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Report: American Electric Power, Duke Energy, Three Others Emit 25% of U.S. Electricity GHGs

American Electric Power, Duke Energy, FirstEnergy, Southern Company and Tennessee Valley Authority generate a quarter of all electric sector greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; however, some of these producers have significantly reduced emissions in recent years, according to a recent Ceres report.

Sustainable Restaurant Association Launches Global Restaurant Rating System

The UK-based Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) this week debuted a global sustainability rating system to encourage more sustainable practices across the industry. More than 500 UK restaurants have already completed the rating system, a new international standard for the professional food community.

Cisco, Google Top Greenpeace's Cool IT Leaderboard for Energy Innovation

“Tech giants have the capacity to lead society to cleaner, smarter energy systems, as both Cisco and Google have demonstrated,” announced Greenpeace International Senior IT analyst Gary Cook. The two companies tied for first place in a recent evaluation of the top 21 IT and telecom firms that prioritize energy solutions to climate change as a core aspect of their business model.

Hershey Cuts Water Consumption in Manufacturing Operations by 58%

Hershey on Monday released its most recent CSR Scorecard, which reflects substantial progress on a range of sustainability programs and new initiatives over the past year.

Clariant Introduces Score Cards To Promote Water, Energy Conservation in Textile Manufacturing

Swiss chemical company Clariant has released a series of score cards to demonstrate the percentage savings in water and energy consumption, chemical usage, time, GHG emissions and Biological/Chemical Oxygen Demand (BOD/COD) ra

Earthwards: Johnson & Johnson’s Drive Toward a Healthy Future

Sustainability is no longer a fleeting trend. It is becoming a standard practice of companies both large and small, across multiple industries here in the United States and around the world. The health care sector is no different.

Cutting the Fluff Out of Sustainability: An Interview with Ramon Arratia

Ramon Arratia is a sustainability director with 13 years' experience Ramon Arratiain corporate positions at companies such as Vodafone, Ericsson and, currently, Interface.

European Leaders Call for Wasteful Goods To Be 'Taken Off Market'

This post first appeared on edie.net on December 17, 2012.

Steria Named “Best in Class for IT Services” in Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index

Steria, a leading provider of IT-enabled business services, announced last week that it has been awarded the highest score amongst companies listed on the Paris Stock Exchange (SBF 250) by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) for climate change information disclosure.

Good News/Bad News: Companies Climb Climate Counts Rating, But World Still Burns

First, the good news: Companies are climbing up the 6th annual Climate Counts scorecard, which rates and ranks corporate policies and performance on reducing globe-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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