Reporting & Disclosure
What's the Environmental Impact of a Google Search?
Yesterday, the UK Times Online reported that a typical Google search generates 7 grams of CO2 -- nearly half the amount of CO2 generated when boiling water in a kettle. Read More
DHL, FedEx Improve Climate Records
New Climate Counts scores show most major shippers are striding toward better measurement, reduction and communication of their climate impacts. Read More
BD+C Sustainability White Papers
Building Design+Construction offers free downloads of its series of white papers on sustainability. The nine-chapter 2008 series "Green Buildings + Climate Change" can be downloaded in its entirety or by chapter. Read More
California Climate Risk and Response
More than half of California's real estate assets are at risk from rising sea levels and wildfires caused by climate change, and the state could end up spending billions of dollars each year coping with its effects, according to this report from University of California, Berkeley and nonprofit Next 10. Read More
Consumers, Brands and Climate Change 2008
Most people in the US say tackling climate change will boost the economy, according to consumer research published by The Climate Group and brand strategy and design consultancy Lippincott. Read More
Cool Trends: 10 things cities are doing now to reduce greenhouse gases
The International Society of Sustainability Professionals set out to answer the following question: What strategies can communities and municipalities in the developed world implement now to reduce greenhouse gases that can be easily retrofitted into an existing community and offer multiple benefits? Read More
Norway's Carbon Tax Fails to Deliver Emissions Reductions
Norway imposed a carbon tax some 17 years ago but emissions have shifted in the wrong direction: Greenhouse gas emissions grew 15 percent. Read More
PricewaterhouseCoopers to Cut CO2 by a Fifth
The financial services firm plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent below 2007 levels by 2012. Three areas will be targeted: travel, workspace and commuting. Read More
The Noisette Project: Our Journey to Sustainability”
This 46-page report details the work of the Noisette Company LLC and its project with North Charleston, S.C., to restore and revitalize 3,000 acres of the city's historic urban core to create a community that is socially, economically and environmentally sound. Read More
London Climate Change Adaption Strategy — Draft Report
This is one of the first comprehensive climate change adaption strategies created by any major city. It identifies likely climate change-related impacts, opportunities and stakeholders, establishes a baseline to measure changing risks, and offers policies and guidance. Read More