http://www.environmentalleader.com The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:16:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/corporate-jetsetters-can-be-carbon-offsetters/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/corporate-jetsetters-can-be-carbon-offsetters/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:21:58 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27478 A new program from InJet, which offers private corporate jet services, will allow companies and individuals to offset the emissions of their flights. The InJet Green program, which is supported by TerraPass, allows customers to choose from different models of carbon offsetting, depending on the size of jet chosen. The company often sells its services in 25-hour [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/corporate-jetsetters-can-be-carbon-offsetters/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/sustainable-tips-to-save-small-business-owners-money/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/sustainable-tips-to-save-small-business-owners-money/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:49:49 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27314 In recent years, the notion of a “green economy” has gathered steam. The conversation accelerated when the economy worsened and unemployment rose and suddenly, a green economy was seen by many as a pathway out of the current economic situation. Studies in 2008 found that 2 million jobs in two years could be created from [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/sustainable-tips-to-save-small-business-owners-money/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/10/lg-waste-management-to-recycle-hotel-tvs-computer-monitors/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/10/lg-waste-management-to-recycle-hotel-tvs-computer-monitors/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:39:28 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27059 A new program gives hotels an option for recycling their aging television sets and computer monitors. LG Electronics USA Inc. and Waste Management Inc. are partnering to offer the service. The program, which launches in 2010, will have LG working with Waste Management subsidiary WM Recycle America LLC, according to a press release. The two will offer [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/10/lg-waste-management-to-recycle-hotel-tvs-computer-monitors/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/employees-directed-to-use-green-hotels/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/employees-directed-to-use-green-hotels/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:24:22 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26978 As more companies consider the environmental impact of their business travel, employees increasingly are being asked to stay in hotels that meet certain environmental standards, including “green” certification. Some companies are going so far as to query a hotel chain about its operating practices before signing any kind of contract. Companies asking about the frequency of [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/employees-directed-to-use-green-hotels/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/metal-recyclers-spar-over-ship-recycling-site/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/metal-recyclers-spar-over-ship-recycling-site/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:45:34 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26629 A proposed California ship recycling venture to revamp nearly 17 acres of waterfront, including two massive historic dry docks, as a ship recycling, repair and building facility, has a “fatally flawed business plan,” according to a competitive metal recycling company also interested in the former naval base shipyard, reports Vallejo Times Herald. Jay Anast, business operations [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/metal-recyclers-spar-over-ship-recycling-site/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/29/accounts-payable-slow-to-adopt-paperless-invoicing/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/29/accounts-payable-slow-to-adopt-paperless-invoicing/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:18:05 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26380 Businesses could save money and decrease environmental impact by modernizing their accounts payable departments, which lag other business departments in reducing environmental impact. About 83 percent of A/P departments are managing about the same amount of paper invoices as they did four years ago. Meanwhile, about 68 percent of A/P departments are processing the same amount [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/29/accounts-payable-slow-to-adopt-paperless-invoicing/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/supply-chain-needs-to-measure-carbon-footprint/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/supply-chain-needs-to-measure-carbon-footprint/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:20:06 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26252 Peter Graf, Chief Sustainability Officer for SAP, discusses how companies in the business services sector can exploit developing market opportunities by helping customers measure and trim the carbon footprint. Because small and large companies are involved in the supply chain, all firms need to be tracking their carbon footprint, Graf says. ]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/supply-chain-needs-to-measure-carbon-footprint/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/jones-lang-lasalle-puts-all-properties-in-energy-star-program/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/jones-lang-lasalle-puts-all-properties-in-energy-star-program/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:48:52 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26234 Jones Lang LaSalle has become the first major real estate service firm to enroll 100 percent of its managed property in the EPA’s Energy Star program. The company’s portfolio includes 330 office buildings in 106 U.S. cities, according to a press release. Each of the buildings will receive a rating of 1 to 100. Buildings that rate [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/jones-lang-lasalle-puts-all-properties-in-energy-star-program/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/21/mohawk-fine-paper-joins-u-s-chamber-exodus/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/21/mohawk-fine-paper-joins-u-s-chamber-exodus/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:58:17 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=25760 Citing its disapproval with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s position on climate change, another company has left the fold. Mohawk Fine Paper believes that to belong to an organization that fights action on climate change hurts its credibility as an advocate for environmental protection, said George Milner, Mohawk’s Vice President for Environmental Affairs, reports AP. The news [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/21/mohawk-fine-paper-joins-u-s-chamber-exodus/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/20/phoenix-gets-hybrid-taxi-fleet/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/20/phoenix-gets-hybrid-taxi-fleet/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:58:06 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=25740 Clean Air Cab, a Phoenix-based taxi company, has become the second taxi cab fleet in the nation to rely solely on hybrid cars. The first was EnviroCAB, in Washington, D.C., using a fleet of hybrid Toyota Priuses, Camrys and Highlanders and Ford Escapes. Clean Air Cab is offering slightly lower rates than other area cab companies, according [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/20/phoenix-gets-hybrid-taxi-fleet/feed/ 0