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Companies’ Sustainability Improves – But Reputations Worsen

October 15, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

AXA, Coca-Cola, Deustche Bank, EADS, General Electric and L’Oreal – companies that last year were not getting enough credit for their actual environmental, social and governance performance – have now earned reputations that match their relatively high sustainability achievements, according to a report by Brandlogic and CRD Analytics. The 2012 ... Read more »

Environmental & Energy Executive Moves: Better Place, Distributed Wind, Redwood Systems, Suntech

October 15, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Here’s the latest news on hirings, firings and promotions among environmental and energy management leaders. Better Place: The Israeli electric vehicle battery swapping company’s founder Shai Agassi (pictured) left the board of directors one week after stepping down as CEO. Agassi remains a major shareholder, Better Place said. Evan Thornley, ... Read more »

Microsoft, PepsiCo, M&S and Others Urge UK Power Sector Carbon Goal

October 8, 2012October 8, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Microsoft, PepsiCo UK and Ireland, Cisco, M&S and other members of the Aldersgate Group today called on the UK government to set a 2030 carbon target for the power sector. The UK sustainable business alliance, whose members also include WWF, Friends of the Earth, and other environmental groups, NGOs and ... Read more »

Intel Leads Tech and Telecom Green Power Rankings

July 25, 2012July 25, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Intel has placed first and Microsoft second in the EPA’s first-time ranking of tech companies’ green power use. The EPA publishes the Green Power Partnership rankings quarterly, and Intel is a perennial winner. The company, which uses about 2.8 billion kWh of green power annually — 89 percent of the ... Read more »

Consultants and Software Firms Can’t Help Us, Energy Managers Say

July 6, 2012July 6, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Fewer than 20 percent of energy managers believe consultants, software firms, technology services providers and automation and controls suppliers have strong capabilities to help improve energy management, according to a study conducted by independent analyst firm Verdantix. The study found the majority of companies in those four market segments had low ... Read more »

Rio+20: Pepsi, Coke, Levi Strauss to Set Water Efficiency Goals; Other Summit Business News

June 19, 2012June 19, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

CEOs from The Coca-Cola Company, Pepsico, Levi Strauss & Co., Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever and 40 other international companies have agreed to set targets on their own water efficiency and wastewater management in factories and operations, and have called on governments attending the Rio+20 Earth Summit to make global water ... Read more »

Google Jumps to 1st Place in Cool IT Climate Rankings

February 8, 2012February 9, 2012 by Tamar Wilner

Google has secured the top spot in Greenpeace’s Cool IT Leaderboard, with 53 points, up from 47 points and fourth place in the rankings’ last edition. The search giant is followed by Cisco – down from 1st place – and a tie between Ericsson and Fujitsu. Oracle continues to bring ... Read more »

HireRight Data Centers Cut Energy 45%

February 2, 2012February 2, 2012 by Leon Walker

Employment screening products firm HireRight has improved the efficiency of its data center infrastructure and technology. The improvements increase performance by 50 percent, decrease power consumption by 45 percent and reduce data center square footage by 60 percent, HireRight says. The new system features a 10-gigabit network capability from Cisco, ... Read more »

Cisco Behind on GHG Goal for 2012

December 8, 2011December 8, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Cisco is slipping in its quest to reduce scope 1, scope 2 and business air travel GHG emissions by 25 percent by 2012, with a 15 percent reduction from its 2007 baseline this financial year – down from 23 percent in 2010 and 37 percent in 2009, according to its ... Read more »

CSCI: Understanding Network Energy Use Is Key to Efficiency

November 28, 2011November 23, 2011 by Leon Walker

Measuring, monitoring and responding to system energy use are key to optimizing the overall energy performance of network systems, according to a white paper released by IT consortium Climate Savers Computing Initiative. According to Power Management for Networking Devices, mapping the components of power consumption in a system – including ... Read more »

Comcast, Honeywell Slammed by CDP; UPS Tops Latest Rankings

September 20, 2011September 20, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

UPS, Consolidated Edison and Dow Chemical are among the top-ranked U.S. companies in the Carbon Disclosure Project’s annual carbon performance and disclosure ratings for the S&P 500, as more and more corporations are putting senior executives in charge of climate change programs. The CDP S&P 500 Report 2011, written by ... Read more »

Philips, Bayer Top CDP Rankings; Amazon, Apple and Warren Buffett Fail to Respond

September 14, 2011September 15, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Philips Electronics, Bayer and Cisco have topped the Carbon Disclosure Project’s 2011 carbon performance and disclosure rankings, as for the first time, a majority of the world’s largest public companies report that climate change actions are embedded in their business strategy. This year’s Global 500 report (pdf), written by PricewaterhouseCoopers ... Read more »

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