Corporate Governance : Public policy

The House of Representatives will try to take up legislation extending renewable energy tax credits before lawmakers head out of town in the next few days for the November elections campaign trail.

The House tax package, which may be voted on later on Thursday, is slightly different from legislation passed by the Senate Tuesday, throwing into question whether there is time to reach a final deal.

Read more about extending energy tax credits here. 

A growing number of companies are taking a hard look at the cost and performance of cardboard boxes, wood pallets and other limited-use transport packaging. While it's far from being a standard across industries, "going reusable" has paid off handsomely for many leading companies. Some of them -- including John Deere, Toro, Cummins, General Motors, Pepsico, as well as Ghirardelli Chocolate -- will share their success stories and experiences at today's "Choose Reusables!" Education Forum, a conference in Oakland, Calif., focused on all

A growing number of companies are taking a hard look at the cost and performance of cardboard boxes, wood pallets and other limited-use transport packaging. While it's far from being a standard across industries, "going reusable" has paid off handsomely for many leading companies. Some of them -- including John Deere, Toro, Cummins, General Motors, Pepsico, as well as Ghirardelli Chocolate -- will share their success stories and experiences at today's "Choose Reusables!" Education Forum, a conference in Oakland, Calif., focused on all

The Make an Impact program includes an interactive website with tools to reduce energy consumption and tips on living more sustainably. The website has a carbon calculator with individual ‘footprint’ analysis and provides a list of localized interactive workshops.

Read more about Alcoa's new program here. 

Expanding and improving the United States’ electrical transmission grid would be a major building block in creating an electrical supply that is reliable, efficient and clean. The move to make that happen got a new ally today: Google. The internet giant has announced that it will be partnering with GE to work on both the technological side of the problem as well as the policy angle. This is the plan:

Read more about Google and GE here. 

Expanding and improving the United States’ electrical transmission grid would be a major building block in creating an electrical supply that is reliable, efficient and clean. The move to make that happen got a new ally today: Google. The internet giant has announced that it will be partnering with GE to work on both the technological side of the problem as well as the policy angle. This is the plan:

Read more about Google and GE here. 

The package proposed by Democrats would give states the option to allow drilling between 50 and 100 miles (80 and 160 km) off their shores. Areas more than 100 miles from the coast would be completely open to oil exploration and drilling.

Read more about offshore drilling here.

The package proposed by Democrats would give states the option to allow drilling between 50 and 100 miles (80 and 160 km) off their shores. Areas more than 100 miles from the coast would be completely open to oil exploration and drilling.

Read more about offshore drilling here.

The firm reports donating 96,000 hours to volunteerism in fiscal year 2008, worth an estimated $19 million. The company recently announced that beginning this year, the 31,000 U.S. employees will receive an additional 10 hours of paid time off to volunteer in their communities for their personal causes and charities.

Read more about PwC CSR strategy here. 

Under the WEEE directive – which was introduced last year and aims to ensure that the cost of potentially hazardous electronic waste is covered by the manufacturers – producers are allowed to pass the cost of safe disposal or recycling onto customers.

However, they are not permitted to separate the entire cost as a surcharge, after the government decided that imposing a visible extra charge upon customers would make them resentful of measures that were introduced to help ensure environmental best practices are adhered to.