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Unilever Leads Sustainability Rankings

April 12, 2011April 12, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Unilever has topped rankings of the companies most committed to sustainability, in a poll carried out by consultants SustainAbility and researchers GlobeScan The poll asked 559 qualified sustainability experts from business, government, non-profits and academia to name large companies that are “committed to sustainable development, seeing strategic advantage in pursuing ... Read more »

BP Report Won’t Name Spill Figures; TNK-BP Announces Efficiency Projects

March 28, 2011March 28, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

BP, in its first corporate sustainability report since the Deepwater Horizon disaster, has refused to put a figure on the amount of oil leaked or CO2 emitted in the spill. Page one of the report lists figures for volume of oil spilled, CO2 emitted and methane released in 2010 (see ... Read more »

BP Environmental Reporting ‘Wildly Unrealistic’; First Post-Spill Deepwater Permit Issued

March 1, 2011March 1, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

BP’s environmental reporting practices were under attack yesterday, as the federal government granted the first deepwater drilling permit since the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Environmental law organization ClientEarth filed a complaint with the U.K.’s Financial Reporting Review Panel (FRRP), which assesses whether companies’ annual reports comply with the law. ... Read more »

BP, Other Oil Companies Update Transparency Guidelines

February 8, 2011February 8, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Oil and gas companies including BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil have contributed to updated guidance on improving transparency in environmental reporting. Three oil and gas associations have published a second edition of their joint guidance, which they say will help the industry keep its stakeholders informed about company performance. The American ... Read more »

Coca-Cola Signs Waste Pledge; Biofuels Fail Standards; Forests to be Leased

January 28, 2011October 18, 2016 by Tamar Wilner

Coca-Cola, Kraft and Procter & Gamble are among the latest companies to join voluntary U.K. pledges to reduce packaging and waste. The companies signed the Courtauld Commitment, set by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). The commitment says that companies will reduce the carbon impact of their grocery packaging ... Read more »

Environmental Risks: The Hidden Danger to Business

December 1, 2010December 7, 2010 by Steve J. Myers

BP has helped bring the subject of environmental risk to center stage. Tragedies of this magnitude tend to do so, just like the prior Exxon Valdez spill or the Bhopal chemical release before that. But while most people understand the risks inherent in a tragedy of this magnitude, there are ... Read more »

Automakers, Retailers, Gas Stations Roll Plans for EV Charging Stations

October 15, 2010 by Gina Roos

As more electric vehicles are set to launch over the next several months, automakers, retailers and gas stations are putting plans in place to install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in strategic locations to help build out the fueling infrastructure. For example, General Motors plans to install Envision Solar’s CleanCharge ... Read more »

Roundup – BP, MCM, Spirit AeroSystems

July 16, 2010October 18, 2016 by Paul Nastu

BP Says That Oil Flow Has Stopped as Cap Is Tested NY Times China says energy efficiency higher than earlier report Reuters MCM Electronics Announces New Environmental Programs PRWeb Calif. company to supply smart meters to CMP Associated Press Spirit AeroSystems pays hazardous waste penalty NTV Critics attack mixed message ... Read more »

Norland Chooses CloudApps for Carbon Management

July 16, 2010 by Paul Nastu

Norland, a British facilities services provider, announced it has chosen CloudApps for its carbon management software, according to a company press release. Norland said it will use CloudApps Carbon to generate energy savings and monitor carbon emissions for its customers. The company said it had already deployed the solution at ... Read more »

Lobbyists Pull Out Checkbooks to Overturn CA Emission Law

July 13, 2010October 18, 2016 by Paul Nastu

Tesoro Corp. and Valero Energy Corp., both of San Antonio, Tx., have spent a combined $1.5 million or 79 percent of the funds collected in an effort to overturn California’s AB 32, which seeks to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent by 2020, and which would begin ... Read more »

Moving Toward a Post Deepwater Horizon Era

July 12, 2010December 14, 2010 by Derrick Mains

If there were ever any question about man’s impact on the environment, those beliefs have certainly had holes blown in them over the past month. With the disaster at BP’s Deepwater Horizon platform in the Gulf of Mexico, questions about the ongoing impact on the environment – and the role ... Read more »

Roundup – BP, Dow, Emerson

July 7, 2010October 18, 2016 by Paul Nastu

Zero Energy Facility NY Times Oil recovery efforts fall far short of BP’s promises Boston Globe Dow Water & Process Solutions Unveils New Electrodeionization Technology WWD Mag Cap and trade could benefit agriculture if it has role in shaping climate legislation West Central Tribune Streetlight project radiates savings Sign On ... Read more »

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