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/2012/05/24/standards-compliance-briefing-zigbee-emas-iso-14001-leed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/standards-compliance-briefing-zigbee-emas-iso-14001-leed/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 14:13:12 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77305 Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 7 items. The ZigBee Alliance says there are now more than 500 ZigBee certified products available to the market, a 60 percent increase since August 2011. This makes ZigBee – designed for monitoring, controlling and automating the delivery and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/standards-compliance-briefing-zigbee-emas-iso-14001-leed/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/standards-compliance-briefing-scs-biofuel-energy-star-health-care-emerge-climate-action-reserve/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/standards-compliance-briefing-scs-biofuel-energy-star-health-care-emerge-climate-action-reserve/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 13:55:11 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77105 Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes eight items. Scientific Certification Systems said that it is the first US certification body to be accredited by the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification biofuel certification system. SCS is now approved to conduct biofuel certifications, and ISCC Plus certification [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/standards-compliance-briefing-scs-biofuel-energy-star-health-care-emerge-climate-action-reserve/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/nascar-and-epa-partner-on-environmental-initiatives/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/nascar-and-epa-partner-on-environmental-initiatives/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 06:14:20 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77117 NASCAR and the EPA have signed a memorandum of understanding intended to raise racing fans’ awareness of environmentally friendly products and initiatives. Under the agreement, NASCAR will use products that have earned EPA’s Design for the Environment (DfE) label at racing events. The DfE label tells consumers that, according to the EPA, the product performs [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/nascar-and-epa-partner-on-environmental-initiatives/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/standards-compliance-briefing-energy-star-ul-and-eco-institut-iso-50001-leed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/standards-compliance-briefing-energy-star-ul-and-eco-institut-iso-50001-leed/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 12:06:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76777 Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 10 items. The EPA and DOE’s Energy Star program has introduced a specification for uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). ??Using an Energy Star-certified UPS in a data center can save a company hundreds of thousands of dollars over the product’s [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/standards-compliance-briefing-energy-star-ul-and-eco-institut-iso-50001-leed/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/app-to-suspend-natural-forest-clearance/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/app-to-suspend-natural-forest-clearance/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:20:31 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76612 Asia Pulp & Paper is suspending natural forest clearance on its own pulpwood plantations in Indonesia, effective June 1, as part of a new commitment to international standards on High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF). APP, which is the world’s third largest paper supplier, will ask its independent suppliers to abide by the new principles – [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/app-to-suspend-natural-forest-clearance/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/standards-compliance-briefing-windmade-alliance-for-wireless-power-iso-14001/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/standards-compliance-briefing-windmade-alliance-for-wireless-power-iso-14001/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 12:35:36 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76555 Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 10 items. The American Wind Energy Association’s Windpower 2012 Conference & Exhibition in Atlanta next month will be the first North American event to earn the WindMade label for events 100 percent powered by wind energy. AWEA will purchase [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/standards-compliance-briefing-windmade-alliance-for-wireless-power-iso-14001/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/10/electronics-giants-challenge-energy-star-testing-requirements/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/10/electronics-giants-challenge-energy-star-testing-requirements/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 16:10:35 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76274 Major electronics manufacturers may drop out of Energy Star because of the EPA’s third-party testing requirements, according to a report by Bloomberg Businessweek. The Consumer Electronics Association, whose members include Apple and Sony, says “unilateral” changes in January 2011, requiring third-party lab tests of products’ energy usage, are too expensive. Companies used to be able [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/10/electronics-giants-challenge-energy-star-testing-requirements/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/10/standards-compliance-briefing-epeat-registry-ashrae-100-2006-ul-wwf/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/10/standards-compliance-briefing-epeat-registry-ashrae-100-2006-ul-wwf/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 14:18:26 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76231 Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 10 items. The EPEAT global environmental rating system for electronics announced that four certification and testing organizations – DEKRA, Intertek, UL Environment and VDE – will provide manufacturer support and claims verification for the EPEAT registry. These entities will work directly [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/10/standards-compliance-briefing-epeat-registry-ashrae-100-2006-ul-wwf/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/standards-compliance-briefing-iso-14051-gri-for-media-gsa-green-building-zigbee/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/standards-compliance-briefing-iso-14051-gri-for-media-gsa-green-building-zigbee/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 13:38:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75996 Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes nine items. A new ISO standard, ISO 14051:2011, Environmental Management – Material Flow Cost Accounting, sets up a framework for businesses to reduce costs linked to waste and better understand the environmental and financial consequences of material and energy [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/standards-compliance-briefing-iso-14051-gri-for-media-gsa-green-building-zigbee/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/free-online-tool-helps-manufacturers-assess-sustainability-efforts/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/free-online-tool-helps-manufacturers-assess-sustainability-efforts/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 16:20:20 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75741 UL Environment, the environmental services unit of Underwriters Laboratories, has launched a free web-based tool to help manufacturers assess their corporate sustainability efforts. The online self-assessment tool is the latest component of the UL’s Sustainability Quotient Program, a system of auditable standards created last year to assess, rate and certify sustainability at the enterprise level. Last [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/free-online-tool-helps-manufacturers-assess-sustainability-efforts/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/90-of-cleaning-products-at-whole-foods-meet-ingredient-disclosure-rule/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/90-of-cleaning-products-at-whole-foods-meet-ingredient-disclosure-rule/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 13:25:11 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75742 More than 90 percent of the household cleaning products sales at Whole Foods Market pass muster under the company’s Eco-Scale rating system, a year after the launch of the program, which requires full ingredient disclosure on these products’ labels. Whole Foods Market now sells more than 275 Eco-Scale-rated products from Better Life, Ecover, Greenshield, Dr. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/90-of-cleaning-products-at-whole-foods-meet-ingredient-disclosure-rule/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/standards-compliance-briefing-responsible-jewellery-council-r2-milestone-leed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/standards-compliance-briefing-responsible-jewellery-council-r2-milestone-leed/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 10:35:41 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75675 Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes nine items. The Responsible Jewellery Council has certified its first refiner to the RJC Chain of Custody Standard, which was released in March. Metalor USA Refining received the certification with the verification assessment conducted by UL-Responsible Sourcing, the association [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/standards-compliance-briefing-responsible-jewellery-council-r2-milestone-leed/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/01/standards-compliance-briefing-iso-50001-usda-organic-leed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/01/standards-compliance-briefing-iso-50001-usda-organic-leed/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 13:25:35 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75485 Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes eight items. Torraspapel’s Sant Joan les Fonts and Sarrià de Ter paper mills in Girona, Spain has been certified to the ISO 50001 energy management system standard. The mill said it also holds ISO 14001 and EMAS Environmental Certifications, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/01/standards-compliance-briefing-iso-50001-usda-organic-leed/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/standards-compliance-briefing-leed-energy-star-sfi-erecyclingcorps-ieee/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/standards-compliance-briefing-leed-energy-star-sfi-erecyclingcorps-ieee/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:45:04 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75159 Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes nine items. Brookfield Canada Office Properties said that its Exchange Tower (pictured) in Toronto has achieved LEED Gold EB:OM certification. Features and practices of the building include sustainable commuting tools, green cleaning and waste management, and sustainable purchasing policies, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/standards-compliance-briefing-leed-energy-star-sfi-erecyclingcorps-ieee/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/standards-compliance-briefing-ev-roadmap-criteria-for-destinations-e-stewards-leed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/standards-compliance-briefing-ev-roadmap-criteria-for-destinations-e-stewards-leed/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:10:45 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74944 Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes seven items. ANSI has released its Standardization Roadmap for Electric Vehicles – Version 1.0, developed by the institute’s Electric Vehicles Standards Panel. The document assesses standards, codes, regulations, conformance and training programs envisioned for the safe, mass deployment of [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/standards-compliance-briefing-ev-roadmap-criteria-for-destinations-e-stewards-leed/feed/ 0