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Adriana Trujillo

Nike, UPS, Starbucks Shareholders Demand GHG Cuts, Sustainability Reporting ·... - 0 views

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nike starbucks ups shareholder reporting

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 26 Aug 13
     
    Investors filed 110 shareholder resolutions this proxy season related to sustainability issues and climate change with 94 US companies, according to business nonprofit Ceres, which helped coordinate the shareholder filings.
Adriana Trujillo

Shareholders to Tyson Foods: Disclose Pig Gestation Crates Risks · Environmen... - 1 views

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foods pig gestation trends shareholder

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  • Gestation crates measure about 2 feet by 7 feet and are used to tightly confine breeding pigs — to the point where they cannot turn around — for most of their lives
  • Adriana Trujillo on 28 Aug 13
     
    Smithfield's pledge followed a legal complaint by the Humane Society alleging that the pork supplier claimed to have higher animal welfare and environmental standards than it actually did.
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A startup seeks to turn palm oil waste in Southeast Asia into profit - Tech News and An... - 0 views

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palm oil southeast asia waste profit

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 27 Aug 13
     
    Palm oil production is a big business in Malaysia and Indonesia, but environmental pollution is one of the industry's biggest problems. A Silicon Valley company hopes to turn that problem into a profit by converting wastes from palm oil production into fuel
Adriana Trujillo

Marriott Cuts Landfill Waste per Room by Nearly 5% · Environmental Management... - 0 views

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hotel marriot cuts waste

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  • 4.9% from 2011 to 2012
  • s a result, Marriott-managed properties in the Americas diverted over 12,800 tons of waste from landfills through recycling and food waste composting, according to the report.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 28 Aug 13
     
    Marriott decreased landfill waste per occupied room in its Americas region by 4.9% from 2011 to 2012, the company announced in its 2013 sustainability report update
Adriana Trujillo

Shareholder Support for Environmental Resolutions Hits 10-Year High | Directorship | Bo... - 0 views

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shareholder resolutions

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  • 14 environmental and social resolutions earned at least 40 percent shareholder support, with requests for sustainability reporting that includes greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency targets gaining over 40 percent support.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 28 Aug 13
     
    According to Green Biz, 14 environmental and social resolutions earned at least 40 percent shareholder support, with requests for sustainability reporting tha tincludes greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency targts gaining over 40%
Adriana Trujillo

El Paso Zoo launches app to help save the rainforest - Financial and Business News - ME... - 0 views

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paso zoo app rainforest palm oil

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  • This is an environmental issue, but it is a consumer-driven issue. Palm oil is being produce because consumers are purchasing items with palm oil in them
  • the El Paso Zoo and El Paso Zoological Society have developed a scanning app that allows people to make informed choices about the products they buy."
  • The El Paso Zoo launched a free national smartphone application Thursday that scans the product's bar code on the back of the item to help consumers identify which ones use palm oil.
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  • You go to the app, scan the item's bar code, and then it will tell you which one has palm oil and which one doesn't. It is
  • Adriana Trujillo on 28 Aug 13
     
    The El Paso Zoo launched a free national smartphone application Thursday that scans the product's bar code on the back of the item to help consumers identify which ones use palm oil. The El Paso Zoo Palm Oil Guide and Scanner app is currently available in the iTunes App Store for iPhones. An Android version will be available next month.
Adriana Trujillo

Nike's Newest Concept Store in Shanghai Built with 100% Trash · Environmental... - 0 views

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nike concept store shanghai trash

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 28 Aug 13
     
    Miniwiz Sustainable Development Ltd., a Taiwanese architectural firm, completed a building in Shanghai, China, at the end of July, built with 100% trash. The building, Nike's newest concept store, used 5,500 soda cans, 2,000 PET water bottles and 50,000 old CDs and DVDs, the company says.
Adriana Trujillo

150 Companies, Organizations Urge GMO Crop Trial Action · Environmental Manag... - 0 views

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gmo crop action trends

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 27 Aug 13
     
    Organic food manufacturer Amy's Kitchen, Farm Aid, Clif Bar & Company, The Urban Farm, Organic Seed Alliance and the Center for Food Safety are among more than 150 farm organizations, millers, retailers, bakeries, seed businesses and food processors urging the US Department of Agriculture to improve its oversight of experimental trials of genetically engineered crops.
Del Birmingham

Nine US Cities May Have Water Emergencies this Year · Environmental Managemen... - 0 views

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environmental cities water drought emergency management

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  • Del Birmingham on 27 Aug 13
     
    Based on data released earlier this month by the US Drought Monitor, nine urban areas in the United States are under "exceptional drought" conditions and may experience widespread crop damages, even more severe water restrictions, and water emergencies in coming months.
Adriana Trujillo

Google Shrinks Carbon Footprint 9% · Environmental Management & Energy News ·... - 0 views

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google carbon footprint trends

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 27 Aug 13
     
    Google emitted 1.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2012, a 9 percent decrease from the previous year, according to the search giant's latest carbon footprint data.
Adriana Trujillo

'Meluha the Fern' Ecotel Nears 100% Solid Waste-Free Goal · Environmental Man... - 0 views

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target waste hotel

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 27 Aug 13
     
    Meluha the Fern, a 5-star "Ecotel" hotel operated by the Concept Hospitality Group in Mumbai, announced that it is nearing its 100% solid waste-free goal, with 99.4% of solid waste diverted away from landfills.
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Finelite Cuts Waste 84% in 7 Years · Environmental Management & Energy News ·... - 0 views

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waste cuts trend issue ROI Finelite

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  • cut its waste production by 84 percent between 2005 and 2012 through using reusable packaging, Sustainable Plant reports.
  • about $27,000 a year in garbage disposal costs, the article says
  • Adriana Trujillo on 26 Aug 13
     
    Finelite, a manufacturer of high-efficiency lighting systems, cut its waste production by 84 percent between 2005 and 2012 through using reusable packaging, Sustainable Plant reports. Through such innovations as replacing bubble wrap used to protect products with crinkled paper and so-called lean packaging, the company saved about $27,000 a year in garbage disposal costs, the article says.
Adriana Trujillo

With Tar Sands Development, Growing Concern on Water Use by Ed Struzik: Yale Environmen... - 0 views

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tar development water trends scarcity

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  • Environmental questions about Canada’s massive tar sands development have long centered on greenhouse gas emissions. Now there are mounting concerns about the huge volumes of water used by the oil industry and the impact on the vast Mackenzie River Basin.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 26 Aug 13
     
    Environmental questions about Canada's massive tar sands development have long centered on greenhouse gas emissions. Now there are mounting concerns about the huge volumes of water used by the oil industry and the impact on the vast Mackenzie River Basin.
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Clothing to dye for: the textile sector must confront water risks | Guardian Sustainabl... - 0 views

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clothing dye textile sector water risks business supply chain

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  • Dye houses in India and China are notorious for not only exhausting local water supplies, but for dumping untreated wastewater into local streams and rivers.
  • cotton and polyester, the two most mass marketed textiles
  • Waterless dyeing should be the textile industry's holy grail
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  • ColorZen
  • Cotton comprises 45% of all fibres used within the global textile industry, so a sharp reduction in water consumption would be a huge process improvement for this sector.
  • Its process modifies cotton's molecular structure and allows dye to settle within the fibres without requiring the massive discharge of water,
  • lasts
  • can finish cotton fabric using 90% less water and 75% less energy.
  • AirDye
  • a sliver of the water and energy compared to traditional dyeing processes,
  • Instead of water, the company's technology uses air to disperse dye
  • polyester is the prime candidate because dyeing performs best in an airless environment with pressurised high hea
  • r and is more resilient to chemicals and washings.
  • Adriana Trujillo on 23 Aug 13
     
    Technology is being developed to reduce water use in dyeing but the use and abuse of water to dye clothing continues
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Contract Wins: Mercedes-Benz, Plug Power, Fiat, AeroVironment · Environmental... - 0 views

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fuel cell Plug Power GenDrive car fiat plug contract

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  • Adriana Trujillo on 23 Aug 13
     
    Mercedes-Benz to use Plug Power fro 123 hydrogen-based GenDrive fuel cell units to power forklifts. Fiat selected AeroViroment to provide its home charging stations and installations for the Fiat 500e. Its the 5th auto manufacture to choose Aero for its services.
Adriana Trujillo

Toxic 100 Names Top Corporate Air Polluters · Environmental Management & Ener... - 0 views

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air toxic polluters corporate companies

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    Precision Castparts, DuPont, Biomet, the Bayer Group and Dow Chemicals are the top five corporate air polluters in the US, say researchers at the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Bringing Back the Night: The Fight Against Light Pollution by Paul Bogard: Yale Environ... - 0 views

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  • France
  • within an hour of workers leaving
  • cannot be turned on before sunset
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  • two years
  • designed to eventually cut carbon dioxide emissions by 250,000 tons per year, save the equivalent of the annual energy consumption of 750,000 households, and slash the country’s overall energy bill by 200 million Euros ($266 million).
  • “reduce the print of artificial lighting on the nocturnal environment
  • lighting in many parts of the world is endangering our health and the health of the ecosystems on which we The good news is that light pollution is readily within our grasp to control.rely
  • ecological light pollution, warning that disrupting these natural patterns of light and dark, and thus the structures and functions of ecosystems, is having profound impacts
  • China, India, Brazil, and numerous other countries are becoming increasingly affluent and urbanized
  • glowing white
  • Connecticut and California — have enacted regulations to reduce light pollution, but most nations and cities still do little to dial down the excessive use of light
  • LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, can improve our ability to reduce and better regulate lighting
  • “blue-rich
  • disruptive to circadian rhythms.
  • reducing
  • or Loss of Night
  • 30 percent of vertebrates and more than 60 percent of invertebrates are nocturnal
  • bright lights
  • All are potentially impacted by our burgeoning use of artificial light
  • We have levels of light hundreds and thousands of time higher than the natural level during the night
  • computer-generated maps that dramatically depict the extent of light pollution across the globe
  • Every flip of a light switch contributes to altering ancient patterns of mating, migration, feeding, and pollination, with no time for species to adapt
  • 2012 study of leatherback turtles
  • “artificial lighting of the nesting beaches is the biggest threat to survival of hatchlings and a major factor in declining leatherback turtle populations.”
  • eflected light of the stars and moon from the beach to the ocean
  • follow the light of hotels and streetlights
  • drawn off-course by artificial light
  • between 100 million and 1 billion, we don’t really know — killed each year by collision with human-made structures
  • our outdoor lights are irresistible flames, killing countless moths and other insects, with ripple effects throughout the food chain
  • natural pest control
  • for bats
  • artificial light disrupts patterns of travel and feeding since many bat species avoid illuminated areas.
  • that street lighting influences the migratory pattern of Atlantic salmon,
  • studies on light pollution, ranging from research into the socio-political challenges of cutting light pollution in the Berlin metropolitan area to the effects of light pollution on nocturnal mammals
  • composition of entire communities of insects and other invertebrates.
  • humans
  • nocturnal light disrupts our sleep, confuses our circadian rhythms
  • hormone melatonin
  • most disruptive to our body’s
  • blue wavelength light tells our brain that night is over,
  • consequences of excessive exposure to light at night include an increased risk for obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease
  • American Medical Association
  • “risks and benefits of occupational and environmental exposure to light-at-night
  • “new lighting technologies at home and at work that minimize circadian disruption
  • are concerned about the impact of some new lighting
  • make LEDs a
  • these lights may actually make things significantly worse
  • often brighter than the old lights they are replacing
  • LEDs could “exacerbate known and possible unknown effects of light pollution on human health (and the) environment” by more than five times.
  • preventing areas
  • recommends limits for the amount of light in five different zones of lighting intensity
  • banning unshielded lighting in all zones.
  • researchers have identified numerous practical steps to reduce light pollution:
  • spectral composition of lighting (
  • limiting the duration of lighting
  • altering the intensity
  • the Model Lighting Ordinance
  • simple act of shielding our lights — installing or retrofitting lamp fixtures that direct light downward to its intended target — represents our best chance to control light pollution
  • lines of shielded lighting fixtures
  • light equals safety, and darkness danger
  • with little compelling evidence to support common assumptions.
  • The objection
  • For example, ever-brighter lights can actually diminish security by casting glare that impedes our vision and creates shadows where criminals can hide.
  • light effectively than abundantly
  • Del Birmingham on 22 Aug 13
     
    As evidence mounts that excessive use of light is harming wildlife and adversely affecting human health, new initiatives in France and elsewhere are seeking to turn down the lights that flood an ever-growing part of the planet
  • Adriana Trujillo on 22 Aug 13
     
    mounts that excessive use of light is harming wildlife and adversely affecting human health, new initiatives in France and elsewhere are seeking to turn down the lights that flood an ever-growing part of the planet.
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How Carnegie uses sugarcane to make greener textiles | GreenBiz.com - 0 views

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carnegie textiles bio based com

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  • BioBased Xorel
  • create the world's first bio-based interior textile that doesn't compromise performance, value or aesthetics.
  • In 1981, Carnegie introduced a polyethylene (PE) textile under the brand name Xorel that, at the time, was one of the few healthier alternatives to vinyl (PVC) for interior panels, wall coverings and upholstery. Thirty years later, that product has received an eco-friendly update with the launch of BioBased Xorel, an interior textile made from plants.
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  • BioBased Xorel
  • BioBased Xorel,
  • BioBased Xorel is comprised of 60-85 percent polyethylene sourced from sugarcane instead of fossil fuels
  • but our goal is to source the polyethylene for the entire product line from plants in three years.  
  • We achieved this while keeping the price, aesthetics and performance exactly the same
  • Using a rapidly renewable material reduces our company's dependence on the planet's finite fossil fuels resources
  • sugarcane uses 60 percent less energy and generates 40 percent less greenhouse gas emissions when compared to making petrochemical ethylene
  • sugarcane plant naturally captures carbon dioxide
  • PE takes 2.5 tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere
  • Sugarcane has a much higher yield per acre than corn
  • doesn't require genetic modification
  • Cradle to Cradle certified program
  • Adriana Trujillo on 22 Aug 13
     
    Carnegie has been on a seven-year journey to create the world's first bio-based interior textile that doesn't compromise performance, value or aesthetics.
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