1. Exploring the Forgotten Water Footprint

It is becoming increasingly common for companies to measure and report the water they consume within their four walls. Yet they rarely track all the water used to make the electricity powering their operations. Read the article summary in the Digest (see download/purchase links below) …

2. Coke, eBay, Google, Wal-Mart Buy Bloom Fuel Cells

A host of major U.S. companies are becoming customers of the new Bloom Energy Server, which was kept from the public eye until its official Feb. 24 launch but has been in use for at least 18 months at various test sites. Read the article summary in the Digest (see download/purchase links below) …

3. Mobile Sustainability – Eco Applications Gaining Ground

Apple recently celebrated an incredible number of one billion downloaded applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. No doubt, those small and more or less useful programs for the mobile phone are as popular as ever. But how well do they perform in terms of promoting sustainability and “green” behaviour? Read the article summary in the Digest (see download/purchase links below) …

4. The Perfect Ring: CSR in the Diamond Industry

Diamonds can be a bloody business, in fact, most of the time they are. This brings with it a reputation few diamond producers are happy with. Read the article summary in the Digest (see download/purchase links below) …

5. ‘Natural’ Cleaners Get Official Certification

A new standard has defined “natural” when it comes to home cleaners, laundry detergent and dish soap. Read the article summary in the Digest (see download/purchase links below) …

6. Walmart Announces Goal to Eliminate 20M Tons of Greenhous Gas Emissions from Global Supply Chain

Wal-Mart Stores announced a goal to eliminate 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015. This represents one and a half times the company’s estimated global carbon footprint growth over the next five years and is the equivalent of taking more than 3.8 million cars off the road for a year. Read the article summary in the Digest (see download/purchase links below) …

7. Obama Administration Establishes a National Climate Service and Portal

Earlier this month, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced the decision to create a NOAA Climate Service line office dedicated to bringing together the agency’s climate science and service delivery capabilities as a way of addressing the growing demand for climate data vital to planning and operations. NOAA is also unveiling a new Web site – http://www.climate.gov – that serves as a single point-of-entry for NOAA’s extensive climate information, data, products and services. Read the article summary in the Digest (see download/purchase links below) …

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