As more companies take environmental stewardship into consideration along their supply chains, recyclable and recycled packaging have seen significant growth. According to a recently released infographic from Shurtape, this trend impacts ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, packaging industry
Cargill has teamed up with TEVA Energy to install a solar energy system at a meat processing facility in Fresno, California. The company has added solar energy at the facility to pre-heat water used throughout the plant for food safety ...
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For further demonstrating its leadership in environmental sustainability, MGM Grand Detroit has completed the LED lamp retrofit of its 61-acre parking garage. Cited as one of the nation's largest LED parking garage makeovers, the ...
Levin Furniture is adding solar panels to the roof of its Mentor, Ohio, showroom, its third location to feature the clean energy technology. The Top 100 company, which has installed solar electric systems on two of its Pennsylvania stores ...
Tags: Solar Panels, Energy
With millions of sports fans visiting LEED-certified green sports venues every year, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is proud to announce a collaboration with the Green Sports Alliance, a prominent nonprofit organization supporting ...
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In the second quarter of 2013, we generated a profit of $201 million compared to profit of $186 million for the second quarter of 2012. The increase was primarily due to lower finance costs in the second quarter of 2013. For the six ...
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SCS Global Services (SCS) has issued the first gold-level certification to Designtex, a Steelcase Company, under the factsm ecolabel developed by the Association for Contract Textiles (ACT). The certification recognizes Designtex's "Gold ...
Tags: SCS Global Services, Textile
The versatility of polyurethane chemistry and its benefits for the building and construction industry will be the focus of three separate technical sessions at the 2013 Polyurethanes Technical Conference, presented by the Center for the ...
Jane ChaseOn July 17, 2013, Jane Chase, senior director, packaging innovation and R&D, The Schwan Food Co., will speak at the Packaging Digest Global Food & Beverage Packaging Summit conference in Chicago. Her topic: How to drive innovation ...
Since its founding four decades ago by three sisters and families who dreamed of honoring their mother and her collections, the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin, has been committed to enhancing lives through art and ...
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NSF Sustainability, a division of global independent public health organization NSF International, has verified an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for a broad variety of nylon carpet styles and colors manufactured by Mannington ...
Tags: NSF Sustainability, Carpet Tiles, EDP
In honor of World Environment Day, Cintas Corporation announced that it diverted more than 17 million 16.9-ounce plastic bottles from landfills in 2012 through the production of its EcoGeneration line. This represents a 13 percent ...
Tags: Plastic Bottles, Metallurgy
Eastman Chemical Company has released its 2013 Sustainability Progress Report, an overview of achievements and areas for continued improvement experienced since the publication of its 2011 Sustainability Report, “Connecting Science ...
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Starnet Worldwide Commercial Flooring recently recognized three Starnet Member Companies for excellence in Environmental Stewardship, a newly established award. The presentation was held April 26, 2013 during the Starnet Annual Meeting at ...
Tags: Construction
G&K Services, Inc. announced that its facility in Denver, Colorado was awarded a 2012 Gold Award from the Denver Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation District, for perfect compliance with wastewater pretreatment requirements and a ...