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Greening Distribution with Industrial Infills
For years, distribution centers were built outside urban centers. But concerns about fuel and energy costs are prompting firms to rethink that strategy. Steven E. Campbell of AMB Property Corporation talks about industrial infills as a solution.
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Water
Water, it’s been said, is the "oil of the 21st century" -- a commodity whose availability and quality may be subject to both known and unknown influences. For companies, that poses significant risks, and many companies are making water a strategic issue, creating water management plans that include efficiency and conservation as well as contingency plans should water become less available or more costly. Many firms are examining their products, policies, and processes through the lens of a world in which the availability of water becomes a constraint to doing business.
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LAUSANNE, -- The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) created the set of principles that it hopes will guide worldwide production and processing for the controversial fuel that has recently come under fire because of environmental and food price concerns.
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SOMERS, N.Y. -- The newly launched service is based on the Lean Six Sigma strategy and will target water and energy use wherever these resources are used, such as in transportation, data centers, IT systems, manufacturing and distribution or retail facilities.
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Whether you wade into investing in water or dive in head first, the water industry offers investors many opportunities.
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LONG BEACH, Calif. -- In the face of a severe drought and court-ordered limits on water imports from Northern California, the city has turned to education and rebate programs to curtail industrial and residential water use.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Independent Evaluation Group examined the effectiveness of World Bank projects in nine countries between 1990 and 2007. While the bank has made progress, results vary.
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Voluntary water quality markets, where businesses pay farmers and others to reduce their water pollution, have great potential for addressing a growing problem -- but only if the demand can outpace concerns about hazy regulations and high prices.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Riding a wave of successes from its multi-billion dollar ecomagination program, GE announced Wednesday a new goal of cutting its global water usage 20 percent by 2012. Revenue from ecomagination products and services topped $14 billion in 2007.
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ATLANTA, Ga. -- Three new environmental plans from Evian focus on wetlands protection and making recycled products.
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CEO Neville Isdell is an environmentalist, but making The Coca-Cola Co. sustainable is harder than it looks.
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Water hasn't yet risen to the level of energy and climate as a pressing issue for most companies, but the conversation seems to be flowing lately. And that conversation includes two concepts likely to enter the green lexicon.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) released last week a report detailing the evolution of The Coca-Cola Co.'s water management strategy.
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DUESSELDORF -- During the last five years, Henkel, the maker of Dial soap, has seen its sales rise while its energy use dropped 21 percent.
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In this case study of the global brewer and beverage-maker, Heineken shows how it has been able to set ambitious targets and achieve significant results on improving its environmental performance while boosting its triple bottom line.
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TORONTO, -- The 10-year RBC Blue Water Project will award grants to support water conservation, watershed protection, and access to clean drinking water in Canada and beyond.
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TEST, Ark. -- Working with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's Future Leaders Team, Madeline Brien of DNV shows how ecosystems fit into effective and successful plans for sustainable development.
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