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BusinessGreen Editor-in-chief James Murray dissects Europe's carbon border adjustment mechanism. Plus, why water reuse is on the rise.
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The Global Environmental Management Initiative today unveiled the addition of a new tool to its roster of sustainability tools that will help companies understand water challenges wherever they operate.
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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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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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By making simple changes to the jeans finishing process, Levi's has been able to dramatically reduce the water needed to produce each pair of jeans.
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Lowe's and Moen are among the latest WaterSense Partners of the Year for their work to promote and create products that meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense requirements.
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During Molson Coors Brewing Company's second annual Water Stewardship Month, employees in three countries participated in volunteer work and the company launched an online tool to help employees conserve water at home.
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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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Sara Lee has cut the amount of waste it sends to landfill by 32 percent in the last five years, and six of its facilities send no waste to landfill, although the total amount of waste the company produces has gone up 7 percent in that same time.
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The nonprofit Imagine H20 has officially opened its second annual contest for startups with great new business plans for efficiently handling and using water.
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The Nature Conservancy and Coca-Cola released a report today with the results from three product water footprints. A big takeway: The numbers associated with a water footprint aren't nearly as important as how its water use impacts local watersheds.
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PepsiCo offered a detailed glimpse of its water stewardship efforts today with the launch of its inaugural water report, which also coincides with Stockholm International Water Institute's World Water Week taking place through Saturday.
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From China to Chesapeake Bay, IBM has kicked off four projects that will sharpen its focus on water issues.
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The U.N. adopted a resolution this week recognizing access to clean water as a fundamental human right in a move that is relevant for all businesses and geographies.
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A new tool from Veolia Water North America aims to help organizations assess how their water use impacts local resources, water stress and quality. The company also announced results from a case study that simultaneously analyzed the water, carbon and economic impacts of water system of the city of Milwakee.
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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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A variety of cost- and energy-saving measures in its fleets, equipment, and buildings are paying off for Coca-Cola Enterprises, helping the company reduce its carbon footprint by 10 percent between 2008 and 2009. It has also reduced packaging and water use, while boosting the amount of waste it recycles, according to its 2009 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report.
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The "Imagine H2O Prize: The Water-Energy Nexus" offers $100,000 in cash and services to the most promising startup company with ideas that can help to reduce the amount of energy it takes to move and treat water and wastewater.
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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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A confluence of factors, such as climate change, population growth and increasing living standards are placing increasing stress on already fragile water resources, posing significant risk to business models, Lloyd's warned.
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Infrastructure can be the mainstay or the bane of the built environment. In the U.S., failure to address water risks and other critical issues posed by aging or inadequate infrastructure could further impede the country's economy and attempts to regain global competitiveness on a number of fronts, a new study warns.<br />
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The Carbon Disclosure Project has turned its attention to the vast amounts of water being used by the world's largest corporations by sending questionnaires to 302 companies seeking data on their water use, risks and opportunities.
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New research from by Carnegie Mellon University and his colleagues provides the first industry-specific estimates of annual water use in almost 30 years.
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Unilever's early efforts and comprehensive sustainability platform propelled the London-based company to the top of its sector in the latest Tomorrow's Value Rating. Nestle and Danone followed behind in second and third place, with PepsiCo and Coca-Cola rounding out the top five.
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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.