Environment
PE’s GaBi Exemplifies How Product LCA Can Empower CSOs
Corporate sustainability cannot rely for long on quick win projects. Leading firms move beyond the enterprise view to take a product life cycle approach. This report helps Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs), VPs of Environment and their colleagues to understand how product life cycle assessment (LCA) software can support different functions to incorporate sustainability considerations into their processes. The report looks specifically at PE International’s GaBi solution. View Full Details »
Published: 18 March 2013
Sustainable Supply Chain Benchmark: Consumer Electronics
The global scope of manufacturing in the consumer electronics sector, the fragmentation of suppliers, the costs involved and the lack of visibility make building a sustainable supply chain a significant endeavour. This report helps decision-makers in supply chain, procurement, corporate communications and sustainability roles to benchmark their sustainable supply chain strategy. View Full Details »
Published: 17 December 2012
CSC Seeks To Monetize Climate Data With Big Data Analytics
This report provides finance directors and risk officers with an independent analysis of CSC’s ClimatEdge launched in June 2012. CSC’s ClimatEdge supports decision-making in the commodity trading and risk management sectors through long-term climate insights. Verdantix selected this subject for detailed study because despite the public availability of long-range climate datasets, commodity traders and investment managers have rarely used them because of their size and complexity. View Full Details »
Published: 28 September 2012
Ice Rush: Making The Arctic Economy Sustainable
Over the past 30 years, scientists have been measuring the melting and freezing of Arctic sea ice. In September 2012, data show a rapid decline in the extent of sea ice during the summer months compared to previous years. View Full Details »
Published: 26 September 2012
Ecometrica Converts Geospatial Data Into Corporate Insights
Increasing scarcity of natural resources has become a material risk for firms with a vertically integrated supply chain. Yet few firms truly understand the holistic impacts of their business operations on land use and natural resources or the future availability of essential raw materials for production. View Full Details »
Published: 28 June 2012
Webinar: Competitive Benchmark Of US Environmental Services Providers
The US environmental services market is evolving in response to regulations, demanding industry requirements, resource price volatility and sustainability trends. View Full Details »
Published: 11 June 2012
Green Quadrant Environmental Services Providers (US) 2012
This Green Quadrant report provides a detailed fact-based comparison of 20 of the leading environmental services providers in the US. The analysis is based on interviews with 15 buyers representing firms and public authorities with combined revenues and budgets of $1.2 trillion, supplier responses to a 50 point questionnaire and detailed supplier interviews. This study finds that seven providers currently lead the environmental services market: AECOM, AMEC, ARCADIS, CH2M HILL, ERM, SAIC and URS. View Full Details »
Published: 20 May 2012
Product LCA Software Market Forecast 2011-2015 (Europe)
New market entrants, new usage scenarios and new incentives to analyse a product’s life cycle are all driving the European product LCA software market, although the rate of growth and adoption varies between countries. This report helps product LCA software and services suppliers, investors, partners and buyers to forecast revenues streams, plan marketing strategies, define sales strategies, and budget accordingly. View Full Details »
Published: 27 March 2012
IBM Smarter Cities Software Aims To Optimize City Resources
This report helps senior executives within the urban development ecosystem and public sector authorities to understand new products and services that aim to curb the environmental impact of urban communities. On June 6, 2011, IBM publicly launched its Intelligent Operations Center, a software product designed to help city authorities and agencies address the growing pressures on urban systems amidst current resource constraints. View Full Details »
Published: 17 October 2011
Autodesk & Granta Design Partner For Green Design Software
This report helps product managers and sustainability executives involved in the development of products in their organization identify new software to achieve sustainable design objectives. In the past five years regulators, supply chain partners and end users have put increasing pressure on firms to address the environmental impact of their products. In response to this demand, on March 22, 2011 computer-aided design (CAD) software firm Autodesk launched its Eco Materials Adviser software. View Full Details »
Published: 21 April 2011
PlanIT Valley Provides New Model For Sustainable City
In June 2009, Living PlanIT, a technology firm that develops innovative and sustainable urban technologies, announced the selection of a 1,670 hectare site in the municipality of Paredes in Portugal as the location of a new sustainable urban development: PlanIT Valley. Through the development, Living PlanIT aims to realize its vision of a replicable model for sustainable urban development, revolutionizing construction and real estate industries. View Full Details »
Published: 16 February 2011
Innovative UK Industrial Symbiosis Model Exported
The UK National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) is an innovative example of industrial symbiosis, where one firm’s waste becomes another firm’s input. International Synergies coordinates the NISP membership network, using regional workshops and a proprietary database to identify opportunities for members to gain mutual value by repurposing waste streams. View Full Details »
Published: 02 August 2010