Can you be a sustainability leader?

Written by industry experts, Paul Baier at Groom Energy and Sonny Masero at CA Technologies,the Sustainability Leadership Series (SLS) is designed to help you become a sustainability leader. Each paper provides you with a short overview and specific recommendations on key sustainability topics, and can be read in 10 minutes or less.



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The Leonardo Academy in Madison, WI, along with the state Department of Natural Resources, the Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee, have recently been selected to receive DERA funding for new clean diesel projects.



This unique program is called the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act and it was created to improve America's air quality by upgrading and modernizing older diesel engines and equipment through engine… Continue

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In the wake of last week’s failure to pass legislation in the US Senate, the latest climate bill’s struggles may seem like a major set-back to sustainability. However, climate change only represents one small slice of an enormous pie of sustainability opportunity available.



Described in a recent article,… Continue

Green Business Views

Obviously, a company wishing to Go Green has two paths to travel. One is to adopt some form of greenwashing, or using Green business certification process. The first one is cheaper, and frankly "worth-less" as well. Far too many small firms have taken the wrong route by literally buying their Green certification off the Internet that is also deceiving to the public that places a measure of trust in… Continue

Green Business Views

Obviously, a company wishing to Go Green has two paths to travel. One is to adopt some form of greenwashing, or using Green business certification process. The first one is cheaper, and frankly "worth-less" as well. Far too many small firms have taken the wrong route by literally buying their Green certification off the Internet that is also deceiving to the public that places a measure of trust in… Continue

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) August 2, 2010 - Network Rail, Britain’s railway infrastructure manager, has published its 2010 Corporate Responsibility report and for the first time it is fully online. The 2010 report covers the exploits over the past year and how the company has performed against targets set over previous years.



The report includes an introduction to how Network Rail manages corporate responsibility and how it is committed to being a responsible business.



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(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) July 30, 2010 - Johnson Matthey, the international speciality chemicals company, has published its 2009/10 Sustainability Report online at http://www.reportalert.info/reportprofile.php?ID=32226&year=2010



The report reviews the company’s progress towards its ‘Sustainability 2017’ Vision and the work it is doing to reduce its own environmental footprint, waste and… Continue

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) San Francisco, CA - July 27, 2010 - The Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) applauds the Western Climate Initiative Partners for the release today of its detailed program design document,…

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As the summer heat breaks and you begin to gear up for the 2010-2011 school year, what do you know about the companies that get all your back-to-school shopping dollars? Which ones are actually working to bring our planet Back-2-Cool? In 2008, the top 100 brands spent over $100 billion dollars on US advertising alone, and the back-to-school season was second only to the holiday season in revenue… Continue

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) Chicago/London/Washington - July 23, 2010 - Carbon TradeEx America, a unique forum bringing together top players from the environmental markets community, today released names of some of its speakers lined up for this path-breaking event on September 28-29, 2010 at the Chicago McCormick Place. The event will be jointly put together by Koelnmesse, Inc., the Carbon Markets & Investors Association (CMIA) and the Environmental Markets… Continue