The two firms were among several companies at the Renewable Energy Markets Conference discussing the ways in which they're aligning their renewable energy and business goals.
Although water issues are not generally given the same priority as climate change, companies are increasingly taking stock of the business risks and opportunities posed by water, and they're also growing more adept at collecting and reporting water data.
The Breast Cancer Fund tested BPA levels in seven products that frequently make their way to the Thanksgiving table, finding 43 percent had levels higher than the amount associated with disrupting in utero brain development in lab studies.
Sixty-five percent of airlines in a new PwC study filed reports in 2010, a 15 percent increase over 2009. But the average score for quality was just 38 percent (out of 100 percent).
In a ranking of 50 utilities across the country, PG&E topped the list in total spending on EE programs, as well as spending per megawatt-hour of sales. Other top-spending utilities include subsidiaries of National Grid, Edison International and Long Island Power Authority.
The hotel giant will collect and donate used soap bars to the Global Soap Project and invest $1.3 million to broaden the group's processing capabilities.