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t doesn’t take a leap of faith to understand that the best way to reduce toxic emissions is to not make them in the first place. That’s the simple idea behind pollution prevention: the "best" pollution is the one you never create. Putting that into practice has led companies to re-examine their products and processes with an eye to reducing or eliminating toxic ingredients, recycling or reusing chemicals to keep them out of the waste stream, and using a wide range of alternative materials to replace polluting ones.
One session at this year's Business for Social Responsibility conference focused on how sustainability initiatives are taking root in China; the head of BSR's China operations sat down for an...
The project to release environmentally friendly technologies into the public domain has now reached 100 patents in less than two years' time, with the addition today of four patents from Dow and...
A Greenpeace China investigation has found that 18 Chinese and multinational firms are failing to comply with new Chinese environmental laws. ...
The rule will cover about 14,000 power plants, refineries and factories that produce large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions, requiring them to install the most up-to-date pollution control...
The Clean Trucks Program at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles has succeeded in getting more than 2,000 dirty rigs off the road in its first year. The program has also added more than 5,500...
A private-public partnership led by the Institute for Sustainable Communities will open a second academy in China that will teach factory managers to make their supply chains less carbon-...
Need to make a business case for building green or undertaking green retrofits? Wondering whether it's worth the effort to make your property more environmentally sound? Fireman's Fund provides a...
The case for transit-oriented developments is stronger in a downturn than during a bull market. Research suggests they provide more of a buffer against an economic downturn and can be more of a...
The pharmaceutical industry has spent countless millions implementing comprehensive environmental and health safety programs, but the problems it may face in dealing with their products' end of...
When customers turn a pair of Gaps’ just released 1969 Premium Jeans inside out, they’ll find a label emblazoned with the message: “The water used in the process of washing...
We may not realize it, but under that smooth, clean strip of asphalt we drive on lies an economic and environmental disaster that has been kept quiet for too long.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a new regulation that would require airports to collect certain amounts of the wastewater created when they deice aircraft and runways...
In the wake of General Motors' bankruptcy and reorganization, funds for a partnership to clean up toxic mercury waste from old cars could be drying up. ...
In less than two years, the number of supermarkets and manufacturers of refrigerant and advanced refrigeration systems participating in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill...
The Hertz Corp. is tackling one of the most common complaints in the car rental industry with a biodegradable, non-toxic product that saps the stench from stinky rental cars without comprising air...
Companies like Johnson Controls, Eaton and IBM are finding millions of dollars in savings by applying the Lean Six Sigma framework to their internal environmental initiatives, according to this...
Despite being a centerpiece of celebrations the world over, fireworks displays often release toxic chemicals into the environment; researchers are developing a new generation of fireworks that...
The EPA announced plans to create tougher rules to reduce air pollution from U.S.-flagged ships Wednesday, the same day new fuel regulations for ocean-going vessels went into effect in California...
There probably are lots of senior execs who've been comforted when their chief scientist has told them that since "the dose makes the poison," they shouldn't sweat some new study about a chemical...
Under a new Maine law, producers of compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) will be required to provide or fund free CFL collection and recycling programs for household CFLs. ...
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