Start Tracking GHG Emissions in 60 Days
With some companies crunched for time in trying to comply with the EPA’s new greenhouse gas reporting initiative, which took effect Jan. 1, a software maker has come up with a platfrom that can help a company begin tracking its emissions within 60 days.
The GHG FastTrack program from Enviance is an Internet-based sofware, according to [...]
Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s to Cut Packaging Carbon Footprint 10% by 2012
Asda, Boots, Tesco and Sainsbury’s are some of the biggest UK retailers that have voluntarily agreed to reduce the carbon footprint of their grocery packaging by 10 percent by 2012, according to Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). Cuts will be achieved through weight reduction, increased recycling rates, and higher recycled content.
In addition to packaging [...]
Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility to Corporate Social Engagement
Our civilization’s central organizing project is to transform our adverse impact on the climate system. Scientists tell us that we must act now to mitigate the most severe effects of climate change; that we have a very small window before we reach an irreversible tipping point, after which the planet will become inhospitable for human [...]
South Africa Struggles to ‘Green’ World Cup Venues
Some of the nine host cities for South Africa’s first World Cup have built new stadiums that feature natural ventilation, rain water capture and energy efficiency, but struggle with finding ways to offset the huge amounts of carbon emissions that will be generated by the tournament, reports The Telegraph.
The “carbon footprint” for this year’s tournament is estimated [...]
APM Terminals Calls for Cooperation to Reduce Container Industry Emissions
APM Terminals is calling for global container terminal operators to share best practices and to standardize the metrics used for measuring their carbon footprints in an effort to improve the industry’s overall environmental performance, reports the Journal of Commerce.
Henrik Kristensen, senior director of sustainability at APM, reported during his talk on “Carbon Footprinting for Container [...]
Wal-Mart Pledges to Cut Supply Chain Emissions 20M Metric Tons by 2015
Wal-Mart’s latest environmental push calls for the reduction of 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the end of 2015 with help from its suppliers. This translates into 150 percent of the giant retailer’s estimated global carbon footprint growth over the next five years.
Wal-Mart estimates that more than 90 percent of its [...]
MA Criticizes Wal-Mart, Lowe’s For Lack of Energy Efficiency In Proposed Stores
If Wal-Mart and Lowe’s intend to move forward with new stores in Salem, Mass., they need to incorporate energy saving features, said Massachussets’ Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary, Ian Bowles.
Bowles said that plans Wal-Mart and Lowe’s filed with the state were disappointing because they did not include solar power or energy saving measures that the [...]
Amtrak, REI, Timberland Join Climate Counts Industry Innovators
The i2 program extends the scope of Climate Counts to track businesses not currently ranked in its annual scores.
Climate Counts said it created the program to help [...]
New Jackson Family Wines Distribution Center Serves Up Energy Savings
The latest environmental initiative at California vintner Jackson Family Wines since launching its formal sustainability program in 2008 is to reduce its carbon footprint at its distribution operations, reports DC Velocity. Previous initiatives included water conservation, soil erosion controls, and eliminating herbicides and insecticides.
In addition, a lighting retrofit at its 11.5 acre Kittyhawk location, a [...]
Johnson Controls Partners with IBM on Smarter Buildings
Johnson Controls is among IBM’s partner companies as the computing giant rolls out its Smarter Buildings program, which aims to reduce energy and water use at corporate buildings.
The program, which is an outgrowth of existing efforts between the two to create energy efficient data centers, should work for any building or portfolio of buildings, according [...]
