Decarbonization
Unilever Sets 10-Year Goals to Cut Environmental Impacts in Half
On the heels of similar long-term targets set by rival Procter & Gamble, the consumer products company aims to double sales while cutting the water, waste and carbon impacts of its products -- and its customers' use of those products -- by 2020. Read More
Wind, Solar Top Walmart Food Distribution Center
The newest Walmart Canada fresh and frozen food distribution center will be 60 percent more energy efficient that Walmart's other centers and will be topped by wind turbines and solar panels. Read More
A Vision for a Commercial-Scale Rooftop 'Farm' Nears Completion
Most people would not consider January an ideal time to plant crops, especially January in Montreal. But for Mohamed Hage, Kurt D. Lynn and Howard Resh, timing is one of the proof points of their project -- a commercial-scale rooftop greenhouse that's designed to yield produce year-round for an urban community. Read More
Is Interface's Sustainability Strategy Still Relevant?
Interface's Ray Anderson asks, "Is there still a need for the Interfaces of the world now that some of the world's biggest firms are also climbing toward the summit?" Read More
Johnson Controls Lands Contract to Cool Great Mosque in Mecca
Energy efficiency giant Johnson Controls Inc. has won a contract to provide an integrated building management system including state-of-the-art heating, ventilation and air conditioning at the Holy Mosque in Makkah, Saudia Arabia -- the largest mosque in the world. Read More
Visible and Concrete Energy Savings
What does it take to make people save energy? This new study by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy profiles 10 successful energy-efficiency programs. Read More
Scaling Up Unilever's Farm Tool to Measure Global Ag Emissions
Up to 15 percent of all greenhouse gasses come from farmers churning up soil. The International Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change aims to change that by promoting concrete solutions that deliver results today. Read More
10 Ways to Improve Your Company's Energy Management
Although improving energy efficiency can be as simple as gathering low-hanging fruit, smart companies will take efficiency projects far beyond the usual suspects. Read More
UCSF Breaks Ground on Sustainably Designed Medical Center
The University of California in San Francisco celebrated the groundbreaking yesterday for its $1.5 billion sustainably designed medical center in the city's Mission Bay area. In Oakland, ground was broken this week for the new $244 million Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Patient Care Pavilion for Sutter Health, which also will be built according to green designs. Read More
Climate Confidence Monitor 2010
This fourth annual survey of 15,000 people across 15 countries revealed that most believe the business community must take a larger role in addressing climate change. As in past years, emerging markets perceived climate investment to be a path to prosperity and job creation. Read More
