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 […]
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Category Archives: Finance & Reporting
Power Plants Cut CO2 Emissions 7% in Three Years
US power plants cut emissions from nitrous oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2) and CO2 in 2011 even as overall electricity generation increased, according to data from the Energy Information Administration and the EPA. In 2011, power plant NOx and SO2 … Continue reading
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General Mills Sustainability Report: Beats Packaging Goal Three Years Early
General Mills met its 2015 packaging volume goal three years early, selling 52 percent of its product volume in packaging that it improved since fiscal 2009, according to the company’s 2013 Global Responsibility Report. The goal was for a 40 … Continue reading
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
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
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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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Kohl’s Sustainability Report: Carbon Intensity Down 2.8%
Kohl’s relative emissions were down 2.8 percent last year to 7.74 metric tons of CO2e per 1,000 square feet of building space, from 7.96 the year before, according to the company’s 2012 corporate social responsibility report. The decline puts the … Continue reading
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How to Manage Scope 3 Emissions
Properly managing value chain, or Scope 3, emissions is a critical survival tool companies must use to gain competitive advantage in a resource-constrained future, the Carbon Trust says. Value chain emissions often represent the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions … Continue reading
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Tagged BT, Carbon Trust, Emissions, GHG Protocol, Products & Planning, scope 3 emissions
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FTSE Launches Environmental Technologies Index
FTSE Group has launched an environmental technologies index, FTSE ET100, designed to measure the performance of companies whose core business is in the development and operation of environmental technologies. To qualify, companies must derive at least 50 percent of their … Continue reading
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Tagged ADT Corp., Applied Materials, environmental indices, environmental technologies, Financial, FTSE ET100, FTSE Group, FTSE4Good Index, Global, iron mountain, Jupiter, Micron Technology, Mitsubishi, Nobel Biocare, Salesforce.com, Union Pacific, Ventas, Wellpoint
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Only 1.4% of S&P Companies Have Fully Integrated Reporting
American Electric Power, Clorox, Dow Chemical, Eaton, Ingersoll Rand, Pfizer and Southwest Airlines are the only companies in the S&P 500 — just 1.4 percent of the total — with fully integrated annual financial and sustainability reports, according to a … Continue reading
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
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Walmart Sustainability Report: GHG Intensity Down 5.4%
Walmart’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 5.4 percent relative to revenue in 2011, from 49.7 to 47.0 metric tons per dollar, according to the company’s sixth annual Global Responsibility Report. GHGs for 2011 – the latest year for which it reports … Continue reading