Category Archives: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

EDF Climate Corps Announces the First 36 Organizations to Sign Up for Energy Savings in 2013

By | Published: January 23, 2013

New participants include Colgate-Palmolive, NYSE Euronext, General Motors and the City of Boston "We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations," the President said Monday during his second inaugural address. As we at EDF share the same sense of urgency [...]

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Why Ingersoll Rand’s Collaboration with EDF Climate Corps Works

By | Published: January 22, 2013

By Scott Tew, Executive Director,  Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability, Ingersoll Rand As we plan for our fourth summer of hosting Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Climate Corps fellows, I’m reviewing the great strides we’ve made based on the work of the six EDF fellows Ingersoll Rand has hosted to date. Through Ingersoll Rand’s involvement [...]

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Blackstone's Solar Program Demonstrates Power of Network Effect

By | Published: January 7, 2013

Our hat's off to Blackstone, which recently announced a new solar program. This development has the potential to cut energy costs by 10 percent and improve environmental performance across all the firm's real estate assets and portfolio companies, which have aggregate revenues of $116 billion. Smart Energy Capital will oversee installation of rooftop solar panels [...]

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Panama Canal Expansion May Yield Significant Emission Implications for Shippers, Carriers and Port Authorities

By | Published: December 19, 2012

The current expansion of the Panama Canal, expected to be completed by early 2015, creates tremendous opportunities for the global freight transportation industry and may have significant effects on many ports in the United States, particularly in Houston and other Gulf areas. Today, I am happy to announce the publication of a peer-reviewed paper that [...]

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Sustainable Logistics Webcast: Join us on DC Velocity

By | Published: December 11, 2012

Each year, emissions from corporate freight logistics in the United States amount to nearly 500 megatons of carbon dioxide. If U.S. freight was a country, it would be the 11th largest carbon emitter in the world. However, logistics is an area of tremendous opportunity for companies to reduce carbon emissions. There are many operational strategies [...]

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Four Factors Driving Focus on Freight

By | Published: November 26, 2012

As a new member of EDF’s team focusing on reducing emissions from freight transportation, one of the ways that I have been learning about the transportation and supply chain industry has been by attending conferences. Over the past couple months I have attended four events including: Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) Sustainability Conference, Council for [...]

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Sharing: A hundred-billion dollar a year idea for freight

By | Bio | Published: November 7, 2012

Being the parent of a toddler, sharing is a concept that I’m emphasizing at home a lot these days.  Turns out, it’s a good concept to remember at the office too.  A fantastic new report from the CELDi Physical Internet Project at the University of Arkansas details how if companies embraced the sharing of freight [...]

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Embedding sustainability and making it stick

By | Published: October 10, 2012

By Jos Hill, Sustainability Consultant, EDF There’s nothing like an inspired workforce to boost a company’s productivity and returns. While many factors can affect job satisfaction, employees increasingly want to help the environment while on the job. This summer, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) gathered together sustainability leaders from 23 companies to discuss ways to embed [...]

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How To Stay Clean In A Dirty World: A Vision For A Smarter, Healthier Supply Chain

By | Published: October 3, 2012

By Elena Craft, PhD | Bio  Most large corporations know that their supply chains are now visible. When a factory explosion in China impacts parts shipments to Apple in the United States, for example, it makes the news. Also, as consumers become more informed, potential for brand loyalty increases for those organizations reducing their harmful [...]

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Railroad Sustainability Symposium Highlights Environmental Opportunities For Rail Sector

By | Published: September 28, 2012

By Marcelo Norsworthy | Bio While most of EDF’s freight transportation clean air efforts address emissions from the trucking and ocean sector, use of our nation’s railroad system for intermodal goods movement has been growing. In fact, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reportsthat intermodal traffic on U.S. rail has risen from 6 million units [...]

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