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Brett Rohring

6 ways Apple's new mothership will be ultra green | GreenBiz.com - 1 views

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shared by Brett Rohring on 19 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • 6 ways Apple's new mothership will be ultra green
  • 1. Fruit trees
  • The new plan will transform an existing site almost entirely covered with buildings and asphalt into a landscape featuring almost 7,000 trees – including the apple, apricot, cherry and plum fruit trees that made San Jose's orchards thrive long before silicon was invented.
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  • When Apple Campus 2 is finished, 80 percent of the site will be green space
  • 2. Renewables
  • the campus will run entirely on renewable energy. The plan calls for about 8 megawatts of solar panels to be installed on the roof of the main, spaceship-shaped building as well as the parking structures. An unspecified number of fuel cells also will be installed, with the rest of the electricity needed for operations sourced through grid-purchased renewable energy.
  • Primary opposition to the site has centered on its transportation plan. To combat those criticisms, Apple has expanded its Transportation Demand Management program, emphasizing the use of bicycles, shuttles and buses that will link employees with regional public transit networks.
  • 3. Net-zero building design
  • the structure itself is being designed to create as much energy as it uses. There is a strong emphasis on energy-efficiency: the passive heating and cooling systems will use 30 percent less than a comparable campus. A central site will contain fuel cells, back-up generators, chillers, condenser water storage, hot water storage, an electrical substation and water and fire pumps.
  • 4. Attention to water conservation
  • Attention has been paid to reducing the number of impermeable surfaces on the site. (Up to 9,240 of the parking spots, for example, will be underground so that Apple can invest in landscaping that absorbs water. A recycled water main is under consideration, and other steps have been taken to minimize water consumption by about 30 percent below a typical Silicon Valley development. Those measures include low-flow fixtures, the use of native plans and roof rainwater capture.
  • 5. An expanded waste management program
  • Apple already diverts about 78 percent of the waste associated with its existing headquarters from landfills. The proposal calls for the company to recycle or reuse any construction waste; from an operations perspective, it will step up recycling from solid waste sources as well as the use of composting.
  • 6. A sharpened focus on commuting alternatives
  • As part of its transportation program, the plan calls for buffered bike lanes on streets adjacent to the campus that are segregated from vehicular lanes and that also allow for bikes to pass each other. The focus will be on encouraging all employees that live within 15 minutes of the campus to use sustainable or public transportation alternatives. The site will start with 300 electric vehicle charging stations, with the built-in capacity to expand.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 19 Nov 13
     
    The iPhone maker's master plan features extensive green space, aggressive water conservation and one of the largest corporate solar arrays in the world.
Brett Rohring

Ford and Microsoft invest in $1 billion bond for climate projects | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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shared by Brett Rohring on 12 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Ford and Microsoft were among investors in a $1 billion green bond launched last week to support "climate smart" investments in emerging markets.
  • Proceeds of IFC green bonds are used for private sector investments in renewable energy, energy efficiency and other areas that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as installing solar and wind power capacity and providing financing for technology that helps produce energy more efficiently.
  • IFC said in a statement that the bond transaction, jointly led by BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Crédit Agricole CIB and SEB, was heavily oversubscribed and sized to address the demand from "an increasing number of investors interested in climate-related opportunities."
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  • It marks the second $1 billion green bond transaction this year from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an Aaa/AAA rated global development institution and member of the World Bank Group.
  • Bond issues are seen as an increasingly important way to raise funds for green projects, with the green bond market now estimated at $346 billion after doubling over 2012.
Adriana Trujillo

Google, Facebook, Others Launch Sustainability Platform · Environmental Manag... - 1 views

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shared by Adriana Trujillo on 14 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Adriana Trujillo on 14 Oct 14
     
    A group of 29 companies and organizations launched collectively.org, a website designed to engage millennials on environmental issues by showcasing examples of sustainability in art, culture, food, and technology. CEF members involved in the initiative include Coca-Cola, Dow Chemical, Facebook, Google, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Nike, Salesforce and Unilever.
Adriana Trujillo

Apple Buys 1 Million Acres of Chinese Forests · Environmental Leader · Enviro... - 0 views

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shared by Adriana Trujillo on 12 May 15 - No Cached
  • Adriana Trujillo on 12 May 15
     
    Apple has announced a multi-year project with World Wildlife Fund that aims to protect as much as 1 million acres of responsibly managed working forests in China that provide fiber for pulp, paper and wood products.
Del Birmingham

Walmart Cuts 17.4M Metric Tons of GHGs from Global Supply Chain · Environment... - 0 views

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Walmart Environmental Leader cuts emissions supply chain global Climate Smart Agriculture Platform zero waste targets water renewables other company news

shared by Del Birmingham on 27 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • Del Birmingham on 27 Apr 15
     
    Walmart is on track to eliminate 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015.
Del Birmingham

PG&E Supports California GHG Reduction Goal · Environmental Leader · Environm... - 0 views

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shared by Del Birmingham on 30 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • Del Birmingham on 30 Apr 15
     
    California Gov. Jerry Brown yesterday announced an executive order establishing the most ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target in North America - a goal to reduce emissions 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. PG&E said it applauds the new goal and says it is attainable "with the right structures."
Adriana Trujillo

W Hotels to Use Recycled Plastic Bottles in Sheets · Environmental Leader · E... - 0 views

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shared by Adriana Trujillo on 21 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • Adriana Trujillo on 21 Apr 15
     
    W Hotels Worldwide, in partnership with Coca-Cola and music artist will.i.am, says it will soon use sheets and bedside chargers made in part with recycled plastic bottles.
Adriana Trujillo

Dow Expects $1bn Cost Savings by Valuing Nature in Business Decisions · Envir... - 0 views

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shared by Adriana Trujillo on 21 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • Adriana Trujillo on 21 Apr 15
     
    The Dow Chemical Company today announced new sustainability goals, to be accomplished by 2025, which include creating products that offset three times more carbon dioxide than they emit throughout their life cycle and delivering $1 billion in cost savings or new cash flow by valuing nature in business decisions.
Adriana Trujillo

The North Face Pledges 100,000 Pounds Recycled Textiles in 2015 · Environment... - 0 views

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shared by Adriana Trujillo on 22 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • Adriana Trujillo on 22 Apr 15
     
    The North Face has expanded its Clothes The Loop recycling program to all of its retail and outlet stories in the US and has set a goal to recycle more than 100,000 pounds of apparel and footwear this year.
Adriana Trujillo

Fortune 200 Companies Say LEED Positively Impacts ROI · Environmental Leader ... - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 21 Apr 15
     
    60 percent of surveyed companies believe LEED positively impacts their return on investment (ROI).
Adriana Trujillo

Sustainable Tourism: An Opportunity for Implementing the UN Sustainable Devel... - 0 views

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shared by Adriana Trujillo on 14 Jul 15 - No Cached
  • Adriana Trujillo on 14 Jul 15
     
    Sustainable Tourism is an incredible opportunity for nations to organize around for successful implementation of the SDG's.
Adriana Trujillo

Starbucks Moves Bottled Water Production out of California · Environmental Le... - 1 views

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shared by Adriana Trujillo on 12 May 15 - No Cached
  • Del Birmingham on 12 May 15
     
    Starbucks has announced it will stop sourcing and manufacturing its Ethos Water in California due to the drought.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 20 May 15
     
    Starbucks has announced it will stop sourcing and manufacturing its Ethos Water in California due to the drought.
Adriana Trujillo

First Statewide Mattress Recycling Program Launches · Environmental Leader · ... - 0 views

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shared by Adriana Trujillo on 20 May 15 - No Cached
  • Adriana Trujillo on 20 May 15
     
    First Statewide Mattress Recycling Program Launches Connecticut has launched the country's first statewide mattress recycling program. The program - which has become a model for other states - requires retailers to collect a small ... 
Adriana Trujillo

Walmart Sources Bottled Water from Dry California · Environmental Leader · En... - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 20 May 15
     
    Walmart is the latest company under pressure to stop sourcing its bottled water from drought-stricken California.
Adriana Trujillo

Tide's Hotel Laundry System Reduces Water Use 40% · Environmental Leader · En... - 0 views

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shared by Adriana Trujillo on 19 May 15 - No Cached
  • Adriana Trujillo on 19 May 15
     
    Tide Professional Coldwater Laundry System enables hotel facilities to reduce energy needed to heat the water in a commercial washer by as much as 75 percent and to reduce water used in a commercial washer by up to 40 percent, says manufacturer P&G Professional, a division of Procter & Gamble
Adriana Trujillo

How Civil Construction Can Cut Its Environmental Impact and Save Money · Envi... - 0 views

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 19 May 15
     
    Skanska has turned its Elizabeth River Tunnels project in Virginia into an example of how civil construction can improve its environmental impact while augmenting modern infrastructure. The company has a recycling/reuse rate of 99% for the project, and its creative ways to benefit the surrounding environment include using concrete waste to create oyster habitats. 
Adriana Trujillo

Unilever Saves $276M, 1 Million Metric Tons CO2 · Environmental Leader · Envi... - 1 views

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shared by Adriana Trujillo on 20 May 15 - No Cached
  • Adriana Trujillo on 20 May 15
     
    Unilever says it has saved 1 million metric tons of CO2 since 2008 in its manufacturing network.
Adriana Trujillo

New Disney Facility in Santa Clarita Faces Hurdles - The Hollywood Reporter - 0 views

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shared by Adriana Trujillo on 28 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • removal of 158 oak trees
  • Planning and the Environment
  • We’re considering our options.”
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  • The Ranch, which will take up 58 acres of Golden Oak Ranch
  • an 890-acre piece of land owned by Disney that already hosts about 300 days of production each year.
  • six soundstage buildings
  • 2,854 people and contribute $533 million in annual economic activity throughout Los Angeles County.
  • Full build-out, though, could take years, even after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the project during a vote Tuesday. Still ahead are meetings with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
  • SCOPE and other environmental groups have been addressed
  • plant 1,600 new oak trees in the area, and argues that 637 acres of Golden Oak Ranch will remain a natural backdrop area. Disney also touted several “green design features” for reducing energy consumption, traffic and storm-water runoff.
  • Plambeck, though, isn't satisfied,
  • "to a voluntary project condition that places a conservation easement over the remaining undeveloped portions of the Golden Oak Ranch as a condition precedent to any permit issuance."
  • not develop 637 acres,
  • but if that's the case, why won't they put it into a conservation easement to assure everybody of their intentions?"
  • The Sierra Club, for example, has taken a neutral position on the
  • SCOPE
  • Santa Clarita Organization
  • Adriana Trujillo on 28 Aug 13
     
    A local environmental group slams the plan for the just-approved 58-acre facility, which will eventually employ 2,800 people but faces months of hearings before breaking ground
Adriana Trujillo

France First to Introduce Mandatory Carbon Reporting for Investors · Environm... - 0 views

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shared by Adriana Trujillo on 23 Jun 15 - No Cached
  • Adriana Trujillo on 23 Jun 15
     
    Pension funds, insurance companies and other institutional investors in France will be required to disclose how they are managing climate change risks. The announcement was made by France's finance minister Michel Sapin at the Climate Finance Day conference in Paris on May 22.
Del Birmingham

Drug Take-Back Laws Stand, Pave Way for More EPR Laws · Environmental Leader ... - 0 views

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Environmental Leader extended producer responsibility take-back law drugs required other company news environmental news

shared by Del Birmingham on 27 May 15 - No Cached
  • According to the Product Stewardship Institute, the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the challenge brought by PhRMA, the Generic Pharmaceutical Association, and the Biotechnology Industry Organization will pave the way for more extended producer responsibility laws, which hold manufacturers responsible for the end-of-life management of their products.
  • Del Birmingham on 27 May 15
     
    Drug manufacturers will be required to fund and manage medication disposal programs, following the US Supreme Court's decision to not hear the pharmaceutical industry's case against a drug take-back law in California.
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