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| In the news: BT, B&W, Barclays Capital, Electronic Recyclers, M&S, Mercedez-Benz, Mammoth Tusk Gold, Roche, Sharp Corporation, TELUS, ThinkSpace, United Natural Foods, Xerox. | |
CHEMICAL | Roche achieves EPA Climate Leaders goal two years ahead of scheduleRoche, the global pharmaceutical and diagnostics company, has achieved a 10.8 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions since 2001 at its United States sites. This accomplishment is two years ahead of the goal set by Roche in support of the United States Environmental Protection Administration’s (EPA) Climate Leaders program.Full story |
CONSTRUCTION | ThinkSpace joins CarbonfreeTM ProgramThinkSpace announced it has offset its carbon emissions with CarbonFund.org, the United States' leading carbon offset organisation. Dubai real estate agency, ThinkSpace has offset the emissions generated by their day-to-day business operations.Press release |
ENERGY | The largest solar electric system in New EnglandUnited Natural Foods, Inc along with Solar Works, Inc and the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF), today held a dedication ceremony for the installation of the largest solar electric system in New England. |
Sharp to spend Y100 billion on solar cell plantSharp Corporation will spend close to 100 billion yen ($882.9 million) to build the world's largest solar cell factory in Japan, Chairman Katsuhiko Machida was quoted by the Nikkei business daily as saying. | |
B&W has major achievement on clean coal pilot projectThe Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group (B&W PGG) has reached a major milestone in its efforts to prove the commercial viability of a new oxygen combustion technology that could greatly reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new and existing coal-fired power plants.Full story | |
Neste Oil to build largest biodiesel plant in SingaporeNeste Oil plans to invest approximately €550 million in building a plant in Singapore to produce renewable diesel. The biodiesel plant will have a design capacity of 800,000 t/a, making it the largest facility producing diesel fuel from renewable feedstocks anywhere.Press release | |
FINANCE/INSURANCE | Barclays Capital unveils carbon indexInvestment banking giant Barclays Capital has launched a carbon index designed to track the performance of the emerging global carbon market. The Index (BGCI) would track the performance of credits issued through the world's major carbon trading schemes, including the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and the UN's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).Full story |
FORESTRY AND WOOD PRODUCTS | Xerox earns Forest Stewardship Council Chain-of-Custody Certification spanning operations in 17 countriesXerox Corporation, one of the world's largest brands of cut-sheet paper, has earned Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain-of-Custody certification from the Rainforest Alliance's SmartWood program, an international nonprofit conservation organisation. |
ICT | BT wins top accoladeBT has won the top accolade at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants’ annual UK Awards for Sustainability Reporting. Transparent disclosures on its overall strategy along with the key CSR risks and opportunities for the business, helped give BT an edge, according to judges. |
TELUS - Canada’s best in corporate reportingCanadian telecommunications company, TELUS was handed five awards from The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) including the Overall Award of Excellence for Corporate Reporting, at the 2007 Corporate Reporting Awards ceremony held at the Convention Centre in Toronto.Press release | |
Electronic Recyclers receives California’s WRAP award for waste reductionElectronic Recyclers, Inc, California’s largest recycler of electronic waste, announced today that it has once again been named an honoree of the state’s prestigious Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP). The WRAP Awards are an annual program established in 1993 by the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) to recognise California businesses that have made outstanding efforts to reduce waste and send less garbage to state landfills.Full story | |
METALS AND MINING | First gold coin produced using environmentally safe processesA Yukon company is said to be the world's first recognised producer of eco-gold. Mammoth Tusk Gold Inc looks forward to successfully enter the new market by using environmentally safe gold-mining methods of producing gold, which the company dubbed "eco-gold". |
RETAIL | Sears to phase out PVCUS retail giant commits to phase out use of PVC in packaging and products and embrace plastics labeling scheme. One of the world’s largest retail groups announced it has begun work on phasing out all Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) from its packaging and merchandise.Full story |
Marks & Spencer receive 2008 World Environment Center Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable DevelopmentThe World Environment Center's (WEC) Twenty-Fourth Annual Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development has been awarded to Marks & Spencer for linking sustainability extensively with its supply chain, operations, and customers. | |
TRANSPORTATION | Mercedes-Benz pioneers vertical axis wind turbineMercedes-Benz has become the latest car manufacturer to install a wind turbine at one of its facilities, with the installation of an innovative new vertical axis wind turbine at its site in Milton Keynes.Full story |
