BeGreen Carbon Impact Explorer
Posted on 18. May, 2009 by admin.
BeGreen, the carbon offset division of Green Mountain Energy Company, announced a new way to look at climate change. Today, they launched the BeGreen Carbon Impact Explorer—-an interactive tool that displays U.S. carbon emissions alongside renewable energy projects, like wind and solar facilities, that customers have helped to build in the past or are currently supporting now.
Since 1999, BeGreen’s customers have helped avoid over 4,900,000 metric tons of CO2, which is like taking over 870,000 cars off the road for one year or recycling over 24,000,000,000 aluminum cans. The Carbon Impact Explorer truly brings that impact to life.
Learn more by visiting www.begreennow.com/impact/
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Sustainable Post-It Notes
Posted on 18. May, 2009 by admin.
The company that makes the ubiquitous Post-It notes has stepped up efforts to ensure its ubiquitous products do not contribute to deforestation, having secured chain-of-custody certification from the U.S.-based Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI).
St-Paul, Minn.-based 3M announced last month that it has been awarded the certificate for all the Post-it Note and Post-it Easel products that the company ships in the U.S., after putting in place tracking systems that allow it to identifies the amount of certified, uncertified and recycled content in the forest products it buys, uses or sells.
“SFI Chain-of-Custody Certification reinforces our environmental commitment with the ability to trace the fiber used to make Post-it products from forest source to final product,” said Jack Truong, general manager of 3M’s office supplies division. “This assures consumers that the paper used to make Post-it Note and Post-it Easel products is sourced from well-managed forests where trees are replanted.”…Read Entire Article
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Green Seal Standard for Restaurants Unveiled
Posted on 18. May, 2009 by admin.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Green lodging certifier Green Seal has extended its ecolabeling program to restaurants and foodservice establishments that reduce their environmental impacts, the nonprofit said Thursday.
The GS-46 Environmental Standard for Restaurants and Foodservices identified responsible food purchasing and waste reduction as the biggest opportunities for operators to reduce their toll on the environment. That’s because food represents the largest source of a restaurant’s impacts due to its production, which generates between 17 percent and 32 percent of human-based greenhouse gas emissions, according to the organization’s research, which included lifecycle analyses.
The GS-46 also focuses on responsible water and energy management. Coincidentally, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced new Energy Star requirements for commercial griddles and ovens that are as much as 20 percent more efficient that standard models….Read The Entire Article
