The Northeast is proposing to increase its greenhouse gas reduction goals by 30% from 2020 levels. The effect on business? Analysts say it is improving grid reliability and wholesale prices.
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(Pictured: Apple Park in Cupertino, CA*) Apple says that 320,000 acres of working forest in China have been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and that the company is now protecting and creating enough sustainable working forest to cover the paper use in its packaging for all products. Apple’s forestry … Read more »
The Group of 20 almost unanimously supports efforts to combat climate change, pointing out that progress is inevitable because of the support of business.
Just as the president has said the United States would eventually withdraw from the Paris climate accord, the shareholders of the world’s biggest oil company made a very different statement: Exxon Mobil Corp. must increase its transparency and reduce its CO2 releases.
Companies like Ikea and Apple with extensive supply chains are investing in downstream suppliers to ensure sustainability and manage supply chain risk.
Members of the Trump administration are meeting tomorrow to discuss the global climate treaty accord and whether the United States should remain involved.
The corporate community, by-and-large, is standing by efforts to curb carbon emissions under the Clean Power Plan, all in the wake of an executive order to weaken it.
Apple suppliers’ facilities diverted more than 200,000 metric tons of waste from landfills in 2016, compared to 74,000 metric tons in 2015.
New business strategies from leading companies including Apple, Dell and Patagonia suggest corporations can thrive in a resource-constrained environment.
Artificial-intelligence controlled recycling systems are helping companies increase recycling rates and use less virgin materials, while making waste management jobs safer for human employees.
Apple has agreed to pay $450,000 to settle allegations of hazardous waste violations at facilities in Silicon Valley.
Intel, SC Johnson, Cisco Systems and Apple are among the leading renewable energy users in the US, according to the EPA, which recognized these and a dozen other companies with Green Power Leadership Awards.
