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Adriana Trujillo

A 'Net Positive' Future Is Within Reach: Introducing the Net Positive Project | Blog | BSR - 0 views

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    BSR and Forum for the Future launched the Net Positive Project, a coalition to clearly define what it means to be net positive and build a framework on how to scope, measure, and communicate net positive outcomes. Founding company members include Dell, The Dow Chemical Company, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Kimberly-Clark, and others.
Adriana Trujillo

The North Face Expands Made In The U.S.A. "Backyard Project" Collection - Press Release... - 0 views

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    "In its second year, The Backyard Project has scaled production nearly 15x, tapped new partners across the U.S.A. and evolved production to bring eco-preferred fashion to more consumers "
Adriana Trujillo

Apple's new campus partially built with green bonds | GreenBiz - 1 views

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    Apple released its first Green Bond Impact Report, which highlights 16 projects made possible by proceeds from a $1.5 billion green bond it issued last year. The company allocated approximately $441 million to environmentally beneficial projects in fiscal year 2016, with the majority of funds going toward renewable energy (about $129 million), green building (about $232.6 million), and energy efficiency (about $74.6 million).
Adriana Trujillo

Development Standards Changing, Sustainability Executive Says - 0 views

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    Sara Neff, vice president for sustainability at Kilroy Realty, says an upcoming project in San Francisco will be the real estate investment trust's most innovative sustainability project. The site "will feature a living roof, use of storm water for toilet flushing, solar panels and bricks grown from bacteria," writes Sarah Borchersen-Keto
Adriana Trujillo

BP Energy Outlook 2035 Shows Global Energy Demand Growth Slowing, Despite Increases Dri... - 0 views

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    "BP Energy Outlook 2035" (BP) projects that global energy consumption will increase 41% from 2012 to 2035, with 95% of the growth occurring in emerging economies. The report also projects that CO2 emissions will increase 29% over that same time period, with virtually all growth driven by emerging markets.
Adriana Trujillo

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

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    The bond, launched by World Bank-backed International Finance Corporation, will fund climate smart projects.
Adriana Trujillo

China to Build More Renewables Than EU, U.S. Combined, IEA Says - Businessweek - 0 views

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    China may lead the renewable energy race and is projected to add more renewable energy facilities than the combined efforts from the U.S., EU and Japan through 2035, according to a report from the International Energy Agency. The report also projected that the share of hydropower, biomass, wind and solar energy in the world's supply will surpass 30% in two decades. Advances in solar and wind power technology will help increase output in these sectors by 45%.
Adriana Trujillo

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

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    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

WWF and partners secure protection for critical Sumatran rain forest | Press Releases |... - 0 views

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    The World Wildlife Fund will help protect 100,000 acres of former logging forest in Indonesia's Bukit Tigapuluh National Park, in partnership with Frankfurt Zoological Society, The Orangutan Project, and local communities. The World Wildlife Fund has established a commercial company to generate revenue within the project area to help finance forest protection initiatives.
Adriana Trujillo

How the U.S. Navy Plans to Save $6 Million Per Year at One Air Station - 0 views

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    The Naval Air Station Oceana deep energy retrofit is a four-phase endeavor that is unprecedented in both size and scope. The project is projected to reduce energy use by over 40 percent across more than 100 retrofitted buildings, saving the naval base over $6 million in annual energy costs
Adriana Trujillo

How the Navy will save $6 million a year on energy at one air station | GreenBiz - 1 views

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    The Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana deep energy retrofit is a four-phase endeavor that is unprecedented in both size and scope. The project - which kicked off in 2002 and is expected to be completed in 2017 - is projected to reduce energy use by over 40 percent across more than 100 retrofitted buildings, saving the naval base over $6 million in annual energy costs.
Adriana Trujillo

Carbon Credit Plan Aims to Save Kenyan Trees and Elephants-and Help Villagers - 0 views

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    Kenya-based Wildlife Works Carbon employs "wildlife rangers" on about 500,000 acres in and around two national parks to protect elephants from poachers. The company sells carbon credits to raise the funds needed to pay the rangers. The cash raised also goes to compensate landowners for leaving land and resources in their natural condition, and to fund educational and community projects. It's the country's pilot project as part of its belonging to the United Nations' Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation program.
Adriana Trujillo

Goldman Sachs to invest $150 billion in clean energy - Fortune - 0 views

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    Goldman Sachs has committed to investing $150 billion in clean energy technology by 2025. The bank will focus its spending on wind and solar projects as well as energy-efficiency measures. Kyung-Ah Park, Goldman's head of environmental markets, said more renewable projects would be installed this year than traditional systems, even though the economy is still in the early stages of shifting to clean energy
Adriana Trujillo

Levi's Automates Finishing Process, Saving Time and Cutting Chemicals - 0 views

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    Levi Strauss & Co. is piloting a new operating model that replaces labor-intensive manual finishing techniques with an automated digital laser-based system. Called Project Future-Led Execution or Project FLX, Levi's model shortens the time to market, and cuts chemicals from the finishing process.
Adriana Trujillo

The Chemical Footprinting Project 2017 Annual Report | Sustainable Brands - 0 views

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    In its 2017 Annual Report, the Chemical Footprint Project - an initiative driving the effective management of chemicals in product supply chains - demonstrates how chemical footprinting is increasingly moving towards the mainstream. The report shares how businesses from across industries stack up against four pillars - management strategy, chemical inventory, footprint measurement and public disclosure and verification - and provides investors and purchasers with data that enables them to benchmark firms on their progress.
Adriana Trujillo

Electric Vehicle Outlook 2017 | Bloomberg New Energy Finance | Bloomberg Finance LP - 0 views

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    Electric vehicles are projected to represent 54% of new car sales by 2040, according to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance report. Electric vehicles are also projected to displace 8 million barrels of transport fuel per day and add 5% to global electricity consumption by 2040.
amandasjohnston

World's Largest Methanol Refinery to Be Built Along the Columbia River - 0 views

  • Communities on the frontlines of fossil fuel development are taking a stand against dangerous fossil fuel projects. Take a look at the big fight in the small town of Kalama, Washington. The Chinese government is planning to build the world's largest methanol refinery to convert fracked natural gas to liquid methanol for export to China to make plastics.
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    Communities on the frontlines of fossil fuel development are taking a stand against dangerous fossil fuel projects. Take a look at the big fight in the small town of Kalama, Washington. The Chinese government is planning to build the world's largest methanol refinery to convert fracked natural gas to liquid methanol for export to China to make plastics. From a greenhouse gas perspective, this fight is a big deal. The methanol refinery alone would use more natural gas than all industry in Washington combined. Flip it around: If we win this one battle and stop the methanol refinery, we stop the equivalent of doubling industrial natural gas usage in Washington State. While the gas industry tries to spin natural gas as clean, new science shows just the opposite. The bulk of natural gas is methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Methane leakage from gas wells and pipelines led scientists to conclude that fracked gas can be as bad coal for our climate. And it gets worse. Gas production in North America relies heavily on fracking, a process famous for polluting air and water, endangering the health of nearby residents.
Adriana Trujillo

A Million New Solar Homes Projected With India-U.S. Announcement | ThinkProgress - 0 views

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    Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi announced that India would work towards ratifying the Paris Agreement by the end of this year, following a meeting with President Obama. The state leaders also launched two initiatives to deploy $20 million to provide clean and renewable electricity to as many as 1 million households by 2020 and deploy $40 million to support small-scale renewable energy projects in India.
Brett Rohring

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

  • 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.
  • 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.
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  • 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."
  • 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

Hilton Foundation headquarters yields more than energy savings | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

  • Conservative estimates of the savings associated with retention project more than $5,000 per year in savings for the foundation.
  • n designing a new permanent home, the foundation's primary goals were environmental stewardship and crafting a simple, peaceful, healthy, productive and energy-efficient working environment that would last for at least 100 years.
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    Conservative estimates of the savings associated with retention project more than $5,000 per year in savings for the foundation.
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