Environment

Whirlpool Corporation: Why Composting Matters

Energy

Solar Installations Gain From Strategic Alliance of Overland Contracting Inc. and Schletter Inc.

New alliance combines solar mount innovator Schletter Inc. and subsidiary of global engineering and construction company Black & Veatch to serve growing solar PV market.

Energy

Germany Launches €17 Billion Energy Strategy

Earlier this month, Sigmar Gabriel – Germany’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy – announced a new strategy aiming to increase energy efficiency in Germany.

Environment

2016 Chemical Data Reporting: What You Need to Know

The Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. §2601 et seq.) authorizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate and enforce rules on chemical substances in commerce. Section 8 (a) of the law requires the EPA to collect basic exposure-related information on the types, quantities and uses of chemical substances produced domestically and imported into the United States.Called the Chemical Data Reporting Rule (CDR) [40 CFR Part 711], this information is collected every four years from manufacturers producing or importing more than 25,000 pounds of chemicals; however, a small number of chemicals subject to certain TSCA actions will have a reporting threshold of 2,500 pounds.

Environment

CSRHub Partner The Analyst Desk Issued its Semi-annual Changes to the Nasdaq CRD Global Sustainability Index

CSRHub’s newest business partner, The Analyst Desk announced the results of the semi-annual re-ranking of the Nasdaq CRD Global Sustainability Index (Nasdaq: QCRD), which became effective Monday, May 23, 2016.

Research, Reports & Publications

Pfizer's Progress on 2020 Waste Reduction Goals

Building on the successful achievements of Pfizer’s carbon emission reduction and green chemistry programs, we are working to contribute meaningfully to global efforts to reduce human impact on the environment.

Environment

Shouldn't We Treat Farmers More Like Ministers?

Is there another profession in our society that is, or perhaps should be, treated with the same respect and appreciation that we usually afford our religious ministers? I say yes, and it is another ancient profession: the farmer.

Research, Reports & Publications

Corporate Environmental, Social, and Quality Achievements Highlighted in SCS Global Services’ Latest Annual Report

Millions of acres of forestland and agricultural crops worldwide, thousands of business and consumer products, and a diverse range of companies and organizations earned recognition for environmental and social achievements from third-party certifier SCS Global Services (SCS) in 2015. The SCS Annual Report, published earlier this month, shines the spotlight on steps being taken in the public and private sectors across a wide swath of industries to reduce environmental impacts, improve working conditions, and assure product quality.

Environment

Global Food and Beverage Companies Call On House Lawmakers For Urgent Action On Climate Change

In the wake of the Earth Day signing of the historic global climate agreement, more than a half-dozen leading food and beverage companies converged on Capitol Hill to press U.S. House lawmakers for federal action on climate change.

Environment

Ceres Statement on Exxon and Chevron Shareholder Votes

Investors gave unprecedented voting support for climate ‘stress-test’ resolutions at the ExxonMobil and Chevron annual meetings today. The resolutions, requesting that the companies stress test their business strategies against a scenario where climate change is limited to 2 degrees Celsius or less (the goal of the global climate agreement forged in Paris), received 38.2 percent shareholder support at the ExxonMobil meeting and 41 percent at the Chevron meeting, respectively.

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