How the Smart Grid is Key to a Sustainable Energy Future
The Smart Grids Technology Roadmap from the International Energy Agency shows how use of smart grid technologies can be expanded, and identifies goals that must be met for widespread adoption of clean technology. Read More
Ford Uses Recycled Carpet Under the Hood
Ford put more than 4 million pounds of recycled carpet around vehicle engines last year. Read More
Principles of Climate Capitalism
In this exclusive excerpt from her new book, L. Hunter Lovins offers a glimpse of how smart climate capitalists are not only using resources efficiently, they are redesigning business processes and the way products are made and delivered. Read More
Unilever Tops List of Sustainability Leaders
Just months after unveiling its Sustainability Living Plan, Unilever has rocketed to the top of a list of global corporate leaders, according to the latest survey of sustainability experts conducted by the research firm GlobeScan Inc. and the think tank and strategy consultancy SustainAbility. Read More
US Foodservice to Power SC Fleet with Waste Cooking Oil
US Foodservice acquired Bluffton, S.C.-based WVO Industries with an eye on turning the waste vegetable oil used in its customers' deep fryers into biodiesel to power its fleet. Read More
P&G Scorecard Puts Supply Chain on Notice
P&G's supplier environmental scorecard will now affect how the company rates suppliers, with rewards going to those that perform well and bring in innovative ideas. Read More
New Delhi Airport Terminal Achieves LEED-Gold Rating
The vast Terminal 3 at Indira Gandhi International Airport has been awarded a LEED-Gold rating for new construction from the Indian Green Building Council. Read More
Dell to Ship Servers in Mushroom-Based Packaging
Dell looks to nature for new packaging options. Read More
GlaxoSmithKline Outlines Vision for Carbon Neutral 2050
A carbon footprint analysis of its value chain revealed that 40 percent of its overall emissions can be found in its supply chain, while another 40 percent are produced by customer use of its inhalers. Read More
IKEA Boosting Stock of Sustainable Goods with Eco Scorecard
Using a new product scorecard, IKEA hopes to make its stock greener so that by 2015 the retail chain can classify 90 percent of the goods it sells as being "more sustainable." Read More