Green Colored Glasses- Green Kids Clothes: Electropura ReviewElectropura is run by fashion designer Lynn van Gastel who creates fashions for kids in sizes o-5 from existing materials. In today’s world where nearly everything seems to be disposable, these fashions rescue fabrics that still have tons of wear in […]
- Skateboard Sculptures of HaroshiCheck out these fantastic skateboard deck sculptures by Japanese artist Haroshi. He’s got an extremely varied portfolio of artwork made from old beat up decks. These five pieces shown here are just some of his latest sculptures. His method of wooden […]
- Eco-Friendly Gift Ideas — For the CookLooking for a green gift idea for the eco-chef in your life?? Check out these kitchen spice racks available in bamboo. Bamboo is a great wood to use because it grows extremely quickly with little water and no use of pesticides […]
- Beads For ChangeAre you looking for an eco-friendly product for the fashionista on your shopping list this year? Check out Beads for Change. This program employs women of Uganda who live in hillside slums. They are refugees after decades of war in […]
- Oil Town LivingI’ve got to admit that I live in the middle of a city fueled by oil. Make no mistake about it, Calgary is definitely an oil town. We’ve got a terrible reputation as red necks with out Stampede and a […]
- Penguin SweatersTo be clear, this post is about tiny sweaters for penguins such as pictured on the left. I am not writing about sweaters for humans with penguins on them such as this one from Chanel pictured on the right. It’s […]
- Getting In Bernie Madoff’s PantsThey say you can’t judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes so can you judge him after using his pants?? Check out the Bernie Madoff collection on Fredrick James for a cool selection of Ipad covers […]
- The Ultimate Solar LightHere in the Western world, solar lights are a novelty not a necessity. It’s easy to forget about people living on other places of our small planet that aren’t going green to save the world. They’re simply living hand to […]
- Etsy Find: Talking Squid Recycles TeesTalking Squid is not just saving the planet by recycling t-shirts, they’re also helping you save money with their huge 50% off summer sale. Yup, half off! So, what could you spend half as much on?? Well, they’ve got an outstanding […]
- Quitting SmokingQuitting smoking is one of the best things that you can do for the health of the environment and yourself. Cigarette butts make up about 80% of litter commonly found on streets. The exhaled fumes from cigarette smoke are a […]
- Green Kids Clothes: Electropura Review
Category Archives: Environmental Reporting
Dairy Industry Launches Sustainability Reporting Guide
The Innovation Center for US Dairy has published a guide to help dairy companies and farms measure and report on sustainability. The Stewardship and Sustainability Guide for US Dairy identifies indicators for assessing dairy sustainability and communicating results. The indicators … Continue reading
Investor Group Proposes ESG Disclosure Rules
The Ceres-led Investor Network on Climate Risk has proposed that companies listed on US and global stock exchanges be required to include a series of environmental, social and governance sustainability disclosures in their annual financial filings. The group of investors, … Continue reading
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: GMO Crop Delay, Arctic Strategy, McCarthy and Moniz Votes
Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 11 items. Democrats will attempt another vote on Gina McCarthy’s nomination for EPA administrator on Thursday, the Hill said. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), who is … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Enforcement, Environmental Management, Environmental Policy & Law, Environmental Reporting
Tagged American Petroleum Institute, Arctic, Asia, batteries, Blount Boats, Chevron, China National Petroleum Corp, Dow Chemical, Environmental Compliance, Ernest Moniz, Executive Briefings, Genetically modified organisms, Gina McCarthy, grid reliability, Hefei Guoxuan High-tech Power Energy Co, Monsanto, Oil & Natural Gas, sustainable agriculture, Urban Waters Federal Partnership, Water Management
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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Ship GHGs, Solar Panel Duties, McCarthy Vote Scrapped
Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 10 items. Republicans boycotted a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on Gina McCarthy’s nomination for EPA administrator, leaving Democrats unable to get … Continue reading
Posted in Automotive, Biofuel, china, energy efficiency, Environmental Enforcement, Environmental Management, Environmental Policy & Law, Environmental Reporting, epa, Green Fleets & Transportation, solar energy, transportation
Tagged Environmental Compliance, Executive Briefings, Gina McCarthy, Hydroelectric, Oil & Natural Gas, Renewable Fuel Standard, Solar Panels, Vehicle Production Group, Water Management, Water Resources Development Act
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BASF, DuPont, Other Chemical Manufacturers Pledge Product Safety
BASF, Dow, DuPont, Honeywell and the rest of the American Chemistry Council’s member companies have pledged to implement 11 industry best practices to evaluate and improve their product safety performance. The pledge is part of the ACC’s new Responsible Care … Continue reading
Posted in chemicals, Environmental Reporting, Sustainable Strategy & Leadership, U.S.
Tagged ACC, American Chemistry Council, American Petroleum Institute, BASF, Dow, DuPont, EHS, Environment, Health & Safety, Feature, Honeywell, National Association of Manufacturers, Responsible Care Product Safety Code, Sustainable Manufacturing
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Thomson Reuters Launches ESG Indices
Thomson Reuters has launched a new family of environmental, social and corporate governance indices. The Thomson Reuters Corporate Responsibility Indices were developed jointly with S-Network Global Indexes, a New York-based specialist index design firm. The firms say unlike the majority … Continue reading
Fracking Should Up Recycled Water Use, Ceres Says
Hydraulic fracturing operations should scale up their use of recycled water and non-freshwater resources, and practice better water management planning if shale energy production is to grow as projected, a Ceres research paper says. Most fracking to extract shale gas … Continue reading
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EPA Bee Report, Post-Sandy Aid, Energy Contracts Urged
Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 11 items. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR, pictured) has urged President Obama’s administration to contract for the remaining $1.5 billion … Continue reading
Posted in air, chemicals, china, clean energy, Climate, energy efficiency, Environmental Enforcement, Environmental Management, Environmental Policy & Law, Environmental Reporting, solar energy, Sustainability
Tagged Better Buildings Challenge, ceres, Chevron, colony collapse, D.S.C. of Newark Enterprises, energy savings performance contract, Environmental Compliance, EU, Executive Briefings, Exelon, general motors, Gina McCarthy, honeybees, Hurricane Sandy, Kyoto Protocol, Nuclear Energy, People, Pesticides, Solar Panels, South America, sustainable agriculture, The Moore Company, Three Mile Island, Water Management
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Most Firms Don’t Report GHG Emissions, Report Says
Only 37 percent of the world’s largest companies report their greenhouse gas emissions fully and correctly, according to research from the Environmental Investment Organisation. The Environmental Tracking Carbon Rankings, which examines the GHG emissions and transparency of the 800 largest … Continue reading
Posted in carbon footprint, Environmental Reporting, Finance & Reporting, Large
Tagged Anadarko Petroleum, BASF, BCE, BT Group, Carbon Trust, Deutsche Telekom, Edison International, Emissions, Environmental Investment Organisation, Environmental Tracking Carbon Rankings, EOG Resources, Feature, First Energy, France Telecom, GHG emissions, Global, Oil Company Lukoil, Origin Energy, Pembina Pipeline, PetroChina, Phillips 66, Scope 3, Singapore Telecom, Surgutneftegas, Swisscom, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Vodafone
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AB InBev Sustainability Report: Waste Down 55% in a Year
Anheuser-Busch InBev cut the amount of waste it sent to landfills by 54.8 percent year-on-year, from 104,946 metric tons in 2011 to 47,341 in 2012, according to its 2012 Global Citizenship Report. The brewer says it managed this achievement even though … Continue reading
Posted in biomass, carbon footprint, clean energy, energy efficiency, Environmental Reporting, Finance & Reporting, Large, Sustainability, Sustainable Strategy & Leadership, transportation, Waste Management, water
Tagged AB InBev, Anheuser-Busch InBev, baseline, carbon, Energy sources, Sustainability Reports, Water Management
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