A San Diego County barracks dedicated to wounded Marines and sailors is the “greenest” building in the Navy Department, after receiving the platinum certification under U.S. Green Building Council guidelines. Camp Pendleton, where the new barracks is located, held a dedication ceremony Thursday. The $24 million project, completed in March 2010, is the first Department…
NEW YORK, NY — As the 2011 shareholder resolution season kicks into gear, environmental and social sustainability issues will be front and center. Last week, shareholder advocacy group As You Sow introduced a shareholder resolution aimed at cutting packaging waste from consumer packaged goods giants Procter & Gamble and General Mills. And today, Ernst &…
A new study released by GLOBE international — a coalition of legislators from around the world — found that “climate change is featuring prominently on the legislative agenda across the 16 major economies.” The study, conducted by the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at the London School of Economics, documents the kinds of actions that countries are taking…
In much the same way that plants and animals exist in an interwoven web that we call the environment, so business exists in an interwoven web called the economy. Sustainable business can be thought to exist at the intersection of three important areas: economy, environment, and ethics. (See What it Means to be Green.) This…
The Carbon Disclosure Project has for years asked the world’s largest companies to discuss the risks and opportunities they face from climate change on behalf of institutional investors. The nonprofit took its mission a step further this week with a new effort that asks companies to go beyond mere climate change disclosure. As the name suggests,…
OAKLAND, CA — Earth Day. It’s the day on which countless companies decide to announce new green products, environmental goals, project results or tree-planting plans, meaning it’s also the day countless announcements go straight from our in-box to our (electronic) recycling bin. We’ll try to make sure that at least a few of the resources…
By Jackie Sayward April 20th, 2011—SAN DIEGO, CA- Thousands of activists and businesses are demanding change for a greener future. In addition to the companies that have left the US Chamber of Commerce, over 10,000 young voters rallied on Monday in front of the organization’s headquarters to fight back against its corporate politics that have…
Thousands of youth voters who helped elect Barack Obama to the presidency in 2008 are turning their energies toward pressuring the president and Congress to take a stronger stance on climate change and clean energy. This past weekend through Monday, 10,000 students and youth met in Washington, DC for PowerShift 2011—a national summit and training focused…
Whether it’s onion power or human waste, companies and researchers are continually finding new, alternative sources of fuel and energy, and sometimes cutting waste costs at the same time. In the past week, two separate efforts to turn waste into energy have crossed the wires. First, there’s this story from MSNBC that looks at how the Magic Hat…
When it comes to water issues, PepsiCo‘s fizzy drinks tend to get all the attention. But the company is also a huge manufacturer of snack foods. Its food operations, PepsiCo is finding, offer huge potential to save water — including going “off the water grid.” At a UK factory that makes Walkers potato chips —…