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  • Nestle Invests $487 million in Sustainable Coffee Sourcing

    August 31, 2010 – Nestle, the world’s largest purchaser of coffee, announced Friday that it will invest $500 million Swiss Francs ($487 million U.S. Dollars) to address global issues such as responsible farming, sustainable sourcing, and consumption issues across its supply chain. READ MORE

  • Nextera Wins Approval for Mojave Solar Thermal Project

    August 27, 2010 – California regulators approved the United States’ first large scale solar thermal plant to be built in over 20 years, granting the license for the 250-MegaWatt Beacon Solar Energy Project to Nextera Energy Resources. The project will be built in Kern County, on the western edge of the Mojave Desert. READ MORE

  • Ford and Portland General Electric Prepare Oregon for Electric Vehicles

    August 26, 2010 - Ford Motor Company and Portland General Electric announced a collaboration yesterday, working together to share information on charging needs and requirements to ensure the electrical grid can support the necessary demand for electric vehicles, as well as partner on consumer education outreach around electric vehicles. READ MORE

  • Sunny Delight Achieves Zero Waste in U.S.

    August 23, 2010 – Sunny Delight Beverages Company’s recently released 2009 Sustainability Report outlines the company’s accomplishments over the past year, the most significant being the achievement of their Zero Waste to Landfill Goal by all U.S. and Spanish manufacturing plants more than 3 years ahead of schedule. READ MORE

  • Does Humanity Need 1.5 Earths?

    August 17, 2010 – Humanity’s needs and use of natural resources will outstrip the Earth’s ability to replenish those resources by 50% in 2010, according to Global Footprint Network.  This statistic, called Ecological Overshoot, means it now takes our environment 18 months to regenerate and reabsorb the resources that we use in only 12 months. READ MORE

  • Coinstar Going After E-Waste Market

    August 16, 2010 – Coinstar, a U.S. based kiosk operator with brands that include its flagship Coinstar machines as well as the popular “redbox” DVD rental kiosks in supermarkets, has announced an undisclosed investment in ecoATM, a maker of kiosks which pays consumers for recycling their old electronics. READ MORE

  • UPS and Postal Service Partner on Package Returns

    August 13, 2010 – UPS has teamed up with the U.S. Postal Service to launch UPS Returns Flexible Access, a new program that will allow customers to return products through their local postal carriers, which were originally shipped via UPS, with a unique label mailed in the original package. READ MORE

  • EPA Limits Mercury Emissions from Cement Manufacture

    August 11, 2010 – U.S EPA regulators on Monday finalized regulation which drastically reduces the amount of mercury emissions and other particulate emissions from the manufacture of Portland cement, the third largest source of mercury emissions in the United States. READ MORE

  • Ford’s 2011 Explorer is 85% Recyclable

    August 10, 2010 – Ford announced last week its accomplishments in designing a more sustainable SUV with the planned release of the 2011 Explorer – the company says that the new model is 85% recyclable, uses 25% recycled fiber in its interior fabrics and boasts a fuel economy that is 30% improved over the current model. READ MORE

  • New Rules when Accounting for Sustainability?

    August 4, 2010 - The Accounting for Sustainability Project has teamed up with the Global Reporting Initiative to form the International Integrated Reporting Committee, an organization which aims to re-write the “'Generally Accepted Accounting Principles'” as a globally accepted framework for sustainability accounting. READ MORE