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EPA Proposes Higher Renewable Fuel Standards

February 1, 2013February 1, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The EPA is proposing a 62 percent increase in the amount of cellulosic biofuels that refiners must blend into their gasoline and diesel, despite a federal court’s decision last week to strike down its 2012 standard for the fuel. The agency yesterday proposed the 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards for four ... Read more »

Energy, Raw Material Prices Top CEO Concerns, PwC Says

December 10, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Fifty-three percent of CEOs say energy and raw materials costs are the biggest threats to business growth prospects, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers survey. The results from PwC’s Global Annual CEO Survey, which will be released in January, show a seven percent increase over corporate leaders’ concerns last year about energy ... Read more »

PwC: Fuel Standard Could Cost Restaurants Billions

November 29, 2012November 29, 2012 by Leon Walker

The use of corn-based ethanol required by the federal Renewable Fuel Standard mandate has dramatically distorted the market and increased costs throughout the food supply chain to the tune of billions of dollars, according a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers, for the National Council of Chain Restaurants. NCCR commissioned PwC to study ... Read more »

Sustainability a ‘New Concept’ for 12% of CEOs, Verdantix Says

November 6, 2012November 6, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

More than one third (38 percent) of corporate sustainability leaders say their CEOs take a long-term perspective on sustainability, according to a Verdantix report. Verdantix interviewed 250 sustainability decision-makers at firms with revenues of over $250 million, across 13 countries and 21 industries. Instead of asking CEOs if they personally ... Read more »

PwC: Supply Chains Threatened by Six-Degree Global Warming

November 5, 2012November 5, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Some 85 percent of companies have more complex supply chains as a result of globalization, and adjusted climate forecasts mean businesses should expect climate change to have an even more destructive effect than previously assumed on supply chains, assets and infrastructure, according to two reports from PricewaterhouseCoopers. The first PwC report, 10 ... Read more »

Western Union, Hormel Foods, PwC Execs Win Responsible CEO Awards

September 13, 2012September 14, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

C-suite executives at Hormel Foods, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Western Union and Wisconsin Energy were named by Corporate Responsibility Magazine as America’s most socially responsible chief executives of the year. The winners of CR Magazine’s fifth annual Responsible CEO of the Year awards are Hikmet Ersek, CEO and president of Western Union; Bob ... Read more »

Carbon Disclosure Project 2012 Global 500 Climate Change report Top 10

Carbon Disclosure Project Reveals Global Top 10; Apple and Amazon Don’t Respond

September 13, 2012September 13, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Bayer and Nestle — both with perfect 100 disclosure scores and A performance ratings — top the Carbon Disclosure Project’s list of the world’s best companies in terms of climate change disclosure and performance. The 2012 CDP Global 500 Climate Change report, co-written by PricewaterhouseCoopers, found 81 percent of reporting ... Read more »

Pepco, NYSE Top Carbon Disclosure’s S&P 500 Rankings, As US Firms Improve Reporting

September 12, 2012September 13, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Pepco Holdings, NYSE Euronext and Wells Fargo top the Carbon Disclosure Project’s annual carbon performance and disclosure ratings for the S&P 500, released today. CDP and PricewaterhouseCoopers co-wrote the report, which surveyed 338 US companies. The authors say the results show that the S&P 500 are making “significant strides” toward ... Read more »

PwC: Almost Half of Execs Using Sustainability Valuation

September 7, 2012September 10, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

About half of corporate executives polled – 46 percent – say they use sustainability valuation methods to compare and prioritize their sustainability initiatives, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers survey. In the poll of 1,400 executives, 36 percent said their biggest challenge is prioritizing sustainability initiatives. Another 10 percent said they are ... Read more »

P&G, Nestle, PwC Call ‘Sustainable Packaging’ a Red Herring

June 26, 2012June 26, 2012 by Leon Walker

UK retailers, manufacturers and consumer groups including the Packaging Federation, The Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment, Diageo, Boots, P&G, Nestle and Rexam are calling for the phrase “sustainable packaging” to be scrapped and are urging instead for government to get to grips with the real issues affecting the ... Read more »

UK Manufacturers Need Incentives to Meet Low-Carbon Goals, Study Says

June 5, 2012June 5, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Manufacturers need more incentives to invest in low-carbon and energy efficient technologies if the UK is going to meet its low-carbon economy goals, according to recent study from the Institute for Public Policy Research. IPPR argues that three traditionally carbon-intensive sectors — energy, transport and manufacturing — are critical to the ... Read more »

PwC Report: How Companies Can Put a Dollar Value on Sustainability

May 31, 2012June 1, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Companies can measure the value of sustainability and how their environmental efforts directly contribute to profits, using two evaluation methods described in a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The cost of sustainability programs are readily apparent, PwC said. And companies are typically able to determine the short-term value from cost savings, risk ... Read more »

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