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Google, Samsung Top Meaningful Brand Index

June 12, 2013June 12, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Google, Samsung, Microsoft, Nestle and Sony are the five most meaningful brands of 2013, according to an index gauging brand strength released by Havas Media Group. Ikea, Dove, Nike, Walmart, Danone, Philips and P&G round out the top 10 on the Meaningful Brand Index, which uses consumer perception to compare ... Read more »

Solar Update: Solar Skylight, Wireless Airfield Lighting, IKEA Rooftop Array, Ascent Solar Charging

April 17, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

Sun Tunnel has introduced its VELUX Solar Powered Skylight (pictured), which provides an energy efficient way to add daylight, fresh air and cooling to buildings. The solar skylight needs no wiring and can be installed facing any direction and is fully operational even in indirect light. An acoustic rain sensor ... Read more »

Nike, Starbucks: Climate Change Policy is ‘Economic Opportunity’

April 11, 2013August 3, 2018 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Nike, Starbucks, Ikea and 30 other companies have signed a statement urging federal policymakers to take action on climate change by promoting clean energy, boosting efficiency and limiting carbon emissions. Climate change policy is an economic opportunity, says Anne Kelly, director of Ceres’ Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy ... Read more »

AT&T Launches ‘Skip the Bag’ Program

February 8, 2013February 11, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

AT&T has partnered with The Nature Conservancy to reduce the use of plastic bags. The program, which runs through July 31, encourages customers to “skip the bag” when making purchases at AT&T’s retail stores in Northern California. AT&T will donate 10 cents to The Nature Conservancy for each checkout bag ... Read more »

Ikea’s Sunrise Store Aptly Named

January 31, 2013November 11, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

Ikea plugged in the solar energy system installed at its South Florida store in the City of Sunrise, which when combined with Ikea projects already completed atop stores in Orlando and Tampa, will make Ikea the state’s largest non-utility solar owner, according to the company. The 101,774-sq-foot PV array consists ... Read more »

Ikea Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Fall 21.5%

January 24, 2013January 24, 2013 by Leon Walker

Ikea Group cut its normalized carbon emissions by 21.5 percent year-on-year in FY2012, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. In financial year 2011, the company emitted 34.4 kg of scopes 1 and 2 CO2 per cubic meter of product sold. In FY2012 this figured dropped to 27 kg of ... Read more »

Verdantix Forecasts 2013 Energy Management Trends

January 16, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

On-site power generation will grow and energy storage will be the hot smart grid technology this year, forecasts Verdantix in a new report. Eight Predictions for Energy Management in 2013 says companies will ramp up on-site power generation, from pilot projects to multi-site deployments. The report says Ikea has already ... Read more »

CA Technologies, IBM, Schneider Electric Among EMS Leaders, Verdantix Says

January 7, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

CA Technologies, CarbonSystems, IBM, Schneider Electric and Verisae lead the global market for energy management software, according to a new Verdantix study. Green Quadrant Energy Management Software (Global) 2013 compares 14 enterprise-class energy management software applications to help corporate buyers save time, reduce cost and mitigate risk in supplier ... Read more »

Panel: 2013 a Breakthrough Year for Company Sustainability

December 12, 2012December 12, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Companies will continue to make breakthroughs in sustainability in 2013, including collaborating on environmental goals, finding new ways to bring innovation into operations and developing net positive plans, according to predictions by World Wildlife Fund UK’s Dax Lovegrove and the Guardian Sustainable Business advisory panel. As companies increasingly understand the ... Read more »

Marks & Spencer Converts Food Waste Biogas

October 26, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Marks & Spencer has signed a deal with waste management company Shanks Group to convert the retailer’s food waste to biogas that will produce enough renewable energy to power 33 M&S Simply Food stores. Under the power purchase agreement, M&S will send its food waste to Shanks’ 60ktpa anaerobic digestion ... Read more »

Krauss Maffei Machinery Meets Ikea Energy Efficiency Standards

October 25, 2012August 2, 2019 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Krauss Maffei machinery is halving the energy required to manufacture some of Ikea’s recycled PET boxes, according to the German plastics processing machinery maker. Krauss Maffei says it has delivered another CX 420-3500 injection molding machine to Italy’s Plast3, which is being used to manufacture red, white and transparent rectangular ... Read more »

Ikea Targets Energy and Resource Independence by 2020

October 23, 2012October 23, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Ikea today announced a plan to become energy and resource independent by 2020, which includes constructing €1.5 billion ($2.4 billion) of wind and solar projects. The retailer’s new sustainability strategy, dubbed People & Planet Positive, includes targets to reach by 2020 and has three focus areas. In addition to producing ... Read more »

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