How Dell Saved $39.5 Million, Cut Carbon Pollution via Telecommuting
Allowing US employees to telecommute has saved Dell $39.5 million and avoided an estimated 25 million kWh of energy and 13,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions since fiscal year 2014. According...
View ArticleSponsored Content: Q&A with a Leader – Digital Lumens
Jessica Morris will be a panelist at the Environmental Leader Conference on June 21-23 in Denver. Her panel, Building Intelligence as Energy Efficiency Driver, will be at 10:25 on June 23. We were able...
View ArticleEnergy Bill with LNG Export Rights to Really Heat Up by Summer’s End
Around the times of both the Republican and Democratic national conventions, Americans will hear just how different the parties are in terms of solving problems and creating opportunities. But the two...
View ArticleThe Spark for New Thinking May Be as Simple as Pulling Up Another Chair at...
Companies would do well to hire more engineers with blended civil or environmental engineering and biology backgrounds—especially individuals who consider green infrastructure and seek out...
View Article13 AGs Side with Exxon, Fossil Fuel Companies in Climate Risk Investigations
ExxonMobil and other fossil fuel companies have found allies in attorneys general from 13 states who have signed an open letter calling for an end to fraud investigations into these companies for their...
View ArticleWill Lego’s $150 Million Sustainable Plastics Challenge Make Biobased the Norm?
Lego is pumping millions of dollars into its quest to find new, sustainable materials for its popular plastic toy bricks. While the company’s goal with this initiative is to build better toys, it may...
View ArticleSponsored Content: Q&A with a Leader – CH2M
CH2M’s EHS information management lead Lucas Wolfenden will be a panelist at the Environmental Leader Conference on June 21-23 in Denver. His panel, The Enterprise Sustainability Journey:...
View ArticleBonuses Paid Coal Executives While Rank-and-File Gets Health Benefits Cut
A federal judge has given Peabody the Okay to do pay its coal executives about $3 million in bonuses to see them through the bankruptcy process. A different federal judge previously rule Alpha could do...
View ArticleCircular Economy and Sustainable Materials Management – Is it Time to End the...
A paradigm shift with respect to how we think about the products and packaging we create, and how we go about managing them when they’re no longer useful, is underway.
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: Amici Enterprises, Schneider Electric, Aqua...
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Amici Enterprises: The energy conservation technology company said Derek Chan, former chief operating officer...
View ArticleTransportation Is No. 1 Source of Carbon Emissions. What Can Corporate Fleets...
The transportation sector is now the biggest contributor to US carbon dioxide emissions, beating the power sector, which has long-held that dubious distinction since 1979, according to the US Energy...
View ArticleStill Working on GHS Chemical Labeling Compliance? EHS Execs Say You’re Not...
Almost half of all environment, health and safety executives say their companies aren’t in compliance with new global chemical labeling rules that took effect this month, according to a survey by Actio...
View ArticleGlobe Tries to Get its Arms Wrapped Around Energy Consumption and Carbon...
While global coal consumption fell by 1.8 percent, that was offset by a rise in natural gas and oil usage, according to BP's June statistical analysis.
View ArticleEnviance Acquires Fellow EHS Software Provider Actio
Cloud-based environment, health and safety management software provider Enviance has acquired Actio in a move to expand its EHS services. The companies did not disclose terms of the acquisition, which...
View ArticleRecycling and Reusing is Good for the Environment and the Company Brand
When it comes to burnishing your company's brand and cleaning is footprint, the efforts center on reduce, reuse and recycle -- or the "ban the can." That's the point that ISS' head of global...
View ArticleTrader Joe’s to Pay $2 Million to Reduce Coolant Leaks, Curb GHG Emissions
Grocery store chain Trader Joe’s has agreed to spend $2 million to reduce coolant leaks from refrigerators at 453 of its stores to settle federal claims that it violated the Clean Air Act. The company...
View ArticleEL Announces Product & Project of the Year Award Winners
Environmental Leader today announces the winners of the fourth annual Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards, a program that recognizes excellence in the fields of environmental,...
View ArticleGM’s Mari Kay Scott: Sustainability Attracts Customers, Generates Revenue,...
General Motors has leveraged its environmental sustainability initiatives to attract new customers, generate $1 billion in new revenue streams from recycling and reuse, and reduce company risk, said...
View ArticleThe Drive for Disclosure: What Matters and What Doesn’t
It’s sustainability reporting season. CDP’s climate change questionnaire is due June 30. The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices questionnaire deadline was at the end of last month. And then there’s a...
View ArticleThe Evolving Ton and the Circular Economy
Five years ago, recycling took a backseat to topics such as sustainable design and life cycle analysis. A primary reason for this shift in emphasis is the growing realization of the importance of...
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