An important producer of natural gas and oil, the UAE has become known in the last decade for its growing efforts to fight climate change and advance the use of clean energy. So it’s not that surprising to find out that the UAE is going to represented in the upcoming Rio+20 Summit by a delegation of more than 100 members, aiming to both learn and provide its own lessons to the rest of the world.

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Siemens will demonstrate eHighway pairing diesel-electric hybrid trucks with electrified road technology at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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Recently, the Guardian ran a post addressing the question of why eliminating corruption is crucial for sustainability. A first glance the two topics might seem unrelated—the one about criminal behavior and the other about something like environmental responsibility.
Where exactly then, do the two ideas come together?

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If you still don’t know much about Masdar City, I’ll have an in-depth photo essay and tour online in a day or two.   Do your homework as it’s likely that the global audience will start to hear about progress at Masdar more regularly in the future.  The (almost) entirely self-sustaining, carbon free experiment in the desert [...]

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The last piece of technology most carmakers have their fingerprint on is their internal combustion engines. Now, the rise of electric cars is threatening even that. But should car manufacturers be worried, or excited?

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Last week we released Sustainable Industries’ new microsite, the 2012 Sustainable Energy Guide. The guide contains an overview of everything an Operations or Facilities Manager needs to get started on the road to sustainability. We get a lot of questions about transitioning to renewable energy and purchasing carbon offsets and you’ll find updated information about [...]

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This week the Volvo announced a strategic partnership with Siemens to work on the development of electrical drive technology, charging technology, and battery management.

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Today’s large corporations have the size and power to literally move mountains.  But with hundreds of thousands of employees spread over dozens of countries and business units, agreeing on where that mountain should be moved to is a monumental challenge. In this interview, Alison Taylor, the VP of Sustainability – Americas at Siemens, discusses the [...]

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Growing up in Essex, Maryland — a very blue collar section of Baltimore County — the phrase “Buy American” was more than just a rallying cry for those who championed domestic manufacturing. It was simply how things were done. Even when the oil crisis of the 1970s hit, you would’ve been hard-pressed to find a single [...]

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