Texas A&M Students Create Building Envelope Designs from GM Manufacturing Scrap

Thu, 07/27/2017 - 17:30

General Motors thinks of waste as a resource out of place. To help make the zero-waste mindset more mainstream, the company engages others in its mission, including students. Most recently it was Texas A&M University’s College of Architecture helping reimagine waste materials to keep them in use.

Ingersoll Rand Offers Relocating Employees Two New Ways to Help Environment, Feed People in Need

Thu, 07/27/2017 - 17:05

TD Bank Group Named One of Canada's Greenest Employers Nine Years in a Row

Thu, 07/27/2017 - 10:15

For the ninth year in a row, TD Bank Group was recognized as one of Canada's greenest employers by Canada's Top 100 Employers (Mediacorp Canada Inc). The award evaluates the environmental leadership of organizations based on a variety of factors, including the types of green initiatives that were developed and the degree to which employees get involved in reducing their carbon footprint.

Nestlé Waters N.A. Awarded First AWS Certificate in North America by SCS Global Services

Thu, 07/27/2017 - 09:00

SCS Global Services congratulates Nestlé Waters North America, the first facility in North America to earn Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Certification.

How Corporate Gardens Help Grow Employee Wellness

Thu, 07/27/2017 - 09:15

While corporate gardens are perhaps an unconventional office perk, the potential benefits are obvious enough—fresh air, exercise, team building and, of course, food (for company employees and their communities).

Don’t Start Your Engines! Duke Energy Project Tackles Truck Idling

Thu, 07/27/2017 - 11:00

A total of 36 electric power outlets will help trucks at the Merchants Distributors, LLC (MDI) distribution center in Hickory cut costs and lower air emissions as part of a Duke Energy $320,000 electrification project.

New CSRHub Bulk Extract Tool Simplifies CSR/ESG Analysis

Thu, 07/27/2017 - 12:00

The team at CSRHub has just launched the new Bulk Extract Dashboard tool – a powerful Macro-enabled Excel template for quickly comparing large numbers of companies and CSR data.

#ParksAndRecreationMonth: Cox Enterprises’ COO Alex Taylor Shows How “Actions Speak” in Tulsa

Thu, 07/27/2017 - 12:30

NRG Sustainability Commitments Stronger Than Ever

Thu, 07/27/2017 - 09:35

NRG Sustainable Operations | Reducing Carbon Emissions

Wed, 08/02/2017 - 09:15

NRG closely monitors its environmental impacts. We emit CO2 when generating electricity at most of our facilities. The graphs presented below illustrate our U.S. scope 1 emissions of CO2e for 2014, 2015 and 2016. We anticipate reductions in our future emissions pro le as we modernize our fleet through repowering, improve generation efficiencies and explore methods to capture CO2.