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New technologies and growing demand for staggering quantities of renewable jet fuels make it a sector worth investing in.
Renewable Aviation Fuel: Ready for Take-Off
Lack of information is hindering the take-off of the renewable aviation fuel market. Renewablejetfuels.org aims to provide potential buyers with decision-making tools.
GE’s Newest Jet Engine Beams in for Creative Week NYC
GE’s new GEnx jet engine is currently on “virtual” display in New York’s DUMBO neighborhood via a revolutionary hologram display. It’s all a part of Creative Week New York and is open to the public all week.
“Bye Hawk” Electric Plane Set to Transform the Skies?
By Dustin Charapata Every so often, a concept comes along that changes the way we interact with the world. Several instantly come to mind – the wheel, jet engine, Facebook. At their core, these paradigm-shifting ideas usually provide a specific answer to a general problem and are nurtured by companies with the persistence and vision [...]
Southwest Takes Off With Fuel Saving Landing Program
Southwest recently implemented an enhanced landing system at 11 airports. Called the Required Navigation Performance (RNP) program, both dispatchers and pilots use technologies including global positioning systems (GPS) and what Southwest describes as Primary Flight Display/Navigation Display (PFD/ND) procedures that both save fuel and money.
Regional Jets vs. Props: How Passenger Psychology Wastes Fuel
After salaries, fuel prices are the biggest expense for an airline – a hard to control cost that is also the principal culprit behind any aviation company’s carbon footprint. For these reasons alone, you’d expect airlines to bend over backwards to find the most fuel efficient planes they can. For the most part they do: [...]
American Airlines Pilots Balk at Directive to Fly With Less Fuel
American Airlines has instructed its pilots to reduce the amount of fuel they carry on flights, resulting so far in little more than a brewing fight between labor and management. The airline wants to save energy and money by using computerized modeling to load less fuel, and if pilots object, they have to complete paperwork explaining why.
JetBlue COO: Flying From Boston to NYC is a Bad Idea
Publicly stating that some of your company’s goods and services should be discontinued even if they are profitable probably would get most company executives in trouble. Rob Maruster, JetBlue’s Chief Operating Officer, startled an aviation conference when he thought out loud that there were better options for traveling between Boston and New York than the [...]
Aviation Sector Lags on Sustainability, But Biofuels Present Opportunity
This post originally appeared on Biomass Intel By Mackinnon Lawrence Maddock Douglas, a business consultancy based in Chicago, found in its MapChange 2010 (to be updated this summer) that the Airline sector lags behind other industries in its sustainability efforts. MapChange 2010, which profiles the sustainability of companies, shows that since many airline brands received [...]
U.S. Airlines Sue to Avoid EU Carbon Caps
American Airlines, Continental and United Airlines have joined with the Air Transport Association (ATA) in suing the U.K. over that country’s planned implementation of EU emissions trading schemes (ETS), according to Business Week. The airlines and ATA sued the U.K. Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change December 16th in British court, saying the [...]
KLM Flies into Sustainable Air Transport
Is that the smell of bio-kerosene in the air? If you were one of the passengers on KLM Royal Dutch Airline’s first passenger flight powered by bio-kerosene this week, then you were also one of the first to get a whiff of this new sustainable fuel, if indeed it is whiff-able. The Netherlands airline underscored [...]
Eight U.S. Airlines Sign Deal to Use Alternative Fuels
Eight U.S. airlines sign a deal to begin using up to 1.5 million gallons of synthetic fuel for ground-service equipment at Los Angeles International Airport
Taking Cues from Birds to Green the Airline Industry
Stanford University research group takes biomimicry to whole new heights At this summer’s Airbus “Fly Your Ideas” competition, an international call for sustainability innovation in the airline industry, one Australian team of graduate students walked away with the first place cash prize of 30,000 euros for a green passenger cabin concept. Derived from castor oil, [...]
Camelina Seed Goes Airborne as Biojet Fuel
Is camelina the next big thing in biofuel crops?
Will Aviation Biofuel Fly?
Even with the attention of the two largest aircraft makers, Boeing and Airbus, aviation biofuel is not exactly on the near-event horizon: Think 2025 before biofuel accounts for even 25 percent of the fuel airlines use.
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Sustainable Brands 2012: Join us as the Sustainability, Brand Strategy and Innovation Communities convene to shape the future. Discover and participate in the sustainable brand revolution by collaborating to shift consumer demand, drive heretical innovation, and evolve the business case. 20% Reader discount with code "nwtripsb12".
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Seattle: June 11-12GRI Certified Training: Demand for sustainability experts is growing rapidly as companies look for proven professionals. For companies, GRI trained employees mean faster implementations and better use of the GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework. Join our partner ISOS group for this two day session. Early bird discounts apply!
Portland & Seattle: June 13 & 14
Sustainable Industries Economic Forum:
Join keynote speaker Van Jones and sustainable business leaders from dozens of innovative companies for an interactive presentation and conversation on The Access Economy and how it affects you and your business, as well as high-impact networking. Register now for Portland on June 13 & Seattle on June 14.
NYC: June 27-28Responsible Business Summit USA: Discover how to fully embed and integrate CSR in your organization. Learn how to collaborate with key stakeholders and establish competitive edge using proven CSR strategies. Hear best practices from GAP Inc, Timberland, Lockheed Martin, Life Technologies, Campbell Soup and many more.
Minneapolis: July 19-20GRI Certified Training: Demand for sustainability experts is growing rapidly as companies look for proven professionals. For companies, GRI trained employees mean faster implementations and better use of the GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework. Join our partner ISOS group for this two day session. Early bird discounts apply!
Boston: Sep 13-14GRI Certified Training: Demand for sustainability experts is growing rapidly as companies look for proven professionals. For companies, GRI trained employees mean faster implementations and better use of the GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework. Join our partner ISOS group for this two day session. Early bird discounts apply!
Have your event listed here.
San Diego: June 4-7
Sustainable Brands 2012: Join us as the Sustainability, Brand Strategy and Innovation Communities convene to shape the future. Discover and participate in the sustainable brand revolution by collaborating to shift consumer demand, drive heretical innovation, and evolve the business case. 20% Reader discount with code "nwtripsb12".
Webinar: June 5
Running an Effective Corporate Volunteer Program with AngelPoints: Key clients discuss how they put the AngelPoints Volunteering solution to work for them. Attend this webinar to learn best practices, tips & tricks - and how to get an effective volunteer program off the ground at your organization.
Seattle: June 11-12GRI Certified Training: Demand for sustainability experts is growing rapidly as companies look for proven professionals. For companies, GRI trained employees mean faster implementations and better use of the GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework. Join our partner ISOS group for this two day session. Early bird discounts apply!
Portland & Seattle: June 13 & 14
Sustainable Industries Economic Forum:Join keynote speaker Van Jones and sustainable business leaders from dozens of innovative companies for an interactive presentation and conversation on The Access Economy and how it affects you and your business, as well as high-impact networking. Register now for Portland on June 13 & Seattle on June 14.
NYC: June 27-28Responsible Business Summit USA: Discover how to fully embed and integrate CSR in your organization. Learn how to collaborate with key stakeholders and establish competitive edge using proven CSR strategies. Hear best practices from GAP Inc, Timberland, Lockheed Martin, Life Technologies, Campbell Soup and many more.
Minneapolis: July 19-20GRI Certified Training: Demand for sustainability experts is growing rapidly as companies look for proven professionals. For companies, GRI trained employees mean faster implementations and better use of the GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework. Join our partner ISOS group for this two day session. Early bird discounts apply!
Boston: Sep 13-14GRI Certified Training: Demand for sustainability experts is growing rapidly as companies look for proven professionals. For companies, GRI trained employees mean faster implementations and better use of the GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework. Join our partner ISOS group for this two day session. Early bird discounts apply!
Have your event listed here.
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