Del Monte Taps Locus for Energy Management
Del Monte Foods has selected Locus Technologies’ ePortal platform to provide an integrated system for monitoring and managing its energy use, water, and other sustainability efforts. The platform will...
View ArticleFood Industry, Are You Ready for Reporting?
Whether it’s for the government, the client, or for the consumer, you will be required to report on the environmental impacts of your organization and its products sooner or later. In France, there was...
View ArticleIMW Launches Mobile CNG Fueling Station
IMW Industries, a subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., has launched a new self-contained, mobile compressed natural gas fueling station designed for small to mid-size vehicle fleets. The fueling...
View ArticleAnvil Cuts Waste 25%, But GHGs Rise 32%
Anvil Knitwear reduced its waste to landfill by 25 percent in 2010, but GHG emissions rose 32 percent, according to its 2011 CSR Progress Report. The waste reduction far surpasses last year’s target of...
View ArticleTrane Launches GE Software-Based Data Center Management Tool
Heating and cooling product manufacturer Trane has launched an intelligent building automation platform that uses GE software. Tracer XT was developed in response to data center customer requests for...
View ArticleFord Environmental and Safety VP Retires
Ford’s group vice president of sustainability, environment and safety engineering, Sue Cischke, has announced her retirement. Cischke will retire February 1 and will be succeeded by Robert Brown, who...
View Article90% of Manufacturers Think Their Sustainability is Better than Average
Three-quarters of consumers think manufacturers have not taken enough steps to ensure that their production follows environmental procedures, according to a study from UL, and 70 percent feel companies...
View ArticleTD Bank Aims to Go ‘Paper Neutral’
TD Bank Group has announced a commitment to become “paper neutral” within its North American operations by the end of 2012. The bank says the paper neutrality goal is two-pronged: first, TD aims to cut...
View ArticleGM and BMW in Fuel Cell Talks; Amazon Selling GE WattStation
General Motors and BMW are discussing a possible collaboration related to fuel cell vehicles, news outlets have reported. The companies told the New York Times that they are holding talks, though they...
View ArticleSmart Grid Technology Helps Data Centers Conserve Energy
Is there a “smart” meter in your home yet? Our family just received word that we will be receiving one soon, compliments of Southern California Edison. I’m looking forward to having more visibility...
View ArticlePulp Mill ‘Right-Sizes’ One Motor, Saves 800 MWH/Year
No one wants to be responsible for building an industrial system that under-performs. But when equipment is oversized, energy efficiency can drop – and costs rise. That was the case for Neucel, a...
View ArticlePolicy & Enforcement Briefing: Canada Drops Kyoto Protocol, Keystone...
Canada is evoking its legal right to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, indicating that penalties as high as $14 billion for its failure to meet emissions targets played a role, the Environment Ministry...
View ArticleOwens Corning’s Thaman: Sustainability in the Age of Economic Uncertainty
Michael Thaman, chairman of the board and CEO of Owens Corning, discusses sustainability in the age of economic uncertainty.
View ArticleMaersk, US Navy Team Up on Biofuels
Shipping firm Maersk and the U.S. Navy are testing algae-based biofuel on the container ship Maersk Kalmar. The ship is en route from Northern Europe to India. The 300 meter-long (980 feet) container...
View ArticleMaverick Chooses Meritor Automatic Tire Inflation
Maverick Transportation has chosen the Meritor Tire Inflation System by Pressure Systems International as a standard fuel-saving measure on all new trailers purchased in 2012. MTIS is an automatic...
View ArticleRevend Launches Light Bulb Recycling Vending Machine
U.K. corporation Revend Recycling Limited has launched a “reverse vending” recycling machine for the collection and recycling of domestic light bulbs and batteries. Ikea will be placing the units in...
View ArticleWWF Accuses APP Supplier of Clear-Cutting in Tiger Sanctuary
WWF and non-profit coalition Eyes on the Forest have alleged that one of Asia Pulp & Paper’s wood suppliers is clear cutting in a Sumatran tiger sanctuary that APP has publicly supported In a...
View ArticleRite Aid Taps Ecova for Energy Management
Drugstore chain Rite Aid has selected Ecova to provide utility expense and energy management services for its 4,700 U.S. locations. The Ecova system will provide Rite Aid with rate monitoring and...
View ArticleKraft Footprints Climate, Land, Water Impacts
More than 90 percent of Kraft Food’s carbon footprint comes from outside its plants and offices, and nearly 60 percent is from farm commodities, according to an environmental survey just published by...
View ArticleDell, Goodwill Add 319 Recycling Locations
Electronics giant Dell and Goodwill Industries have announce that an additional 319 donation sites in the U.S. have joined the Dell Reconnect computer recycling program. With the expansion, the free...
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