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Koch Industries Recognized As 2024 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for Energy Management

3BL Media

million metric tons of CO2e), cut production-related waste generated at our U.S. Since 2003, Koch companies have invested more than $150 billion in growth and improvements. Crossett Mill in Crossett, Arkansas (Georgia-Pacific) In the U.S., since 2014, the company has reduced Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by 17% (more than 4.5

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Koch Industries Earns 2022 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award for Energy Management

3BL Media

While its businesses have grown, Koch has experienced a 58% reduction in production-related waste since 2012—a total of 571 million pounds—according to EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory Report. Of the waste produced and reported to EPA at Koch facilities in 2020, 91% was recycled, recovered for energy, or treated—a total of 372 million pounds.

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How NABERS, GRESB and Green Star work together

CIM

NABERS (National Australian Built Environment Rating System) measures the energy efficiency, water usage, waste management and indoor environment quality of a building or tenancy and its impact on the environment. Green Star is an internationally recognised rating system that was founded by the Green Building Council of Australia in 2003.

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An enduring threat to water?

Envirotec Magazine

The majority of commercial products contain these proprietary polyfluorinated precursor compounds, which evade detection by conventional analytical methods which focus on detecting the PFAAs. Foam fractionation is an innovative approach to the selective removal of PFAS from aqueous wastes as a concentrated foam.

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Climate Emergency Risks Stranding Women

Chris Hall

Pig waste can then be converted into combustible methane, which can be used for cooking and other domestic needs. These types of funds made up 9% of fund votes on assessed shareholder proposals filed at US-based companies between 2003 to 2018. in 2022 from 22.6%

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Meet the 50 fastest-growing green companies in Canada

Corporate Knights

And the good times extend to Mississauga, Ontario–based Li-Cycle, which recycles metals from electronic waste – including nickel, copper and cobalt, but especially the lithium ion in consumer and EV batteries. Its GlassLock process removes arsenic linked to metal mining and smelting, stabilizing it in a non-hazardous glass waste product.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. million in Neighborhood Grants.