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/2012/05/15/cafedirect-using-carbon-credits-to-fund-green-coffee/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/cafedirect-using-carbon-credits-to-fund-green-coffee/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:20:03 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76516 Cafedirect – the UK’s largest fair trade hot drink supplier – is using the carbon market to fund adaptation projects that, in turn, support the sustainability of its own coffee production. As one of the four pilot groups of Cafédirect’sAdapCC project, the Peruvian cooperative of Cepicafe began investigating ways the carbon market could be used to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/cafedirect-using-carbon-credits-to-fund-green-coffee/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/gm-aims-for-third-leed-with-water-recycling-solar-composting/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/gm-aims-for-third-leed-with-water-recycling-solar-composting/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 06:19:15 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76572 General Motors is building an engine plant in southern Brazil equipped with numerous sustainable features including solar energy and water recycling systems, which the company expects will secure the building LEED certification. If successful, the facility would join GM’s Lansing Delta Township assembly plant in Michigan and its China headquarters in Shanghai in earning this [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/gm-aims-for-third-leed-with-water-recycling-solar-composting/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/kraft-cuts-packaging-with-lifecycle-analysis/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/kraft-cuts-packaging-with-lifecycle-analysis/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 13:40:51 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75960 Kraft Foods cut the amount of plastic packaging in its YES Pack salad dressing by 60 percent using a lifecycle analysis system, the company has announced. Kraft’s LCA centers around its Eco-Calculator, a proprietary tool that figures the percentage of post-consumer recycled material in a given package design, along with the amount of energy and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/kraft-cuts-packaging-with-lifecycle-analysis/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/wellpoint-and-xerox-managed-print-services-cut-ghgs-60-expect-3m-a-year-in-savings/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/wellpoint-and-xerox-managed-print-services-cut-ghgs-60-expect-3m-a-year-in-savings/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:50:13 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73666 Health benefits company WellPoint has teamed up with Xerox to develop a sustainable document strategy via the consolidation of its printing equipment and monitoring of its printing habits. The program’s four aims are to reduce waste, enhance recycling efforts, minimize creation of greenhouse gases and create an energy-efficient work environment. Xerox and WellPoint implemented an education [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/wellpoint-and-xerox-managed-print-services-cut-ghgs-60-expect-3m-a-year-in-savings/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/05/policy-enforcement-briefing-cop-17-durban-solarworld-better-buildings-challenge-boiler-mact/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/05/policy-enforcement-briefing-cop-17-durban-solarworld-better-buildings-challenge-boiler-mact/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:14:31 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=66175 Durban: U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres remains hopeful that countries can get past the years of gridlock to reach fresh, binding commitments to GHG reductions, Reuters said. The remarks follow news that China could join legally binding emissions targets after 2020. A researcher from China’s Energy Research Institute in Beijing said that China may agree [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/05/policy-enforcement-briefing-cop-17-durban-solarworld-better-buildings-challenge-boiler-mact/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-more-epa-delays-solar-trade-dispute-chevron-fined/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-more-epa-delays-solar-trade-dispute-chevron-fined/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:21:23 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65702 The EPA said it will delay proposing the country’s first-ever greenhouse gas limits on oil refineries, the latest setback for the agency that has struggled to fulfill its ambitious clean air agenda, Reuters reported. The EPA had been required to propose the rules by mid-December as part of a court settlement, but will now ask [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/23/policy-enforcement-briefing-more-epa-delays-solar-trade-dispute-chevron-fined/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/26/policy-enforcement-briefing-airline-emissions-squabble-wind-sector-grows-air-toxics-rule/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/26/policy-enforcement-briefing-airline-emissions-squabble-wind-sector-grows-air-toxics-rule/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:26:53 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=64120 The House of Representatives has voted to shield U.S. passenger and cargo airlines from a European Union law that would make global carriers pay for their carbon emissions, Reuters reported. The bipartisan vote, coupled with President Obama’s opposition to European carbon fees, could force the Senate into action on the House measure. Driven by more [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/26/policy-enforcement-briefing-airline-emissions-squabble-wind-sector-grows-air-toxics-rule/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/01/sabmiller-wwf-seek-water-futures-partners/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/01/sabmiller-wwf-seek-water-futures-partners/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:28:46 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=61051 Brewer SABMiller, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature and the German international development agency GIZ have asked businesses, NGOs and other organizations to join their Water Futures Partnership. Established in 2009, the partnership has just published its second report, detailing the progress made in identifying, assessing and beginning to address the challenges facing businesses, communities [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/01/sabmiller-wwf-seek-water-futures-partners/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/07/28/staples-cemex-five-other-firms-start-sustainable-business-model-collaborative/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/07/28/staples-cemex-five-other-firms-start-sustainable-business-model-collaborative/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:20:36 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=58907 Staples, Siemens and Johnson & Johnson are among a group of companies that have joined forces with think tank the World Resources Institute start an initiative aimed at identifying and advancing sustainability solutions for business. The Next Practice Collaborative will focus on business and finance models for low-carbon economic growth in major markets like the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/07/28/staples-cemex-five-other-firms-start-sustainable-business-model-collaborative/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/01/19/10-trends-driving-action-on-climate-change-in-2011/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/01/19/10-trends-driving-action-on-climate-change-in-2011/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:49:59 +0000 Andy Mannle http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=47815 Nobody expects the incoming Congress to take dramatic action on climate change, just as nobody was surprised that the international leaders meeting in Cancun couldn’t reach strong, binding agreements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. And it’s no wonder – reinventing our whole relationship to energy and the environment is a major challenge, with profound moral [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/01/19/10-trends-driving-action-on-climate-change-in-2011/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/01/12/sara-lee-tiny-footprint-announce-sustainable-coffee-initiatives/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/01/12/sara-lee-tiny-footprint-announce-sustainable-coffee-initiatives/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:25:31 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=47469 Sara Lee will get more than a fifth of its annual coffee volume from certified sustainable sources by 2015, the company has announced. The food manufacturer has committed to more than tripling the cumulative amount of UTZ certified Good Inside coffee that it buys. Sara Lee said that in the next five years it will [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/01/12/sara-lee-tiny-footprint-announce-sustainable-coffee-initiatives/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/07/14/world-cup-responsible-for-2-7m-tons-of-co2-equivalent/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/07/14/world-cup-responsible-for-2-7m-tons-of-co2-equivalent/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:21:33 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=39233 The total carbon footprint for the recently concluded 2010 World Cup came to 2,753,250 tons of CO2 equivalent, according to a recent study by Ernst & Young, an eight-fold increase over the last World Cup in Germany. The majority of emissions were the result of international travel: teams, fans, administrators, and support staff all contributed [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/07/14/world-cup-responsible-for-2-7m-tons-of-co2-equivalent/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/06/18/eads-signs-biofuel-deal-with-biocombustibles/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/06/18/eads-signs-biofuel-deal-with-biocombustibles/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:30:07 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=38114 European Aeronautic Defence And Space (EADS) and its subsidiary, Eurocopter, have signed a deal with an Argentinean biofuels supplier to evaluate the potential for an algae-based biofuel, according to a company press release. EADS and BioCombustibles del Chubut signed the deal at the ILA Berlin Air Show, at which EADS debuted the first aircraft, a [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/06/18/eads-signs-biofuel-deal-with-biocombustibles/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/05/28/csr-reporting-improves-co-performance-gri-hands-out-awards/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/05/28/csr-reporting-improves-co-performance-gri-hands-out-awards/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 14:58:57 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=37177 The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and United Nations Global Compact announced an agreement today to align their work in advancing corporate responsibility and transparency at GRI’s Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency in Amsterdam. Under the terms of the agreement, GRI will develop guidance regarding the Global Compact’s ten principles and issue areas to integrate [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/05/28/csr-reporting-improves-co-performance-gri-hands-out-awards/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/05/27/u-s-agriculture-pushes-to-end-deforestation-improve-competitiveness/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/05/27/u-s-agriculture-pushes-to-end-deforestation-improve-competitiveness/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 14:46:46 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=37092 U.S. farm and forest products groups are pressuring Congress to protect tropical rain forests with a new report on the economic effects of deforestation. The “Farms Here, Forests There: Tropical Deforestation and U.S. Competitiveness in Agriculture and Timber” report by David Gardiner & Associates and commissioned on behalf of National Farmers Union and Avoided Deforestation [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/05/27/u-s-agriculture-pushes-to-end-deforestation-improve-competitiveness/feed/ 1