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Working within the framework of the World Ports Climate Initiative, six European ports have collaborated to launch an initiative to reward ships that cut emissions.

Beginning in January, the ports of Hamburg, Bremen, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Le Havre will offer financial incentives to ships that perform better than the emissions standard adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) back in 2008. The cornerstone of this new initiative is the Environmental Ship Index (ESI), which essentially calculates a ship’s green performance. (more…)

Most companies are tracking some data on their operational environmental performance, but most of that is limited to tracking electricity, according to new survey results from iReuse.

The nationwide Facility and Sustainability Data Management Survey found that: (more…)

Companies need to make wholesale changes to their business technology if they want to keep up with rapidly evolving mandates for environmental tracking, according to new research conducted for IFS in the USA, Scandinavia and Benelux.

The study, based on surveys of industrial executives in each region, discovered that more than three quarters of companies consider it important to track their environmental profile—that includes 83 percent in the USA, 82 percent Scandinavia and 79 percent in Benelux. (more…)