Rethinking Industrial Combustion to Improve Economics and Meet Environmental...
Fossil fuels play a critical role in today’s economy and are critical for future global economic development and prosperity. The rise of unconventional resources in recent years has contributed to the...
View ArticleHow Spain’s Leading Province in Recycling Beat EU Target
Gipuzkoa, a province located in the Spanish Basque Country, has almost doubled recycling rates in five years, saving € 250 million ($280 million) and meeting European Union targets five years ahead of...
View ArticleTetra Pak Filling Machine Delivers Cost Savings, Environmental Benefits to...
Tetra Pak has launched a filling machine that uses electron beams, not hydrogen peroxide, to sterilize packaging material. The sustainable packaging company says compared with the existing Tetra Pak...
View ArticleNRG Cuts Water Use at Power Plants
NRG implemented projects in 2014 that increased water reused or recycled by 21 million gallons, according to the energy company’s 2014 sustainability report. NRG has also reduced its water usage by 133...
View ArticleBorla, Alphabet Energy to Develop Fuel-Saving Exhaust System for Truck Fleets
Borla, a manufacturer of stainless-steel performance exhaust systems and Alphabet Energy, a thermoelectrics for waste heat recovery firm, have announced a nonexclusive partnership to deliver the...
View ArticleIndustrial Stormwater Best Management Practices Revealed
If it’s not managed, stormwater can disrupt businesses across a range of industries from construction to manufacturing to oil and gas to agriculture. Rainfall, snow, sleet and hail can cause flooding,...
View ArticleUtilities Pay $160M in Four Corners Power Plant Settlement
The EPA and the US Department of Justice yesterday announced a federal Clean Air Act settlement with several Arizona and New Mexico-based utility companies to install pollution control technology to...
View ArticleRetailers’ Climate Change Efforts Lower Costs, Operational Risks
Retailers are ramping up their sustainability initiatives to lower costs and operational risks, in response to global warming and changing weather patterns, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’s Retail...
View ArticleHow Long Is Your Environmental Management System Value Chain?
Suppliers and contractors are called out three times in the current ISO14001:2004 standard with requirements to communicate with all of them. The standard states that the environmental policy needs to...
View Article‘Best Year for Supply Chain Industry Since Great Recession’
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals has released its 26th annual State of Logistics Report, presented by Penske Logistics. The report reveals total US business logistics costs rose to...
View ArticleImprove Supply Chain Management with Quick Scan Tool
A new open-source tool allows buying companies, suppliers, scheme owners and standards to compare their social and environmental compliance approach against best corporate practice and improve supply...
View ArticleSensus Smart Water Network Helps Dry California Conserve Water
Sensus’ smart water network is helping the city of Fountain Valley in drought-stricken California conserve water and prevent leaks. The Southern California city has set a city-wide water reduction goal...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: Alta, Xylem, LanzaTech, Summit, Amyris
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Alta Environmental: The consulting firm has promoted Nicolas Serieys (pictured), an Alta employee since 2013,...
View ArticleCRedit360 Rebrands to ‘Transform Sustainability Analysis’
The latest company to jump on the rebranding bandwagon, sustainability software company cr360 — formerly CRedit360 — yesterday launched its new vision, “responsibility beyond software,” new website and...
View ArticleDuke to Close 12 Additional Coal Ash Basins
Duke Energy says it plans to close an additional 12 coal ash basins in North Carolina and reused the material in lined structural fills or permanently disposed it in lined landfills. The announcement...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic’s Carbon Down, Profits Up
Virgin Atlantic’s greenhouse gas emissions have dropped 12 percent since 2007, according to the company’s 2015 “Change is in the Air” sustainability report. In 2014, Virgin Atlantic operated more...
View ArticleBofA: CSR Is a “Way of Doing Business”
Bank of America global corporate social responsibility executive Andrew Plepler discusses how CSR permeates across the company
View ArticleCalifornia Looks to Stormwater Capture, Reuse
A plan to capture and reuse stormwater runoff in Los Angeles County could be a model for the state as it seeks to augment its shrinking water reserves, MSW Management reports. The revisions to the...
View ArticleHybrid Drive System Improves Refuse Fleet Fuel Economy up to 50%
Parker Hannifin, which manufactures motion and control technologies and systems, has received approval from the California Air Resources Board to sell the RunWise Advanced Series Hybrid Drive System...
View ArticleMinneapolis Leads Green Building Markets
Owners of small buildings have an opportunity to differentiate themselves by implementing green-building practices, due to a significant gap between large and small office buildings in achieving...
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