Carnival Corporation Issues 2015 Sustainability Report, Continues Strong Commitment to Environment and Safety

Thu, 08/04/2016 - 09:00

Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest leisure travel company, today released its 2015 sustainability report detailing the progress made in 2015 against its 2020 sustainability performance goals. The report’s details show the company is on track to meet its goals in the next four years, with sustainability efforts highlighted across its 10 cruise line brands.

Thermal Hydrolysis Offers Multiple Benefits to Wastewater Treatment Facilities

Thu, 08/04/2016 - 10:00

Thermal hydrolysis is an advanced wastewater solids conditioning process that boasts both financial and environmental advantages. With the process in wide usage across the UK, it is now starting to gain traction in the U.S., as wastewater utilities analyze whether their facilities would make a good candidate.

Siemens Secures Follow-Up Onshore Wind Project in Australia

Thu, 08/04/2016 - 08:55

Siemens has been awarded a contract to supply, install and commission 32 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 3.2 megawatts and a rotor diameter of 113 meters, for the Hornsdale Stage 2 onshore wind farm in South Australia. Stage 2 is an addition to the Hornsdale Stage 1 wind farm project, for which Siemens has signed a contract in August 2015.

Andrew Winston on the North American Clean Economy Agreement

Wed, 08/03/2016 - 10:15

Black & Veatch Takes on Innovative South African Waste-to-Energy Project

Wed, 08/03/2016 - 10:00

Black & Veatch was selected by MBHE African Power (PTY) Ltd, a local renewable energy developer, to provide technical assistance for the country’s first waste-to-energy (WTE) plant.

Black & Veatch Adds Enterprise-level Sustainability Solutions to Service Offerings

Tue, 08/02/2016 - 09:00

To address rapidly evolving shareholder requests for environmental sustainability programs, Black & Veatch experts will help large, enterprise-level consumers of power, water and other critical resources achieve resource efficiency and enhanced resilience.

Lost in Translation -- Making Sense of Three Critical Renewable Energy Strategies: Power Purchase Agreements, Virtual PPAs and Renewable Energy Certificates

Wed, 08/03/2016 - 09:00

An increasing number of enterprises are focused on going 100% renewable, driven in large part by the recent push to established science-based carbon reduction goals. Three of the supporting energy strategy trends to help enterprises achieve these goals are Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), Virtual PPAs, and Renewable Energy Certificates. None of these is probably a term that comes tripping off the tongue of the average businessperson.

Clean Power Helps Build Chevrolet Electric Car

Mon, 08/01/2016 - 10:35

Efficient vehicles aren’t the only thing produced at GM’s Orion Assembly plant in Michigan. The home of the Chevrolet Bolt EV also generates more than half of its energy from renewable landfill gas – a feat that got the attention of the U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership that tracks such activity. The facility now ranks as the eighth largest user of green power generated onsite in the U.S. among Green Power Partnership Partners.

Caterpillar's Digital Technology & Customer Sustainability

Thu, 08/04/2016 - 15:00

Owens Corning Shows Significant Progress with Reducing Footprint and Expanding Handprint

Thu, 07/28/2016 - 09:00

Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) announced significant progress in reducing its environmental footprint and increasing the handprint efforts that advance its positive impact around the world. The company released these results today in its tenth annual sustainability report.