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Top Sustainability Consultants Revealed

January 14, 2013November 13, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Some 39 percent of major companies say that Ernst & Young is the sustainability consulting company they prefer, and Microsoft leads the software category with the same score, according to a Verdantix survey. KPMG achieved the highest preference score in the sustainability assurance market with 36 percent, and the Global ... Read more »

CA Technologies, IBM Energy Management Software Leaders, Study Says

January 8, 2013November 13, 2016 by Kirsten Korosec

CA Technologies, CarbonSystems, IBM, Schneider Electric and Verisae lead the global market for energy management software, according to a 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 selection. The analysis ... 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 »

Apple, Dell, HP ‘Better at Supply Chain Disclosure’

December 18, 2012December 18, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Apple, Dell and HP do a better job disclosing environmental issues in their supply chains than companies headquartered in Asia including Canon, Panasonic and Samsung, according to a report from Verdantix. The report reviewed 12 consumer electronics companies with aggregate revenues of $977 billion. The companies — Apple, Canon, Dell, ... Read more »

Environmental Reporting More than Doubles

December 18, 2012December 18, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The number of S&P 500 and Fortune 500 companies managing and reporting performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues more than doubled from 2010 to 2011, according to an analysis by Governance & Accountability Institute. G&A Institute, the data partner for the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in the US, ... 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 »

Companies to Duck Stock Exchange ESG Guidance, Study Says

December 5, 2012December 5, 2012 by Leon Walker

During 2012 many stock exchanges globally announced new rules for the disclosure of non-financial information on environmental and social issues, but weak enforcement mechanisms mean that most CFOs and investor relations directors will opt out of following the guidance, according to a report from independent analyst firm Verdantix. The report ... Read more »

Sustainability Spending to Grow Less Than 10% in 2013

November 15, 2012November 15, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Corporate spending on energy, environment and sustainability management in 2013 will grow by less than 10 percent, according to a Verdantix survey. The “Global Sustainability Leaders Survey: Budgets and Priorities” report, which is based on interviews with 250 sustainability decision-makers at firms with revenues over $250 million, across 13 countries and ... 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 »

Energy Mapping Leads to Cost Savings

October 30, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A long-term, integrated energy master plan is the “only rational approach” to energy efficiency and cost savings in plants, according to a PlantServices article. But before making any investments, start energy mapping, writes Peter Garforth, an energy consultant based in Toledo, Ohio and Brussels, Belgium. Garforth says one of the ... Read more »

Systems Integration: An Energy Management Must

October 17, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The key to successfully implementing a comprehensive energy management program is systems integration — being able to simultaneously monitor heating and cooling systems, lighting, production machines and all other energy-consuming equipment, according to Control Engineering. Feras Karim, a senior systems engineer on the energy management team at SAIC, tells the ... Read more »

Unilever to Use Carrotmob ‘Buycotts’ to Promote Sustainability

October 1, 2012September 28, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Unilever has partnered with Carrotmob, a nonprofit that uses consumer spending to influence businesses’ environmental impacts, to create sustainability campaigns. Over the next two years, the global consumer goods company whose more than 400 brands include Ben & Jerry’s, Dove and Q-tips will work with Carrotmob to implement the organization’s ... Read more »

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