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Newsbyte: SAP Named Among Top 20 Global Green Giants in Newsweek 2011 Green Rankings
SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) has been recognized among the top 20 largest green companies globally by the Newsweek 2011 Green Rankings. The rankings benchmark the environmental performance of the biggest companies in developed and emerging world markets -- the 500 largest publicly traded companies worldwide, as determined by revenue, market capitalization and number of employees. SAP ranked 20th in the ...
By SAP SE
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Defra 2021 Air Quality Model Intercomparison Exercise
CERC are undertaking a project commissioned by Defra in partnership with the Met Office, the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH), the Environmental Research Group at Imperial College London and Ricardo in relation to an intercomparison study between models that have the potential to be used for Defra's compliance reporting commitments. Models involved in the intercomparison exercise ...
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Rehrig Pacific Funds Named EREF Internship
Rehrig Pacific Company has funded the company’s first named internship for the Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF). EREF’s Data & Policy Program (D&P) was developed as part of the foundation’s efforts to expand its mission to advance knowledge and education for sustainable solid waste management. The primary objective of the D&P is to aggregate and ...
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EPA releases public database on risk assessments
EPA is releasing the Health and Environmental Research Online (HERO) database, a milestone in transparency. HERO provides access to the scientific studies used in making key regulatory decisions, including EPA’s periodic review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six major pollutants. It is part of the open government directive to conduct business with transparency, ...
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Chelsea's expert reports on recent findings at the Fluorometry for Ballast Water Compliance Monitoring Conference
Chelsea's Richard Burt and Veronica Chan will be attending the Alliance for Coastal Technologies / Maritime Environmental Research Center workshop on Fluorometry for Ballast Water Compliance Monitoring Workshop, 14 & 15 June 2012 at the SESYNC Center, Annapolis, USA. The introduction of invasive marine species into new environments by ships’ ballast water is one of the great threats to ...
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Pall Corporation Again Named a Top Green Company by Newsweek
Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, has once again been named one of the greenest companies in America by Newsweek magazine. Pall was rankedsixth in the industrial goods sector and 108th among Newsweek’sU.S. 500 list. This is the third time Pall has appeared in the Newsweek Green Rankings®. The 2012 Rankings comprehensively assess ...
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EPA releases database on Environmental Chemicals Agency continued efforts to provide more transparency
EPA has released a new online database that collects information on more than 500,000 man-made chemicals from over 200 public sources. The Aggregated Computational Toxicology Resource (ACToR) database allows access to hundreds of data sources in one place, providing a new level of transparency and easy access for environmental researchers, scientific journalists and the public. Sources of ...
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Donate Now Paints with High Lead Content Still Being Sold in the Country, Says a Toxics Link Study
Lead in paint is a global issue and considering the quantum of health impacts, many countries have phased out lead from their paints. Even though in India Lead in Paint regulations were notified back in 2016 and came into force in November 2017, the country has a long way to go in order to reach the desired compliance levels. Although the leading brands had shifted, the Small and Medium scale ...
By Toxics Link
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MIT analysis shows how cap-and-trade plans can cut greenhouse emissions
Researchers at MIT's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research have produced a report concerning key design issues of proposed 'cap-and-trade' programs that are under consideration in the United States as a way of curbing greenhouse gas emissions. The first contribution of the three-part study found that, based on an examination of the European Union's system and of similar U.S. ...
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Climate impact on agriculture could lead to calamity
New research predicts that climate change will transform agriculture, with a drop in yields of up to 18% by 2050 in terms of calories harvested. By then, the global population will have risen by more than 18%, so the consequences could be calamitous. That’s the worst projected outcome. By the same date, the researchers say, yields in terms of calories could have risen by 3%, but that would ...
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ACC Highlights BASF, Daimler Efficiency Technology In Smart Forvision Car
The following is being released today by the American Chemistry Council (ACC): To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/acc-highlights-basf-daimler-efficiency-technology-in-smart-forvision-car-166786286.html The American Chemistry Council (ACC) is proud to support member company BASF in the company's efforts to save energy ...
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Pall Corporation Named a Top Green Company by Newsweek
Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, has been named one of the greenest companies in America by Newsweek magazine. Pall was ranked 5th in the capital goods sector and 69th among Newsweek’sU.S. 500 List. The third annual Newsweek Green Rankings were released today. Pall Corporation's latest ...
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Water Expo China set to attract first time exhibitors
As well as the world’s best-known names in water technology, Water Expo China is also attracting many first time exhibitors who are keen to help solve China’s water problems. “China’s water market is developing very quickly, creating demand and opportunities for businesses and industry organisations,” said Mr Jason Cao, General Manager of Messe Frankfurt (Shanghai) Co Ltd. “This is why our show ...
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EPA Releases Updated Sustainability Plan
As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to cut carbon pollution and lead in clean energy, EPA today released its 2013 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan that outlines actions planned over the next year to cut energy use and waste in agency operations. President Obama signed Executive Order 13514 on Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance in ...
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CERC to present research at the Harmo21 conference
CERC are presenting recent research studies at the upcoming 21st international Harmo conference (Harmo21), to be held in Aveiro, Portugal, from 27 to 30 September 2022. This conference series is part of an initiative aimed at harmonising dispersion modelling for regulatory purposes. CERC's managing director, David Carruthers, will present key results from the Defra 2021 Air Quality Model ...
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Locus Technologies Forms Alliance with UNC Asheville's NEMAC to Advance Cloud Software Solutions in the Areas of Weather, Climate Change Data, GIS, an
Locus Technologies (Locus), an industry leader in web-based environmental, energy, and compliance software, and UNC Asheville's National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center (NEMAC), an applied environmental research center that creates tools to address the challenges and opportunities of human interaction with the environment, announced a broad alliance today. Locus and NEMAC signed a ...
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Does your sustainability measure up?
Strategy consultancy SustainAbility has partnered with Flag, one of the world’s leading CSR communications agencies, and credit360, the data management system providers,to develop Learn from the Leaders, an online database containing benchmark research into sustainability reporting excellence. Since 1992, SustainAbility has been rigorously benchmarking the quality of international sustainability ...
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EPA and National Science Foundation Support Research for Safer Chemical Design
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with the National Science Foundation (NSF), announced two funding opportunities for up to ten grants totaling up to $32 million for research on the design of safer chemicals. These two Requests for Applications (RFAs), which focus on sustainable chemical design and assessment of the life cycle impacts of chemicals from ...
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ACC and SOCMA Announce Agenda for 2012 Global Chemical Regulations Conference
This year's Global Chemical Regulations Conference and Expo returns to Baltimore, MD, and will take place March 5-7, 2012. The event is an ideal venue to bring chemical industry professionals up to speed on the latest chemical management regulations, both domestic and foreign. Attendees are invited to take advantage of this once-a-year opportunity to interact with experts in policy areas like ...
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ACC Proposes New System to Prioritize Chemicals for Review
WASHINGTON, Sep. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of its longstanding support for updating the nation's chemical regulatory system, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) today proposed a comprehensive, scientifically-based prioritization system that could be used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine which chemicals warrant additional review and assessment. "As ...
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