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/2009/11/19/around-the-web-starbucks-ecofactor-ups-brownfields-eco-labels/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/around-the-web-starbucks-ecofactor-ups-brownfields-eco-labels/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:02:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27554 Today’s news from around the Web. Spin Meter: Feds buy green cars, auction rejects AP Secret Starbucks Unveiled Behind Green Curtain Seattle PI The Green Supply Chain MarketWatch Can You Have Prosperity Without Growth? NY Times Cleantech Open Winner Revealed! EcoFactor Takes the Grand Prize Earth2Tech EU’s eco-labeling scheme to tackle more products Reuters Brownfield cleanups in New Orleans set example for nation, EPA leader says NOLA UPS Gets Energy [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/around-the-web-starbucks-ecofactor-ups-brownfields-eco-labels/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/protecting-the-environment-leading-cause-for-consumers/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/protecting-the-environment-leading-cause-for-consumers/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:44:23 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27179 About 91 percent of consumers surveyed recently said that protecting the environment is the cause they personally care the most about. That leads improving the quality of health care (89 percent) and reducing poverty (87 percent), according to the GoodPurpose study by Edelman. In a related finding, 82 percent of those surveyed said they were more likely [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/protecting-the-environment-leading-cause-for-consumers/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/bmw-toyota-ford-tout-eco-cars/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/bmw-toyota-ford-tout-eco-cars/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:30:52 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26260 More and more automakers are playing up their hybrid cars, and other environmental progress. In a short trailer about its environmental efforts, BMW touts a zero-emissions car, its water recycling initiatives and factories powered by renewable energy. Here’s how Toyota is promoting its hybrid Prius in Australia. And here’s a look at Ford’s Fusion Hybrid ad. ]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/bmw-toyota-ford-tout-eco-cars/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/green-mobile-phone-app-downloads-may-exceed-400m-by-2014/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/green-mobile-phone-app-downloads-may-exceed-400m-by-2014/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:33:39 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26229 As more and more companies and organizations develop mobile phone applications that are centered on energy efficiency and the environment, the market for such downloads could exceed 400 million by 2014, according to Juniper Research. Such a high rate of downloads would be predicated on the full exploitation by application stores of what Juniper calls “ecozones,” [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/27/green-mobile-phone-app-downloads-may-exceed-400m-by-2014/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/94-think-of-energy-efficiency-when-it-comes-to-sustainable-production/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/94-think-of-energy-efficiency-when-it-comes-to-sustainable-production/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:32:21 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26183 Energy efficiency (94 percent), followed by waste reduction and environmental impact (both 78 percent), are the first things that corporations consider when they decide to pursue a “sustainable” production environment, according to a new report (registration required) from Aberdeen Research. About 72 percent of corporations associate sustainable production with reuse and recycling, according to the report. Using [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/94-think-of-energy-efficiency-when-it-comes-to-sustainable-production/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/when-explaining-smart-grid-benefits-keep-it-simple/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/when-explaining-smart-grid-benefits-keep-it-simple/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:58:38 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=23631 When explaining the benefits of the smart grid, consumers relate most to terms such as “budget billing,” “flat billing” and “peak pricing.” They do not relate well to terms like “green pricing” or “fuel supply billing,” according to “Green Gap Redux: Green Words Gone Wrong,” a report from EcoAlign. The report is based on results [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/when-explaining-smart-grid-benefits-keep-it-simple/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/23/asda-adopting-own-version-wal-marts-packaging-scorecard/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/23/asda-adopting-own-version-wal-marts-packaging-scorecard/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:01:36 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26093 Asda, the UK subsidiary of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., next year will introduce a packaging scorecard similar to what Wal-Mart has been using. The goal is to have suppliers reduce packaging and increase recycling. Asda has put together a “sustainable value network” of manufacturers and packaging firms to develop criteria for the scorecard, Claire Costello of Asda told [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/23/asda-adopting-own-version-wal-marts-packaging-scorecard/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/20/pg-cuts-co2-emissions-and-water-use-by-52-since-2002/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/20/pg-cuts-co2-emissions-and-water-use-by-52-since-2002/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:41:30 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=25696 The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) has reduced (per unit of production) water consumption by 52 percent, energy usage by 48 percent, CO2 emissions by 52 percent and waste disposal by 53 percent since 2002, according to the company’s 2009 Sustainability Report. The report, Designed to Matter, outlines P&G’s progress in improving the environmental profile of [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/20/pg-cuts-co2-emissions-and-water-use-by-52-since-2002/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/19/maker-of-lysol-woolite-ahead-on-carbon-reduction-target/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/19/maker-of-lysol-woolite-ahead-on-carbon-reduction-target/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:31:29 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=25125 Reckitt Benckiser (RB) plc, a global leader in household, health and personal care products including Calgon, Lysol, and Woolite, has reduced its total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 5.75 percent per unit dose, or 1.5 million tons, in one year, ahead of its carbon reduction target to cut CO2 emissions 20 percent by 2020. The [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/19/maker-of-lysol-woolite-ahead-on-carbon-reduction-target/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/13/sobeys-wegmans-continue-reducing-plastic-bags/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/13/sobeys-wegmans-continue-reducing-plastic-bags/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:31:33 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=23601 Sobeys’ stores in Ontario have exceeded the province’s targeted guidelines for reducing plastic bags. Sobeys, which operates in Ontario under the Sobeys, Foodland and IGA banners, has reduced plastic bag use by 72 percent, compared to the province’s goal of a 50 percent cut, reports Supermarket News. Six months ago Sobeys quit giving out free plastic bags [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/13/sobeys-wegmans-continue-reducing-plastic-bags/feed/ 1