IBM Launches ‘Cradle to Grave’ Environmental Consulting

September 25, 2008

Email this story Print this post Add your comments

IBM is now offering Environmental Product Lifecycle Management to help clients make their products more eco-friendly from development and manufacturing through delivery and use to end-of-life reclamation and recycling

Last month, IBM launched “Green Sigma,” which combines the company’s CSR consulting service with Lean Six Sigma processes and applies it to energy and water usage.

The new offering takes into account current environmental concerns, regulations and business issues, and industry best practices. Based on that analysis, the company says it helps clients design for compliance and end-of-life management so that the products meet new regulations for energy use and material safety; as well as being easy to disassemble or recycle.

IBM will also take into account the product’s shipping, usage, reclamation and recycling, and evaluate carbon trade-offs through the manufacturing, distribution and transportation processes.

IBM’s global CEO survey found that the majority of them plan to increase their investments in CSR by 25 percent over the next three years.

The company recently made it into Plenty Magazine’s The Plenty 20, which awards businesses for bettering the planet in innovative ways.

Email this story Print this post Add your comments

Advertisers

Make sustainability part of your strategy.

Get equipped at the SAP Sustainability Resource Center. >>

Unclear about the EPA's new GHG Rule?

Learn how it could affect your business. >>

EPA mandatory emissions reporting starts Jan 1st

CSA Standards can help your organization get ready for compliance. Find out how. >>

Best Practices: Product Environmental Compliance

How to achieve compliance at a significantly lower cost. Download the full report. >>

Join the Discussion

Recent Daily News [ see all ]

11/20/2009
11/19/2009
11/18/2009

Charts [ see all ]

European Paper Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions by 42% since 1990

S. America Takes Most Urgent View of Copenhagen Talks

Nike Tops Annual Climate Action Scores

Oceans May Trap more Carbon than Forests

Jobs

View All Jobs >> Post a Job >>

Comments and Discussions

miggs on European Paper Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions by 42% since 1990
"Yet another example of the potential of combined heat & power to transform..."

Stevenson on News Corp. Taps Hara for Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management
"All of us should think of ways to save energy now. It is not a myth,..."

Trade Association on Trade Group on EPA Chemical Regs: ‘If Everything is a Priority, Then Nothing is a Priority’
"Seriously… that..."

Gary Markowitz on Supermarkets Tackle Emissions Reductions, Fuel Efficiency
"Supermarkets waste over 10 percent of their energy through improper..."

peter in ireland on Ontario May Follow California’s Lead on TV Energy Efficiency
"Governor Schwarzenegger is shooting himself in the foot! 1...."

Environmental Leader on S. America Takes Most Urgent View of Copenhagen Talks
"The survey respondents (the PDF report mentions 4,000 respondents in 38..."

Jake on UPS Trying New Hydraulic Hybrid Trucks
"A point of clarification: the Reuters press release referenced herein reports that 20 UPS will purchase..."

Environmental Leader