Nike, Best Buy, Yahoo to Share Sustainable Patents Via GreenXchange
Posted By Environmental Leader On February 1, 2010 @ 9:59 am
Created to speed up the development of “green” innovation, ten leading organizations have launched the GreenXchange (GX), a Web-based marketplace where companies can collaborate and share intellectual property (IP) that can lead to new sustainability business models.
Financial Times
Published: February 10 2010 02:00 | Last updated: February 10 2010 16:27
Suppliers of oil sands fuel shunned
By Sheila McNulty in Houston
Two big US companies have decided to avoid suppliers that source fuel from Canada’s oil sands to curb their carbon footprints.
The decisions by Whole Foods Market, an organic grocery chain, and Bed Bath & Beyond, a household goods company, underline how industry is moving to fill the void left by inaction at Copenhagen and the failure of the US Congress to limit carbon emissions.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Environmental Finance
28 January 2010
SEC tells US firms to disclose climate risks
After substantial prodding from investor advocates, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will provide guidance to companies about what they must tell their investors about climate risks and opportunities.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development, ClimateWire
2 February 2010
Big companies push more suppliers to track emissions
The number of corporations pushing greenhouse gas emissions reporting and reduction strategies onto their suppliers is quickly growing and will likely triple in the next five years, according to a new survey by a U.K.-based nonprofit.
UK companies responding to climate change are increasing profits. A new film from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office shows the power of collaboration in realizing the opportunities of responding to climate change - view below:
About a third of water utility managers say they are in the early stages of adopting smart meters, despite the fact that 71 percent of water users say that having more detailed information on their water consumption would promote better water conservation, according to a report from Oracle.
Suppliers that don’t manage CO2 could lose clients
LONDON (Reuters) - Suppliers that fail to manage their greenhouse gas emissions could lose clients, said a report published on Monday.
Some 56 percent of large firms would in the future deselect suppliers for failing to meet criteria on managing carbon emissions, according to a survey by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).
Posted on February 1 2010 by zerofootprint and filed in Carbon Emissions
The New York Times
Published: January 29, 2010
Obama Puts Government on Low-Carbon Diet
By MICHAEL BURNHAM of Greenwire
President Obama ordered the government today to reduce energy use—cutting everything from the electricity used in office buildings to the petroleum used in fleet vehicles—in an effort to slash its greenhouse gas emissions 28 percent by 2020.
As Senate Climate Bill Languishes, Lobbyists Press EPA on Carbon Regs
By ANNE C. MULKERN of Greenwire
Published: January 12, 2010
Energy businesses want to stop EPA from proceeding with its plan to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act, a move expected to come in March. If the agency does decide to impose restrictions, industry wants them delayed until 2012 or later.
Posted on January 11 2010 by zerofootprint and filed in Carbon Emissions
NASDAQ
January 11, 2010
UK Must Raise CO2 Cut Target To 42% By 2020 -Environment Panel
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The U.K.‘s Environmental Audit Committee Monday said the government should increase its target to cut emissions to 42% from 34% below 1990 levels by 2020.
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