders. Companies that ... Read more »

Alcoa Cuts GHG Emissions 44% from 1990, Misses Mercury, Water Targets

May 7, 2010December 14, 2010 by Gina Roos

Alcoa continued to reduce its absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2009, achieving a 44 percent cut from 1990 levels, compared to a reduction of 36 percent through 2008, according to the company’s 2009 Sustainability Report. The aluminum manufacturer attributed a large portion of the 2009 improvement to lower production ... Read more »

CEO Report Envisions $6 Trillion in Sustainable New Business Opportunities

February 5, 2010 by Gina Roos

Businesses must work together with government and society to develop strategies to ensure that a global population of about 9 billion people lives well within the planet’s resources by 2050, according to a report from Alcoa and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The organizations launched their Vision ... Read more »

‘Sustainability’ Risks Losing Effectiveness as a Term

June 11, 2009June 11, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Using the term “sustainability” does not spur society on to an ultimately better solution. Rather, it is a “negative vision,” said MIT Sloan’s Peter Senge, founder of the Society for Organizational Learning. “It’s just a bad word. It’s technically what we would call a ‘negative vision,'” said Senge, in an ... Read more »

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