Decarbonization
Cargill Cuts CO2 Emissions with World's Largest Kite-Powered Ship
Cargill plans to use the world's largest kite-powered vessel to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the shipping its products. Read More
View from the C-Suite: Grainger CEO James Ryan
Ryan discusses the broadening sustainability focus in the heavy manufacturing market, Grainger's catalogue of 8,000-plus "environmentally preferable" products, and how product innovations like automatic paper towel dispensers yield surprising energy, waste and labor savings. Read More
P&G Commits to LEED for Factory in China and All New Facilities
Procter & Gamble has pledged to seek LEED certification for all new facilities in the company's latest move to pursue its recently announced sustainability vision. The consumer packaged goods behemoth made the commitment as it broke ground on manufacturing plant in China. Read More
Maersk Orders 'World's Greenest Container Ship'
The Danish shipping giant has penned a $1.9 billion deal with Daewook for 10 next-generation vessels that can carry 18,000 containers, and which run slower as a way to cut emissions by an expected 35 percent. Read More
Winning the Sustainability Battle, Losing the Carbon War?
As head of the Carbon War Room, Jigar Shah has a gigaton-sized challenge ahead of him; and though he's plenty frustrated at the slow pace of progress to date, but sees some rays of light in getting business on board with major emissions-reduction efforts. Read More
Turning Data Centers Green
This online resource from Teladata and the IFMA Foundation offers an easy-to-use guide for greening data centers, from making the business case for energy efficiency upgrades to carrying out the projects. Read More
Wood Pallets vs. Plastic Pallets: The Battle Rages On
A marketing war that has raged for several years between the makers of wood pallets and plastic pallets hit a new crescendo last month, when an outgoing U.S. Senator stepped in on behalf of the wood side. Read More
Eco-Friendly Dentistry: Open Wide and Say 'Green'
The term "green dentistry" can launch a raft of misperceptions, the most common being that it must be code for "Birkenstock-wearing-incense-burning-commie-pinko-leftist" dentistry. But that's beginning to change, says Ina Pockrass. With her husband, Fred, a dentist, she cofounded a green dental practice as well as the Eco Dentistry Association. Read More
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Makes $150M Green Building Pledge
The company has developed a new green building standard to guide its investment called the Enterprise Sustainable Construction Protocol (ESCP). Enterprise Rent-A-Car expects ESCP could rack up energy and water savings of up to 35 percent. Read More
How the Chevy Volt Became the Heartbeat of GM
The second part of an in-depth look at how GM took its electric vehicle from concept to prize-winning machine, and the seven steps the program's leader used to shepherd it across the finish line. Read More