TD Bank Group Helps Build Green Infrastructure in Miami to Improve Climate Resiliency

Mon, 07/31/2017 - 14:15

Recent studies have shown that residents in Florida may be more at risk from climate change than any other state in the United States. Miami-Dade County, in particular, has faced great challenges with flooding, impacting infrastructure and costing immeasurable damages to residents, businesses and government.

Keep Lexington Beautiful and Keep Charlotte Beautiful Drastically Decrease Cigarette Litter in Respective Communities

Fri, 07/28/2017 - 15:00

Communities that implemented Keep America Beautiful’s Cigarette Litter Prevention Program (CLPP) in 2016 saw an average reduction of 60 percent in cigarette litter. Two affiliates, Keep Lexington Beautiful (KLB) in Lexington, Kentucky, and Keep Charlotte Beautiful (KCB) in Port Charlotte, Florida, were no exception.

JPMorgan Chase to Be 100 Percent Reliant on Renewable Energy by 2020; Announces $200 Billion Clean Energy Financing Commitment

Fri, 07/28/2017 - 08:00

JPMorgan Chase is expanding its comprehensive strategy to advance environmentally sustainable solutions for clients and its own operations. The firm aims to source renewable power for 100 percent of its global energy needs by 2020 and to facilitate $200 billion in clean financing through 2025, the largest commitment by a global financial institution.

Texas A&M Students Create Building Envelope Designs from GM Manufacturing Scrap

Thu, 07/27/2017 - 17:30

General Motors thinks of waste as a resource out of place. To help make the zero-waste mindset more mainstream, the company engages others in its mission, including students. Most recently it was Texas A&M University’s College of Architecture helping reimagine waste materials to keep them in use.

Hiball Energy’s Mission Possible

Fri, 07/28/2017 - 09:15

Don’t Start Your Engines! Duke Energy Project Tackles Truck Idling

Thu, 07/27/2017 - 11:00

A total of 36 electric power outlets will help trucks at the Merchants Distributors, LLC (MDI) distribution center in Hickory cut costs and lower air emissions as part of a Duke Energy $320,000 electrification project.

The Rise of Health Metrics in ESG Investing

Wed, 07/26/2017 - 13:45

Some of the world’s most sophisticated investors have been using Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data for years to help identify companies that perform well over time in the market. Their belief that high ESG scores correlate with high corporate financial performance is now supported by a large and rapidly growing body of research. Deutsche Bank’s much-discussed study, for example, found that 2,200 of ESG studies conducted between 1970 to 2015 report a positive ESG–Corporate Financial Performance (CFP) relation.

Alliance Data 2016 Corporate Responsibility Report Highlights Progress in Key Performance Areas, Establishes 2020 Goals

Wed, 07/26/2017 - 16:00

Designing a Sustainable Future

Wed, 07/26/2017 - 12:40

In the past few years, global efforts such as the Paris Agreement and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have demonstrated the tremendous progress that can be achieved through collective action. To drive this effort, Bechtel has launched a suite of 2030 enterprise-wide goals and targets.

Maximizing Smart Grid Deployments Through Communications and Network Infrastructure

Thu, 07/27/2017 - 10:00

By building communications networks that can more tightly integrate business drivers and goals with the day-to-day load demand for their customers, utilities are taking the initial steps toward integrating the smart grid with smart cities.