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/2009/11/20/cdp-launches-water-disclosure-project/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/cdp-launches-water-disclosure-project/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:41:20 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27678 The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has launched a global water disclosure project to help businesses and institutional investors understand the risks and opportunities associated with water scarcity and other water-related issues, including greater demand for water, shrinking glaciers and changing precipitation patterns that are likely to result in drought and flooding. The organization also released [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/cdp-launches-water-disclosure-project/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/usps-energy-use-down-9-from-2005-to-2008/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/usps-energy-use-down-9-from-2005-to-2008/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:19:20 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27443 In its first-ever sustainability report, the U.S. Postal Service showed a decrease in total energy use of 9 percent from 2005 to 2008. In 2008 the agency used 123 million gigajoules, compared to 131 million GJ in 2007, 134 million GJ in 2006 and 136 million GJ in 2005. The USPS reduced energy use at its [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/usps-energy-use-down-9-from-2005-to-2008/feed/ 5 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/system-upgrades-power-up-energy-savings-for-hotels/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/system-upgrades-power-up-energy-savings-for-hotels/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:23:57 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26685 For hotels, going green translates into energy-saving projects with some very tangible results. These include the Hilton New York’s energy fuel cell installation that is nearly three times as efficient as the electric grid, system upgrades at Denver’s historic Oxford Hotel that nearly cut the hotel’s monthly utility bills in half, and the solar panel [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/system-upgrades-power-up-energy-savings-for-hotels/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/03/forests-carbon-offsets-endangered-by-new-un-co2-credit-plan/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/03/forests-carbon-offsets-endangered-by-new-un-co2-credit-plan/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:32:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26603 Some forest carbon-dioxide credits under a new UN forestry climate agreement may be worth less after text that protected forests was removed last month, according to an investor’s group, reports Bloomberg News. This could leave some companies who have bought certain forest carbon offsets feeling taken. The Carbon Markets & Investors Association (CMIA), an emissions-trading lobby group, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/03/forests-carbon-offsets-endangered-by-new-un-co2-credit-plan/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/30/global-investors-favor-forest-carbon-market/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/30/global-investors-favor-forest-carbon-market/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:25:24 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=21792 A survey of investors, who manage approximately $7 trillion of assets, shows support for an expanded carbon market mechanism, which would address the estimated 20 percent of global carbon emissions due to deforestation and forest degradation, according to the WWF Forest Carbon Initiative. The investors believe that a compliance market in forest carbon would provide [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/30/global-investors-favor-forest-carbon-market/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/17/just-38-of-amb-employees-drive-to-work/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/17/just-38-of-amb-employees-drive-to-work/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:57:04 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=21205 AMB Property Corp., a leading global owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, reports that approximately 62 percent of its employees commute to work on mass transit, by bicycle or on foot, driven by the company’s employee transit pass reimbursement program, according to its online sustainability report. In the San Francisco headquarters, the number [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/17/just-38-of-amb-employees-drive-to-work/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/17/to-thwart-lack-of-natural-resources-go-full-circle-in-supply-chain/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/17/to-thwart-lack-of-natural-resources-go-full-circle-in-supply-chain/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:18:24 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=21201 By 2020, demand for natural resources will outstrip supply, resulting in higher and more volatile pricing in the consumer industry, according to a new research report. The report indicates that these pressures could significantly impact the profitability of consumer industry companies, and makes several recommendations for a sustainable industry. The report, Sustainability for Tomorrow’s Consumer, published [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/17/to-thwart-lack-of-natural-resources-go-full-circle-in-supply-chain/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/15/usgbc-wants-an-environmental-label-for-every-building/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/15/usgbc-wants-an-environmental-label-for-every-building/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:53:14 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=21149 Every building in the U.S. should have a label as to its environmental impact, said the U.S. Green Building Council’s president at the Healthy Buildings meeting. At the same event, IBM told how it is taking green buildings one step further with bright-green buildings, which converges green buildings with intelligence, said an IBM executive, reports [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/15/usgbc-wants-an-environmental-label-for-every-building/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/15/doe-to-fund-454m-energy-retrofit-program/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/15/doe-to-fund-454m-energy-retrofit-program/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:18:19 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=21097 The Department of Energy (DOE) is funding a $450-million energy upgrade program that could save businesses and households $100 million annually in utility bills. Announced by U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, the Recovery Act’s “Retrofit Ramp-Up” program is expected to pioneer innovative models for rolling out energy efficiency to hundreds of thousands of homes and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/15/doe-to-fund-454m-energy-retrofit-program/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/09/chicago-madrid-rio-de-janeiro-and-tokyo-green-their-cities-for-olympic-bid/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/09/chicago-madrid-rio-de-janeiro-and-tokyo-green-their-cities-for-olympic-bid/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:25:39 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=20860 Chicago, along with its competitors, is touting sustainability in a race to win the bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will select a winner on October 2. At stake are billions of dollars as well as national prestige, reports the Business Mirror. An evaluation of the four cities by the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/09/chicago-madrid-rio-de-janeiro-and-tokyo-green-their-cities-for-olympic-bid/feed/ 1