Archive for July 2010

Electric Vehicles Combat Global Warming

July 25, 2010 Add Comment Edit

Fully electric vehicles and hybrids are effective weapons in the war against global warming. According to an Environment America report, plug-in cars are an effective way to lower CO2 and use less oil. More than 40 studies demonstrate that plug-in vehicles produce substantially less carbon dioxide...

July 17, 2010 Add Comment Edit

Canon has been focused on making eco-friendly products for 30 years. In July of 2010, the electronics manufacturer launched an ambitious green marketing program in Asia.Cannon`s GreenNation program touts the eco-friendliness and the energy efficiency of its products. The GreenNation campaign also has...

July 14, 2010 Add Comment Edit

The The G3 Guidelines are the cornerstone of the GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework. They are used as the basis of an organization's annual reporting.The Guidelines outline core content for reporting and are relevant to all organizations regardless of size, sector, or location. They are the foundation...

July 13, 2010 1 Comment Edit

Cititec is an IT recruitment solutions company that has earned ISO 14001, one of the leading international environmental management certification processes.Created by the International Organization for Standardization, ISO 14001 was developed by an international selection of business groups, environmental...

Canadian Guidelines on Environmental Claims

July 12, 2010 Add Comment Edit

The Competition Bureau of Canada and the Canadian Standards Association have developed guidelines based on ISO 14021 detailing the appropriate use of environmental terms. Their guide reflects the most current, internationally accepted, best practice information on the use of environmental claims. The...

Environmental Impact of Overpopulation and Sustainable Development

July 11, 2010 1 Comment Edit

For all but the willfully ignorant, it is abundantly obvious that the population explosion has fueled environmental degradation. Although some try to argue that population is not the problem, the evidence indicates that overpopulation is directly linked to water shortages, soil exhaustion, loss of...

Growth in World Population Threatens Environment

July 11, 2010 1 Comment Edit

The world population has grown tremendously over the past two thousand years. In 1999, the world population passed the six billion mark. This growth is due to the agricultural and industrial revolutions that decreased childhood mortality rates and increased life expectancies.Current projections show...

ISO 14020 Series: Three Types of Environmental Labels and Declarations

July 11, 2010 Add Comment Edit

The ISO 14020 series (14020, 14021, 14024, 14025) is designed to assist businesses with measuring and communicating their efforts to minimize their environmental impacts.ISO 14001 offer standards for environmental management systems.ISO 14030 deals with issues of environmental performance evaluation,...

July 10, 2010 Add Comment Edit

These principles are part of ISO 14020, they serve as a prerequisite for all the other standards in the series.1. Environmental labels and declarations shall be accurate, verifiable, relevant, and not misleading.2. Procedures and requirements for environmental labels and declarations shall not be prepared,...

The History and Value of Environmental Labeling

July 09, 2010 Add Comment Edit

Environmental labels have been around for more than a quarter century, yet their value rests on the assurance that the information provided is credible, objective, easily identifiable and understood by consumers.The demand for environmental information on consumer products has been growing since the...

Standards are Required to Combat Eco-label and Eco-Certification Confusion

July 08, 2010 Add Comment Edit

With the plethora of competing green claims it is imperative that we develop industry specific standards. There are a wide range of eco-labels and eco-certification approaches, they include self-managed or third-party-managed: verified in-house or independently verified and/or certified; based on the...

Growing US Corporate Investments are Driving Cleantech in 2010

July 04, 2010 Add Comment Edit

American corporate investments are powering green in 2010. Corporate activity in cleantech innovation continues to play an important role and corporations are becoming key participants in many of the largest venture and growth capital investment deals.US corporate involvement is responsible for many...