February 18, 2011 PulteGroup, RESNET Collaborate on Energy Efficiency Labels for New Homes

AzBAS member PulteGroup, Inc. has launched a pilot program with the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) that will use home energy efficiency labels to help homebuyers compare energy savings and utility costs.  Read the full article on the Sustainable Life Media website.

September 1, 2010 AzBAS Members Achieve Top Ranking in Dow Jones Sustainability Index Again

AzBAS would like to congratulate three of its member companies: APS, Intel and Henkel for successful achieving ranking on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). Established in 1999, the DJSI follows the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide offering investors with a best-in-class approach profiling sustainability leaders from each industry at a global and regional level respectively. The annual review of the DJSI family is based on a thorough analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as corporate governance, risk management, branding, climate change mitigation, supply chain standards and labor practices. It accounts for general as well as industry specific sustainability criteria for each of the 57 sectors defined according to the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB). Only 10 percent of the world's largest corporations make the grade for selection in the DJSI World. We're thrilled to recognize these three members have repeatedly been profiled in the DJSI. Their leadership in this arena lends enormous benefit to the AzBAS membership. For more information on the DJSI and the performance of our members please visit http://www.sustainability-index.com.

December 2, 2009 Despite Recession Corporate America is Investing in Sustainability Practices: Three out of four firms view sustainability as consistent with their profit missions.

Corporate America has in fact integrated standard sustainability practices, including recycling, green building, employee engagement, and partnering with non-profits into their cultures and everyday operations. A recent report, "2009 Greening of Corporate America" reveals that corporations across the U.S. continue to accelerate sustainability efforts and increase efficiencies as standard operating procedure. More...

November 21, 2009 Sustainability and Employee Engagement: Anything Goes

Engaging employees through sustainability is not a one size fits all approach. FromWalmart’s Personal Sustainability Project to Sodexo’s Corporate Citizenship Program to Intel’s intranet to FMYI’s online collaboration, the variety is endless. Each of the four members of the Net Impact Conference 2009. More...

November 13, 2009 Pulte Homes Earns 2009 LEED Award for Homes Outstanding Production Builder.

Pulte Homes has been selected as the recipient of the 2009 Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Award for Homes Outstanding Production Builder by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The award recognizes builders for outstanding production homes certified in the LEED for Homes program, and also for an ongoing commitment to green homebuilding. Pulte Homes, the nation's sole multi-brand homebuilding company.

November 11, 2009 Sustainability seals the deal on adhesives.

Growing awareness about the environmental impacts of using petrochemical solvents and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) in adhesives, combined with new legislative requirements, is continuing to drive the development of 'green' adhesives.  While sustainable adhesives is not a new concept, Diane Montgomery, Marketing Manager at Henkel. More...

Fall 2009 Apache Nitrogen Product, Inc. has taken a Superfund site and turned it into a sustainability powerhouse, amping up their plant's efficiency in the process.

Established in 1920 as Apache Powder, Apache Nitrogen originally made dynamite of the mining companies, but shifted to ammonium nitrate as the industry changed. More...

October 26, 2009 The Quandary of Mandatory Sustainability Reporting with Gary Niekirk, Director of Global Citizenship at Intel.

Increasingly, voluntary sustainability reporting is becoming a mainstream practice. Yet with the global economy still roiling, trust in business remains low and the question of mandatory reporting is being raised with greater persistence. More...

October 5, 2009 Walmart has awarded the World Resources Institute (WRI) a $420,000 grant to help create a set of accounting tools for companies to measure the carbon footprint of their supply chains.

The WRI will use the grant to beef up its Green Supply Chain initiative and to produce the "Green Standards Guide,"  More...