Latest Carbon footprint Stories
OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its ongoing commitment to improve the health of the communities it serves, Kaiser Permanente announced today that it is rolling out an aggressive strategy to reduce its overall greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2020, compared to its 2008 levels. The strategy includes plans to invest in clean and renewable energy sources while also targeting energy conservation measures. By reducing its reliance on fossil fuels...
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it was awarded a contract to provide design services for the decommissioning, historic preservation and construction of the Old Main Utility Building (OMUB) Power Plant at the University of Minnesota (UMN) in Minneapolis (officially known as the Combined Heat and Power Plant project). The anticipated 14MW (mega watt) combined heat and power plant, fueled by clean-burning...
CARLISLE, Pa., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ahold USA announced today that for the first time it appears on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) list of the largest green power purchases. The company ranks No. 7 on the EPA's Top 20 Retail list and No. 30 on the National Top 50 list. Ahold USA is purchasing more than 149 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually, which is enough green power to meet 7 percent of the organization's electricity use. Ahold USA...
Carbonfund.org announces new awards program to top partners of 2011 BETHESDA, Md., Feb, 6. 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Carbonfund.org Foundation is proud to announce its first For Planet and People annual awards, adding to Carbonfund.org's long history of facilitating our partners' goals to mitigate their carbon footprint. Since 2003, Carbonfund.org has worked with over 2,000 businesses and 750,000 individuals on climate solutions. Partners support renewable energy,...
MONTREAL, Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Resolute Forest Products (NYSE: ABH) (TSX: ABH) today unveiled its Align(TM) family of high brightness, environmentally responsible papers that can be used as alternatives to chemical pulp coated and uncoated freesheet in most commercial printing applications. Typical freesheet papers are designed for brightness and use more trees and chemicals than are needed for most print applications. Align papers are made with up to 50% less wood fiber...
EVEN YEHUDA, Israel, January 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Sphere Corp. (OTCBB: BLSP) (the "Company" or "Blue Sphere"), a company in the Cleantech sector as an emission reduction and renewable energy project integrator, is pleased to announce that Vattenfall Energy Trading, the trading unit of one of Europe's biggest power and heat producers ("Vattenfall"), has signed an emissions reduction purchase agreement ("ERPA") with the Company's subsidiary, Puresphere Ltd., to...
Member-to-Member Information Exchange Measures Energy Use, Carbon Footprint of Commercial Portfolios WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Urban Land Institute (ULI) is enhancing its commitment to environmentally conscious development with the transfer of the activities and assets of the Greenprint Foundation into the newly formed ULI Greenprint Center for Building Performance. With this action, ULI is continuing the operation of a unique industry-to-industry...
BAODING, China, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), one of the world's leading vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") product manufacturers, today announced that it has accomplished the carbon footprint lifecycle assessment (the "Assessment") of its multi-crystalline and mono-crystalline PV modules. The Assessment was conducted according to the international carbon footprint...
NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Grupo Pao de Acucar, the largest retailer in South America, has selected the SAP® Carbon Impact OnDemand solution to monitor and manage carbon emissions and energy consumption in each of its 1,832 stores. The solution from SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) will help the group, long recognized as a sustainability leader for retailers both in Latin America and globally, to more effectively control greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase the data...
GENEVA, Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/-- As a leading provider of sustainability solutions, SGS Consumer Testing Services today announced the first Product Carbon Footprint program offering marks that can be applied to products manufactured and sold on international markets. Designed to provide a competitive marketing edge by displaying validated environmental claims, the program is also the first to offer a comprehensive progressive three-label scheme demonstrating...
