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Adriana Trujillo

The Fastest-Growing Cause for Shareholders Is Sustainability - 0 views

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    Shareholder proposals are an effective tool for driving companies to tackle environmental and ethical issues, according to new research. "Investors can be a driver for social responsibility and -- at least when focused on material issues -- can improve both societal and financial outcomes at the same time," writes George Serafeim.
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Mattel Plans to Cut Utility Bills 40% Using Recycled Water · Environmental Le... - 1 views

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    Mattel recently became a California water agency's newest recycled water customer, which will save about 2 million gallons of drinking water per year in the drought-stricken state.
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Evoqua Water Treatment Saves County $16M · Environmental Leader · Environment... - 0 views

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    Evoqua Water Technologies' water treatment system will save Washington County, Maryland, $16 million in upgrade costs, according to the county.
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How Dell Saved $39.5 Million, Cut Carbon Pollution via Telecommuting · Enviro... - 1 views

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    Allowing US employees to telecommute has saved Dell $39.5 million and avoided an estimated 25 million kWh of energy and 13,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions since fiscal year 2014.
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GM's Mari Kay Scott: Sustainability Attracts Customers, Generates Revenue, Re... - 1 views

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    General Motors has created revenue streams worth $1 billion through its waste-reduction and recycling programs while also reducing its risk exposure, says Mari Kay Scott, GM's executive director of global environmental compliance and sustainability. "Sustainability is good for the environment -- it's also really good for business," she says.
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Q&A: He says it's not just spin - wind has a big future - Houston Chronicle - 1 views

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    The cost of wind energy in the US will continue to decline over the next three to five years as the industry prepares for the wind energy Production Tax Credit to lapse, according to Pattern Energy CEO and President Mike Garland. He said that Pattern has begun retrofitting its turbines to boost performance.
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Harvard Study Finds $38 Billion Economic Benefit From EPA's Carbon Rule | ThinkProgress - 0 views

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    Researchers from Harvard University published a study that analyzes the economic and public health benefits of implementing a U.S. power plant carbon standard similar to the Clean Power Plan. The study estimates that a U.S. power plant carbon standard could bring net benefits close to $38 billion annually.
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How Walmart, IBM, Change Waste Streams to Profit Streams · Environmental Lead... - 1 views

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    If the 5,589 largest publicly traded companies in the US reduced their paper waste by a mere 1 percent, it would save them nearly $1 billion in total, according to the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
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» Global Investment in Water Management Solutions Is Expected to Reach $2.8 B... - 0 views

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    Global investment in water management solutions is projected to reach nearly $3 billion in 2025-up from $2 billion in 2016, according to a Navigant Research report.
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Veolia Wastewater System Management Saves City Millions · Environmental Leade... - 0 views

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    Water and waste giant Veolia has saved the city of Poughkeepsie, New York, millions while improving efficiencies throughout the city's wastewater system and facilities over the course of a 35-year environmental contract.
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Utility to Save $1 Billion with Clean Energy, Efficiency · Environmental Lead... - 1 views

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    Consolidated Edison, the utility that provides New York City's electricity, faces higher demand for power than its existing infrastructure can supply. But instead of adding a substation, which would cost $1.2 billion or more, Con Ed will deploy a mix of distributed solar, fuel cells and efficiency measures that will cost about $200 million - less than one-fifth the price of a substation, reports Inside Climate News.
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Wal-Mart Will Switch to All Cage-Free Eggs by 2025 - Bloomberg - 1 views

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    Wal-Mart and Sam's Club will switch to 100% cage-free eggs by 2025, with suppliers' compliance to be checked annually by a third-party certifier. The relatively long lead time for the transition will allow the retailers to keep prices down while improving conditions for chickens, officials said.
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Why Build Green? Lowered Operational Costs, Increased Staff Productivity and Higher Ass... - 1 views

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    Companies that switch to green buildings save 14% in operational costs over five years, according to the World Green Building Trends 2016 SmartMarket report. The report found that companies that either build green offices or renovate to be more sustainable add 7% in asset value to the company.
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Corporate Sustainability Efforts Yield Millions in Increased Sales, Cost Savings - Envi... - 0 views

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    Corporate spending on sustainability and circular economy initiatives is on the rise - and yielding increased sales and cost savings, according to consulting firm Pure Strategies, which says its latest survey found more than 80 percent of companies expect a sustainability budget increase from 2016 to 2017 with a third anticipating double-digit growth.
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Solar crowdfunding trend is heating up | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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    There's a new twist on crowdfunding solar projects. SolarCity and Mosaic are engaging businesses and consumers
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Green Sells: Meaningful Brands Outperform the Stock Market - 0 views

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    New research documents that green products and meaningful brands deliver increased sales plus financial performance that outperforms the stock market.
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BioprocessH2O Helps Coca-Cola Bottling Plant Remove 98% BOD · Environmental M... - 0 views

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    The Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Needham Heights, Mass., has removed about 98 percent of influent biological oxygen demand (BOD) after installing a BioprocessH2O membrane biological reactor (MBR) system, according to a Bioprocess H2O case study.
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Hartz Shrinks Packaging Footprint · Environmental Management & Energy News · ... - 0 views

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    Pet care products company Hartz Mountain has redesigned its pet shampoo bottles to save 220,000 pounds of polymer across 10 million bottles, the company's director of packaging engineering tells Packaging Digest.
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Beverage Packaging Generates Less Waste, GHGs · Environmental Management & En... - 0 views

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    Leahy-IFP's Space Saver bag-in-a-box beverage packaging uses 50 percent less energy during production, generates 22 percent less post-consumer solid waste and 7 percent less process greenhouse gases, compared to 64-oz. plastic bottles, the company says.
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Chemical Spill Cost West Virginia Businesses $61M · Environmental Management ... - 0 views

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    The West Virginia chemical spill last month cost businesses $61 million, according to a preliminary economic impact study by the Marshall University Center for Business and Economic Research.
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