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Global food companies that require crops for manufacturing on an industrial scale must strike a delicate balance when it comes to sustainable agriculture as a recent talk involving PepsiCo, General Mills and experts in food and responsible investments shows.
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AMD's carbon footprint shrank 72 percent after it transferred the bulk of its manufacturing business to a supplier.
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The company is making gains in packaging and water efficiency, but facing challenges in wastewater recycling. Absolute system-wide energy use edges higher.
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For a second year, Waste Management, the title sponsor of the Phoenix Open, brings an array of environmental service innovations to the popular PGA tournament. Dubbed "the Greatest Show on the Grass," the Phoenix Open also strives to be the "Greenest Show on the Grass."<br />
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Dean Foods' Environmental 2013 Roadmap is designed to achieve a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and 30 percent decline in water use by 2013, both metrics measured per gallon of product produced. The company also intends to slash its solid waste generation by 30 percent.
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Johnson & Johnson is reporting double-digit reductions in carbon emissions, water use and waste, exceeding environmental goals in six areas while being on track with 2010 targets in another four key categories.
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The Pixel building by Australian development and construction firm Grocon is not only the country's first carbon neutral office building, it is also the greenest.
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U.K. food giant outlines plans to deliver deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, landfill waste and water use.<br />
by James Murray
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Starwood Hotels and Resorts plans to slash energy use in each of its 1,000 hotels by 30 percent by 2020, in addition to a 20 percenty drop in water consumption.
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Landscape architects and experts have launched a sweeping test of a sustainability rating and assessment system for greenspaces in the built environment with a pilot that involves more than 150 sites in 34 states, Canada, Iceland and Spain.
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The headquarters of the International Finance Corporation, the World Bank member that provides financing for private sector investment in developing countries, has earned a LEED-Platinum rating, the most prestigious of the U.S. Green Building Council certifications.<br />
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A new roadmap from the American Forest & Paper Association lays out the ways that technology can be put to work in reducing the forestry sector's environmental impacts.
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Designers are tapping advanced building technology as well as concepts dating to ancient times to green a terminal at San Francisco International Airport that will be the new home for Virgin America and American Airlines domestic flights.
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A new report from the country's Institute of Civil Engineers finds that water shortages elsewhere in the world are not simply other countries' problems, but will come back to bite the U.K.
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In a joint venture with China Eastern Airlines, Pratt & Whitney's Shanghai Engine Center has become the first facility in China to attain LEED-Platinum certification, the highest ranking possible under the U.S. Green Building Council's rating and assessment system.<br />
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ConAgra Foods vowed to become a more efficient company Monday, with goals to use less water and packaging for its products while also trimming related greenhouse gas emissions.
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With 73 skylights, a 40K photovoltaic system, a living roof and dozens of other eco-friendly design elements, the new Michael J. Homer Science and Student Life Center at Sacred Heart Schools has earned the first LEED-Platinum rating awarded under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Schools standards. <br />
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Anheuser-Busch InBev's new environmental goals include a 30 percent reduction in water use, 10 percent drop in energy and greenhouse gas emissions, and a 99 percent waste recycling and reuse rate.
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It is becoming increasingly common for companies to measure and report the water they consume within their four walls. Yet they rarely track all the water used to make the electricity powering their operations. It's called the forgotten water footprint, and it's about to get a lot more attention.
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The city of Wilmington and Honeywell have embarked on a sweeping $14.5 million efficiency project that includes two solar arrays, increased water reservoir capacity, a traffic light retrofit and upgraded lighting and HVAC systems for 11 facilities.
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The U.S. Green Building Council released its Top 10 lists of green building legislation in the House and Senate today and honored Rep. Ben Chandler and Sen. Olympia Snowe for supporting energy efficiency and sustainable design in the buildings.
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San Francisco has established a $150 million green financing program to allow businesses and homeowners to pay for efficiency, water conservation and renewable energy improvements through future property taxes.
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Global Equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) has extended its money-saving environmental management program to 20 percent of its portfolio, including two companies located outside the U.S.
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Novo Nordisk slashed greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption in 2009, at the same time the Danish pharmaceutical giant boosted sales and profit over the year before.
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Sustainability has become the touchstone of the entire discussion about the relationship between business and the society it serves. It is a global issue, with an impact in every country, and every community.