Supervalu Makes a Profit From Trash
Supervalu, the owner of Albertsons, Acme and other supermarket brands, saw its recycling revenues exceed landfill waste expenses for the first time in fiscal year 2011, according to the company’s...
View ArticleGetting Americans to Buy In to Global Warming, Part II
According to Gallup, more than 45% of Americans think the threat of global warming has been seriously overblown. In a previous article, I explored three reasons why so many of our fellow citizens...
View ArticleTop Talents Attracted to Socially Responsible Companies
Talents are key to success in today’s business. How much would a company pay to lower staff turnover rate by 12%? Best Employers in Canada winner LoyaltyOne achieved this through going green....
View ArticlePolicy & Regulatory Briefing: Yellowstone Clean-Up Plan, Horizontal Drilling,...
The Environmental Protection Agency has given Exxon Mobil until July 17 to revise its Yellowstone River remediation work plan to change how the company will capture spilled oil, remove broken pipe...
View ArticleAustralia to Tax Carbon Emitters at $25 a Ton
Australia will set its carbon price at A$23 (US$24.70) per ton under carbon tax plans unveiled on Sunday. Outlining a package of measures to tackle climate change, prime minister Julia Gillard said the...
View ArticleL’Oreal Buys Veolia Wastewater Treatment Plant
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies is constructing a wastewater treatment plant to reduce the environmental impact of cosmetics company L’Oreal’s manufacturing facilities in Asia. The treatment...
View ArticleSC Johnson Removes Windex Green Seal, Settles Suit
SC Johnson will stop using its Greenlist logo on U.S. Windex products as part of the resolution to two lawsuits, the household products company has announced. The firm said it will also pay an...
View ArticleSustainability Reporting Methods ‘Outdated’
The current once-yearly model of commercial sustainable development reporting is looking increasingly out of date and will be replaced by myriad forms of reporting, according to research by Acona and...
View ArticleEPA Wants Powers to Limit Use of 14 Chemicals
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed that companies be required to report new uses of 14 chemicals known as glymes, currently used in a wide variety of applications including ink, paints,...
View ArticleSAP Sustainability Exec Talks Sustainability at SapphireNow
GreenMonk TV discusses sustainability with SAP’s Jeremiah Stone at SapphireNow.
View ArticleGreen Fleet Briefing: McDonald’s, GM NatGas Cars, Hybrids Fall Short
Automakers aren’t yet delivering the full fuel savings and pollution reduction benefits possible from hybrids, according to an annual hybrid scorecard released by the Union of Concerned Scientists. The...
View ArticleCompliance & Standards Briefing: Safety Kleen, Facility Management, Dyno Nobel
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) will develop global facility management standards if a British Standards Institution’s proposal (pdf) is adopted. The standards will provide...
View ArticleThe Global Business Issue of Water Conservation at the Source
It’s too often understated that for many countries, easy access to safe, clean water is a daily issue. According to the UN, less than one percent of the water on our planet is available fresh water....
View ArticleEnsuring a Sustainable Future for the Bluefin Tuna Fishing Industry
A study released on April 19, 2011 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) offers a dire prediction: More than 40 species of marine fish currently found in the Mediterranean Sea...
View ArticlePlastics Alliance Aims to Promote Use, Recycling
Three major plastics trade associations have formed a collaboration to promote adoption of the material and increase use of energy recovery in manufacture, among other aims. The Plastics Division of...
View ArticleMany Corporate Sustainability Ratings ‘Not Financially Viable’
In the future, corporate sustainability ratings need to be financially viable, forward-looking and transparent, according to the fourth and final phase of a research program into such ratings,...
View ArticleBloom Boxes Make Big AT&T Sale, But Sit 10th in Fuel Cell Rankings
Eleven AT&T sites in California will install 7.5 MW of Bloom Boxes, in one of the biggest deals ever for the fuel cell maker. Installation of the Bloom Energy Servers will begin later this year at...
View ArticleFarmgen Fires Up New Anaerobic Digestion Plant
A look at a anaerobic digestion plant run by Farmgen.
View ArticleCO2 to Hold Steady This Year, But Rise Coming in 2012
The Energy Information Administration expects fossil-fuel CO2 emissions to remain flat in 2011, as higher petroleum and natural gas consumption is offset by a decline in coal, according to the agency’s...
View ArticleFord Turns Old Tires into New Gaskets, Seals
Ford and Recycled Polymeric Materials have found a way to combine discarded tires with bio-renewable content and make environmentally friendly seals and gaskets for the auto giant’s vehicles. The...
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