http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Fri, 25 May 2012 17:41:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-rio20-natural-gas-lobby-nrc-camp-david-declaration/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-rio20-natural-gas-lobby-nrc-camp-david-declaration/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77212 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 11 items. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development has released a policy report directed toward the Rio+20 conference that outlines a set of policy recommendations from the business community. The report has seven categories of action including [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-rio20-natural-gas-lobby-nrc-camp-david-declaration/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/winning-app-helps-commercial-buildings-get-energy-star-benchmark/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/winning-app-helps-commercial-buildings-get-energy-star-benchmark/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 06:14:44 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77224 Melon, an app that simplifies the process of getting an Energy Star benchmark for a commercial building, was one of the big winners in the US government’s Energy for Apps competition. The Melon app delivers an Energy Star score and suggest next steps to improve efficiency and reduce waste, once a building manager supplies basic [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/winning-app-helps-commercial-buildings-get-energy-star-benchmark/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/the-many-moving-pieces-of-californias-cap-and-trade-program/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/the-many-moving-pieces-of-californias-cap-and-trade-program/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 13:08:33 +0000 Jon Costantino http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76950 The calendar says May 2012, so what does that mean for California’s attempts to implement a first-in-the-nation, economy-wide Cap and Trade Program? Actually quite a bit. There are many moving parts in this complex regulatory puzzle being assembled by the California Air Resources Board (Board or CARB). CARB has control over many of these moving [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/the-many-moving-pieces-of-californias-cap-and-trade-program/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/aep-sustainability-report-carbon-emissions-rise-1-5-revenues-up-4-8/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/aep-sustainability-report-carbon-emissions-rise-1-5-revenues-up-4-8/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 14:01:17 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76062 American Electric Power’s total CO2 emissions rose just shy of 1.5 percent from 2010 to 2011, while revenues rose 4.8 percent over that time period, according to the company’s 2012 combined annual report and corporate sustainability report. In 2011, AEP emitted 136 million metric tons of carbon, up from 134 million metric tons in 2010. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/aep-sustainability-report-carbon-emissions-rise-1-5-revenues-up-4-8/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/coke-sony-volvo-and-other-climate-savers-cut-co2-by-100-million-tons/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/coke-sony-volvo-and-other-climate-savers-cut-co2-by-100-million-tons/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 07:08:52 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76126 Coca-Cola Company, Johnson & Johnson, Sony, Volvo and other members of WWF’s Climate Savers program cut their carbon dioxide emissions by more than 100 million tons over the period 1999 to 2011, according to an independent review of the program released today. The review, conducted by energy consultancy Ecofys, also found that by 2020, Climate [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/coke-sony-volvo-and-other-climate-savers-cut-co2-by-100-million-tons/feed/ 5 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/port-of-los-angeles-to-pay-carriers-for-using-low-emission-ships/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/port-of-los-angeles-to-pay-carriers-for-using-low-emission-ships/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 13:50:29 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75840 The Port of Los Angeles has adopted an international clean air program that will pay a monetary reward to ocean carriers for bringing their newest, most efficient and lowest emission vessels to port. The port estimates that if the predicted 30 percent of vessels qualify for participation, this would cut diesel particulate matter emissions by [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/port-of-los-angeles-to-pay-carriers-for-using-low-emission-ships/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/north-america-has-capacity-to-store-500-years-of-co2-emissions/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/north-america-has-capacity-to-store-500-years-of-co2-emissions/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 14:29:59 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75782 North America’s geological formations have the capacity to store 500 years of carbon dioxide emissions, according to an atlas produced by the United States, Canada and Mexico. The North American Carbon Storage Atlas was created through the North American Carbon Atlas Partnership, a joint cross-border mapping initiative by the US Energy Department, Natural Resources Canada [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/north-america-has-capacity-to-store-500-years-of-co2-emissions/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/greenstone-tool-promises-to-streamline-supply-chain-monitoring/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/greenstone-tool-promises-to-streamline-supply-chain-monitoring/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 13:30:14 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75644 Greenstone Carbon Management Limited has launched SupplierPortal, an online tool that allows suppliers and their buyers to share and monitor environment, labor, health and safety and anti-bribery and corruption information. The portal lets suppliers record their responsible sourcing information once and then publish it to multiple buyers. SupplierPortal can also calculate suppliers’ carbon, waste and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/greenstone-tool-promises-to-streamline-supply-chain-monitoring/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/abbott-sustainability-report-three-2015-targets-met-four-years-early/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/abbott-sustainability-report-three-2015-targets-met-four-years-early/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 06:13:15 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75651 Global health care company Abbott Laboratories reached its 2015 goals for carbon dioxide emissions, water intake and waste output in 2011, while increasing year-on-year sales by more than 10 percent. In 2009 the company committed to a 15 percent reduction of its absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon dioxide emissions over 2005 levels by [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/abbott-sustainability-report-three-2015-targets-met-four-years-early/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/27/ab-inbev-sustainability-report-meets-co2-target-a-year-early-water-use-down-8/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/27/ab-inbev-sustainability-report-meets-co2-target-a-year-early-water-use-down-8/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:45:18 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75237 AB InBev last year cut its greenhouse gas emissions relative to production by 5.3 percent, meeting its goal of a 10 percent reduction on 2009 levels a year ahead of schedule, and also cut its relative water use by eight percent, according to the company’s 2011 Global Citizenship Report. In 2009 the company produced 10.57 [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/27/ab-inbev-sustainability-report-meets-co2-target-a-year-early-water-use-down-8/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/mandatory-carbon-reporting-but-not-as-we-know-it/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/mandatory-carbon-reporting-but-not-as-we-know-it/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:17:07 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75145 The United Kingdom government’s decision last month to sidestep the question of mandatory carbon reporting has been met with disdain in some quarters. Its decision sees the UK, for the time being, left without a mandatory scheme for large companies. This state of affairs mirrors the situation in the United States where, notwithstanding moves by [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/mandatory-carbon-reporting-but-not-as-we-know-it/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/renewables-briefing-markey-group-constellation-energy-u-s-air-force/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/renewables-briefing-markey-group-constellation-energy-u-s-air-force/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:03:37 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75113 Here’s the latest news on renewable power installations, contracts, financing, permits and market changes affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Markey Group has opened a £1.1 million ($1.8 million) biomass generator that runs on the wood waste produced from its subsidiary Premiere Kitchens, a supplier of kitchens to public housing projects. The generator features a 2.1 [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/renewables-briefing-markey-group-constellation-energy-u-s-air-force/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/25/ecolab-cuts-fuel-consumption-by-22-since-2006/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/25/ecolab-cuts-fuel-consumption-by-22-since-2006/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:30:59 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75057 Ecolab has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 22 percent since 2006, normalized to sales, helping to earn it a Sustainable Fleet award from the NAFA Fleet Management Association. The $11 billion provider of water, hygiene and energy technologies to the food, healthcare, hospitality, industrial and energy sectors won the award for a number of green [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/25/ecolab-cuts-fuel-consumption-by-22-since-2006/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/missouri-geothermal-project-will-halve-campus-energy-use/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/missouri-geothermal-project-will-halve-campus-energy-use/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:20:07 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74909 Missouri University of Science and Technology is to build a geothermal heat project that it hopes will halve the campus’s energy use. By the time the project is completed in 2014, Missouri S&T’s carbon footprint should be reduced by 25,000 metric tons per year and its water usage cut by 10 percent, the university said. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/missouri-geothermal-project-will-halve-campus-energy-use/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/coca-cola-vodafone-marks-spencer-win-environmental-reporting-awards/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/coca-cola-vodafone-marks-spencer-win-environmental-reporting-awards/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:29:26 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74958 Coca-Cola Enterprises has won the top honor in the CR Reporting Awards 2011, taking home the Best Report award for its corporate responsibility report titled “Committed to 2020: Shaping a Sustainable Future in Europe.” The company was a runner-up last year in the awards, run by Corporate Register. This is Coca-Cola’s sixth annual corporate responsibility [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/coca-cola-vodafone-marks-spencer-win-environmental-reporting-awards/feed/ 2