Sustainability
BCG Survey: 37% of Companies Report Sustainability Profits
February 05, 2013 |
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Nearly half of companies surveyed by MIT and The Boston Consulting Group changed business models to capture sustainability opportunities. Seventy percent of the 2,600 companies surveyed expect to focus more on sustainability over the next year through investment and management focus. View Article
Green Energy at Davos: What Happened?
February 5, 2013
World leaders vow to prevent climate change, with little success; world’s dirtiest company closes; planet’s greenest corporation named.
Fundings+Deals
BNEF: Nat Gas and Energy Efficiency Drives U.S. Emissions Drop
January 31, 2013 |
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As renewable energy capacity doubled to 85.7GW and efficiency sparked a 6.4 percent drop in energy consumption, along with natural gas taking share from oil & coal, U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions declined 13 percent over the past five years, says a new study. Furthermore, ongoing investment in energy efficiency and the deployment of new clean technologies are making a major impact on U.S. energy. View Article
Court Tosses Out EPA’s Cellulosic Biofuel Regulation
January 30, 2013
A federal appeals court has rejected an EPA rule that required refiners to generate or buy advanced biofuels in light of insufficient supply, representing a win for the petroleum industry....