Environmental LeaderMore from Environmental LeaderGlobal Supply Chain ManagementAutomakers Push Back Against Emissions, Fuel Efficiency StandardsThe EPA will stay the course on vehicle emissions and fuel efficiency standards that the agency says will halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. The standards require automakers to double passenger cars and light trucks' fuel economy to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.December 14, 2016Global Trade ManagementAfrica Could Become Fertile Ground for New Energy InvestmentAfrica wants to become fertile ground for new energy investment - investments that would help electrify parts of the continent and make it ripe for new businesses and new jobs, the African Development Bank says.December 6, 2016Global Supply Chain ManagementEPA Raises Renewable Fuel RequirementsThe EPA has raised the amount of renewable fuel that must be blended into the nation's gasoline supply, drawing an immediate attack from the oil industry. The final Renewable Fuel Standards, announced last week, raise the levels from 18.11 billion gallons this year to 19.28 billion gallons in 2017.December 1, 2016Logistics OutsourcingConstruction Boom Could Boost Demand for Met CoalBusinesses that transport their goods via the highways, railways or the airways are likely to see an expansion of the nation's infrastructure. That's good news not just for companies that want to move their products in the most efficient manner possible. It may also be good news for a subset of the coal sector that produces so-called metallurgical coal for steelmaking.November 23, 2016Global Supply Chain ManagementGeneral Mills, PepsiCo Target Suppliers' Water EfficiencyAlmost all of General Mills' water use occurs in its supply chain, as farmers around the world grow crops for the company's food products. "Ninety-nine percent of our water footprint is upstream of us," says General Mills chief sustainability officer Jerry Lynch. "It is largely about how we grow food and use water to grow food. So it’s a really important piece of the pie - and with water you see the impact very quickly and clearly."November 10, 2016Business Strategy AlignmentGlobal 500 Companies Report Finding Business Opportunities Resulting From Climate ChangeAs corporations look to cut their environmental costs, evaluating total cost of ownership - or the total direct and indirect costs of owning a product or service - may provide a way to achieve greater environmental accountability, better resource management and financial savings, according to a report by the Carbon Disclosure Project.October 24, 2016Global Supply Chain ManagementCoalition Formed to Promote Climate Resilience PlanningBig data gives environmental and resource managers an invaluable tool to increase efficiencies and better manage risk.September 23, 2016Business Strategy AlignmentCalifornia Climate Law Expected to Become More Aggressive, Costly to BusinessCalifornia, which now has the most aggressive carbon reduction targets in North America, will impose stricter limits on emissions from factories, power plants and vehicles under legislation signed last week by Gov. Jerry Brown.September 13, 2016Business Strategy AlignmentCoke, Pepsi Square Off in Water WarThe cola wars may be ancient history, but Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are facing off again. This time, it's about water.September 1, 2016Logistics OutsourcingTechnology, Which Enables Sustainability, Often Has Its Own Negative Environmental ImpactWhile technology can improve companies' environmental, health and safety performance it can also produce a huge environmental footprint of its own.August 26, 2016Previous PagePage 11 of 21Next Page
