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Greenpeace scores another hit this week, AEP to retire a quarter of its coal fleet, and Marks & Spencer scores big with sustainability.
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The company set several new sustainability goals today, including spending more with suppliers that track emissions and achieving $40 million in energy savings each year.
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A study of 14 of the top IT service firms found a range of approaches, but across the board from Accenture to Wipro to IBM, non-financial reporting is starting to look a lot like their financial reporting, with increased disclosure the norm.
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CO2 emissions from energy production in 2010 were the highest in history following a recessionary dip the year before, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a stark announcement.
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Global sustainability spending will soar 50 percent to 100 percent between 2011 and 2013, predicted research firm Verdantix.
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Can the U.K. meet its new 2025 target? The goal is being hailed as the world's toughest binding target beyond 2020, but environmentalists worry a review clause will allow the target to be weakened if other EU nations fail to commit to their own goals.
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Toshiba has reportedly emerged as the top contender in the bidding war over Swiss smart meter maker Landis & Gyr, leapfrogging several engineering giants, including General Electric, Honeywell and Siemens.
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The EPA accepted a joint proposal from The Climate Registry, the Pew Center on Global Climate Change and the Association of Climate Change Officers to co-sponsor a program with the agency to recognize corporate climate action.
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Just a year after setting its long-term sustainability targets, Alcoa is on track to meet or outpace several goals. Chief Sustainability Officer Kevin Anton identifies four key elements driving the efforts.
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A $15.2 million budget shortfall prompted the U.S. Energy Information Administration to announce the suspension, reduction or termination of several programs, including its annual greenhouse gas inventory, upgrades to the National Energy Modeling System and updates to the International Energy Statistics.
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In its quarterly sustainability update released Monday, SAP AG revealed that its sustainability efforts since 1998 are paying off handsomely for the business software maker.
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The telecommunications giant began testing the new metric over the last year. The metric tracks the amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced while moving a terabyte of data.
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GE will adopt cyclopentane for production of its top-freezer refrigerators. The foam-blowing agent produces 99 percent less greenhouse gas emissions than the chemical it replaces.
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Since its debut two years ago, the WorldFirst Formula 3 race car has garnered accolades, spawned research projects and proved it could drive wheel-to-wheel with its conventional Formula 3 counterparts.
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Record temperatures and an increase in business travel as the economy recovered crimped the outdoor gear company's plans to halve its 2006 carbon footprint by 2010.
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US Foodservice acquired Bluffton, S.C.-based WVO Industries with an eye on turning the waste vegetable oil used in its customers' deep fryers into biodiesel to power its fleet.
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A carbon footprint analysis of its value chain revealed that 40 percent of its overall emissions can be found in its supply chain, while another 40 percent are produced by customer use of its inhalers.
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Green power, low-carbon employee commuting and energy efficiency are helping the business software giant shrink its carbon footprint.
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A supply chain carbon footprint analysis revealed that manufacturing is Sprint Nextel's largest hotspot. Now the company will engage these suppliers to manage their emissions -- before asking them to have their own suppliers do the same.
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BT now expects its roughly 6,000 contracted suppliers to have a climate change policy in place, actively measure and report their emissions, and set challenging targets to reduce emissions, while also reporting on their progress.
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A year after the SEC directed public companies to disclose climate change-related risks and opportunities, a new report finds disclosure has improved incrementally, but still leaves a lot to be desired.
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Rupert Murdoch revealed today that his media empire achieved carbon neutral status in late 2010. News Corp., home to a range of properties such as the Fox News Channel and MySpace, also unveiled a mix of short-term and aspirational long-term goals to guide its environmental efforts moving forward.
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The number of resolutions filed for oil, coal and electric power companies soared 50 percent as shareholders focused on an energy sector faced with growing regulatory action.
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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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Global participants in the second annual Carbon Salary Survey from recruiting company Acre Resources and consulting firm Acona had an average annual salary was $79,000, about $3,000 higher than last year.