UPS Boosts Mileage 40% with Prototype Plastic Delivery Vans

UPS engineers have lowered fuel consumption of deliver vans by about 40 percent with a prototype vehicle made from rugged, lightweight ABS plastic.   Read More

Kraft's Recipe for Greener Mac-n-Cheese and Oreos

Kraft plans to manufacture its famous foods using less water, energy and packaging, the company announced last week. Its European coffee brands have also committed to 100 percent sustainably sourced coffee by 2015. Read More

Schneider Electric Rolls Out Data Center Power & Cooling in a Box

The company has created a new type of modular structure designed to cut the costs and deployment times of powering corporate data centers, designed to take up just four parking spots' worth of space. Read More

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2011 Energy Efficiency Indicator Study: European Regional Results Summary

Johnson Controls looks at the main barriers and drivers to building energy efficiency projects in Europe. Read More

Costa Coffee, Kenco, Mars Honored by Rainforest Alliance

Costa Coffee, the Kenco Coffee Company ad Mars Inc. are among the winners of  Rainforest Alliance's Sustainability Standard-Setter Awards for 2011. Read More

How Many Patents Does It Take to Reinvent the Automobile?

Why did General Motors file more clean energy patents last year than any other company? The answer offers a window into the future of vehicles.     Read More

Simple Steps to Tackle Complex Supply Chain Sustainability Issues

The supply chain director at the world's third-largest apparel company explained in a recent webcast how Philips-Van Heusen works with suppliers to maintain their environmental and social performance. Read More

New York City Pushes Ahead Toward Sustainability with PlaNYC

New York City updates and expands its ambitious green agenda, PlaNYC, as the city's long-term master plan for sustainability celebrates its fourth anniversary. PlaNYC was launched on Earth Day 2007. Read More

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Best Practices Guide for Energy-Efficient Data Center Design

This guide from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory aims to make it easier for data center owners and operators to get the most compute power per watt. Read More

Green Accounting as the Path to a Sustainable Future

Growth can no longer be measured in strictly economic terms. Sustainable growth has become the new goal, and environmental accounting could well be the solution for assessing it. Read More