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Kraft Foods to Purchase 30,000 tons of Sustainable Cocoa by 2012

Environmental Leader — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:46:27 +0000

Bolstering its commitment to sustainable cocoa farming, Kraft Foods has launched the first mainstream chocolate products in Europe to carry the Rainforest Alliance Certified seal. The global food company also has committed to increase its current purchases of cocoa beans from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms ten-fold by the end of 2012, to 30,000 tons. Beginning in [...]

U.N. Calls for Tougher Emission Cuts

Environmental Leader — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:55:00 +0000

The world can still cap global warming at far lower levels — 1.5 degrees Celsius versus 2 degrees Celsius — and the Group of Eight industrialized nations (G8) need to set firm commitments on reductions by 2020, says the chairman of the U.N. climate panel, reports Reuters. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the U.N. climate panel, told [...]

World Cocoa Foundation Pledges To Make Cocoa-Growing Sustainable

Environmental Leader — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:46:41 +0000

The World Cocoa Foundation announced sustainability principles and goals (PDF) to help guide industry efforts and prioritize the foundation’s development projects in West Africa, Southeast Asia and the Americas. The foundation and its members say they are committed to working towards responsible environmental stewardship in cocoa-farming communities where soil and water are conserved, following Integrated Pest [...]

Hilton Efficiency Program Saves $9 Million

Environmental Leader — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:12:21 +0000

Hilton Hotels says it has delivered energy savings of over 10 percent last year across more than 80 hotels in Europe as well as cutting water consumption by five percent, BusinessGreen reports. Hilton’s Europe and Africa-wide sustainability initiative was launched in 2006 and focuses on encouraging hotels to compete with each other to conserve energy. The [...]

Reckitt Benckiser Ads Detail Green Advantages Of Dishwashers

Environmental Leader — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:36:23 +0000

Ads for Reckitt Benckiser's automatic dishwasher detergent brands contend that consumers could save water and energy by using a dishwasher rather than washing dishes by hand, The New York Times reports.

A German TV ad says that consumers can reduce water use 85 percent with a dishwasher, according to...

CEOs Sign Numerous Environmental Pledges At Global Compact Summit

Environmental Leader — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:37:43 +0000

A flurry of press releases have come out of the Global Compact leaders Summit that's finishing up in Geneva.

Top executives of corporations such as Coca-Cola, Petrobras, Fuji Xerox, China Ocean Shipping Group, Tata Steel...

Global Warming Concert Series Planned

Environmental Leader — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:56:53 +0000

Al Gore is involved in planning a series of concerts "bigger than Live Aid" in a bid to put the subject of climate change before an audience of a global audience, Financial Times reports.

The goal is to get people to take action, likely in the form of personal pledges to reduce emissions.

Although not stated in the article, sponsorship opportunities...

Motorola Powers BSTs with Wind, Solar

Environmental Leader — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:30:26 +0000

According to tests by Motorola, a combination of solar cells and wind turbines can generate 1,200 watts in a continual cycle to drive a mid-sized remote GSM Base Station (BTS) and support a microwave backhaul installation. Motorola says that powering BTS sites in both developed and emerging markets is a challenge for operators because of the high [...]

Green Star to Build 90 Biodiesel Reactors for De Beers

Environmental Leader — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:02:27 +0000

Green Star Products has signed an agreement with De Beers Fuel Limited of South Africa to build 90 biodiesel reactors. Each of the biodiesel reactors will be capable of producing 10 million gallons of biodiesel each year for a total production capacity of 900,000,000 gallons per year when operating at full capacity. That’s four times [...]