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Facilities Must File Toxic Release Inventory Reports Electronically

August 30, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Facilities required to report non-trade secret Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data to the EPA must file electronically as of Jan. 21, 2014, according to a final rule published in the Federal Register. The rule also requires facilities to submit any revisions or withdrawals of previously submitted TRI reporting forms using ... Read more »

150 Companies, Organizations Urge GMO Crop Trial Action

August 27, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Organic food manufacturer Amy’s Kitchen, Farm Aid, Clif Bar & Company, The Urban Farm, Organic Seed Alliance and the Center for Food Safety are among more than 150 farm organizations, millers, retailers, bakeries, seed businesses and food processors urging the US Department of Agriculture to improve its oversight of experimental ... Read more »

Toxic 100 Names Top Corporate Air Polluters

August 23, 2013September 5, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Precision Castparts, DuPont, Bayer Group, Dow Chemicals and ExxonMobil are the top five corporate air polluters in the US, say researchers at the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. BASF ranks No. 6, with LyondellBasell Industries, Renco Group, General Electric and Ineos Group rounding out ... Read more »

General Mills, Kraft, Monsanto Join Food LCA Database

August 8, 2013July 3, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

General Mills, Kraft Foods and Monsanto are among the first companies to join a project that aims to develop a comprehensive database for food and beverage life cycle assessments (LCAs). The Swiss Federal Research Station Agroscope and consulting firm Quantis launched the World Food LCA Database (WFLDB) today. They expect ... Read more »

Monsanto, Bayer, Sygenta Fund Bee Research

May 21, 2013July 1, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Monsanto, Bayer and Sygenta are among the agrichemical companies funding honeybee research in the US as scientists investigate pesticides as a potential cause of honeybee decline, Reuters reports. Bayer and Syngenta, which produce neonicotinoids, a class of pesticides linked to bee decline, are helping fund research at Iowa State University ... Read more »

Monsanto, State Department Pushed GMO Seeds Abroad, Report Says

May 15, 2013July 3, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A report from watchdog group Food & Water Watch released yesterday accuses the US State Department of partnering with Monsanto and other GMO seed companies to push biotech crops abroad, forcing farmers to buy genetically modified seeds and agrichemicals. Biotech Ambassadors: How the U.S. State Department Promotes the Seed Industry’s ... Read more »

Bayer, Syngenta, Rapeseed Producers Possible Bee Vote Losers

May 13, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Dow Chemical may see an uptick in sales of its pesticide sprays as a result of the European Union ban on neonicotinoids, a class of pesticides linked to bee decline that are produced mainly by Bayer and Syngenta, Reuters reports. Another possible loser in the vote last month to protect ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Criminal Conviction, Ballast Rules, Bee Health

March 29, 2013June 30, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

A federal jury yesterday found Tonawanda Coke and its environmental controls manager Mark L. Kamholz guilty of 14 charges including violations of the Clean Air Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, related to the disposal of benzene – and also found Kamholz guilty of obstruction of justice, Reuters reported. It was only the ... Read more »

CDP Investors Up 10 Percent in 2013

February 13, 2013February 13, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A record 722 investors with $87 trillion in assets have become signatories to the Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) climate change program in 2013, up 10 percent from last year’s 655 investors with $78 trillion. This represents about a third of the world’s invested capital, CDP says. The announcement coincides with ... Read more »

How to Improve CDP Scores

February 7, 2013February 8, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Companies can improve their 2013 Carbon Disclosure Project scores by reporting and verifying all categories of scope 3 emissions, and responding to the new supply chain questions, among other measures, according to WSP. The environmental and sustainability consulting firm has updated its white paper, Making the Most of the Carbon ... Read more »

Nestle Pizza Factory Cuts Water by 7.4 Million Gallons a Year

October 18, 2012October 18, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Nestle USA’s Pizza Division – whose brands include DiGiorno, Jack’s, California Pizza Kitchen and Tombstone – has reduced its water usage by 7.4 million gallons per year at its factory in Little Chute, Wis., using GE’s advanced water-treatment chemical technology. In addition to achieving greater water efficiency, the factory has ... Read more »

Bayer, Lockheed Martin Commit to Cut Energy, Water 20% in Two Years

September 21, 2012September 24, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Bayer, Integral Group, Lockheed Martin, Method and three other companies have committed to the US Green Building Council’s California Best Buildings Challenge, agreeing to reduce energy, water and waste in commercial buildings 20 percent over a two-year time period. The new members, including Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Webcor Builders and XL Construction, ... Read more »

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