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/2012/05/25/texas-instruments-sustainability-report-normalized-emissions-jump-23/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/texas-instruments-sustainability-report-normalized-emissions-jump-23/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 14:05:33 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77383 Technology firm Texas Instruments’ emissions normalized on a per-chip basis rose 23 percent year-on-year amid a host of other disappointing environmental figures, according to its 2011 corporate sustainability report. TI attributes this to a number of facilities running under capacity – which the company says requires a similar amount of energy to fully loaded operations [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/texas-instruments-sustainability-report-normalized-emissions-jump-23/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/pg-shifts-200-forklifts-to-hydrogen-fuel-cell-power/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/pg-shifts-200-forklifts-to-hydrogen-fuel-cell-power/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 06:58:28 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77288 Proctor & Gamble, owner of the Tide, Pampers and Gillette brands, will convert its battery-operated forklift fleets at three facilities to ones powered by hydrogen fuel cells. New York-based Plug Power, which has Walmart, Sysco and Coca-Cola as customers, will supply the technology. P&G’s manufacturing facilities in California, North Carolina and Louisiana will be the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/pg-shifts-200-forklifts-to-hydrogen-fuel-cell-power/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/goldman-sachs-to-pump-40bn-into-clean-energy/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/goldman-sachs-to-pump-40bn-into-clean-energy/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 15:51:18 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77317 Goldman Sachs Group plans to invest $40 billion over the next 10 years into renewable energy, an area where the bank expects demand to grow as the global appetite for energy increases and major manufacturing countries like China set more aggressive emissions targets, Reuters reported. But the bank’s new clean energy target would average about [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/goldman-sachs-to-pump-40bn-into-clean-energy/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/fleet-roundup-sae-vs-chademo-tesla-waste-industries-volvo/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/fleet-roundup-sae-vs-chademo-tesla-waste-industries-volvo/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 13:21:38 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77289 The battle over DC fast-charge standards heated up at a recent California State Senate public committee meeting. A GM representative asked the state to limit adoption of DC fast chargers to only those that conform to the upcoming SAE standard (supported by US and German automakers) while a Nissan representative described the CHAdeMO connector (already [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/fleet-roundup-sae-vs-chademo-tesla-waste-industries-volvo/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/accor-launches-carbon-footprint-calculator-for-events/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/accor-launches-carbon-footprint-calculator-for-events/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 14:22:13 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77188 Accor, the European hotel group that owns the Sofitel and Adagio brands, has launched an interactive tool designed to help seminar organizers determine the carbon footprint of an upcoming event. Accor, which operates meeting and seminar venues in about 2,000 hotels, yesterday unveiled its “carbon optimizer” tool at the IMEX Frankfurt trade show. The carbon optimizer [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/accor-launches-carbon-footprint-calculator-for-events/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/2012/05/22/san-fracisco-49ers-buy-low-co2-concrete-for-new-stadium/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/san-fracisco-49ers-buy-low-co2-concrete-for-new-stadium/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 14:00:55 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77047 Central Concrete, a US Concrete company, will supply about 80,000 cubic yards of its low-CO2 concrete for the new San Francisco 49ers stadium, the company said. The mixes selected, which will be used for the auger cast piles and overall stadium structure, use less materials than traditional concrete and will reduce the stadium’s overall carbon [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/san-fracisco-49ers-buy-low-co2-concrete-for-new-stadium/feed/ 3 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/2012/05/21/top-environmental-services-firms-named/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/top-environmental-services-firms-named/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 16:43:29 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76985 AECOM, AMEC, Arcadis, CH2M Hill, ERM, SAIC and URS lead the US market for environmental services, according to a report from Verdantix. Green Quadrant Environmental Services Providers said the seven companies stood out in a field of 20 environmental services firms assessed in the study because of their national reach; ability to provide end-to-end project [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/top-environmental-services-firms-named/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/o2-measures-lifecycle-of-mobile-voice-data-emissions/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/o2-measures-lifecycle-of-mobile-voice-data-emissions/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 16:35:10 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76959 O2 has measured the greenhouse gas emissions embedded throughout the entire lifecycle of its voice and data services. The UK-based telecom giant, which has more than 22 million customers, says its the first network operator to have its carbon footprint independently verified by the Carbon Trust. The majority of O2′s carbon footprint is linked to the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/o2-measures-lifecycle-of-mobile-voice-data-emissions/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/university-of-texas-taps-locus-eportal-for-compliance/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/university-of-texas-taps-locus-eportal-for-compliance/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 14:00:30 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76927 The University of Texas at El Paso has selected software company Locus Technologies’ ePortal platform to provide an integrated system for monitoring and managing its compliance needs at its main campus. The UTEP EH&S department is responsible for a variety of regulatory compliance issues at the campus, which is undergoing a major expansion, with more [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/university-of-texas-taps-locus-eportal-for-compliance/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/intel-sustainability-report-tech-giant-commits-to-10-ghg-cut/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/intel-sustainability-report-tech-giant-commits-to-10-ghg-cut/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 14:40:13 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76839 Intel has pledged to reduce its direct greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent on a per-chip basis by 2020 compared to 2010 levels, and announced a 34 percent reduction in its total CO2 emissions last year. The company has also committed to a host of other goals covering its building practices, the efficiency of its [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/intel-sustainability-report-tech-giant-commits-to-10-ghg-cut/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/apple-data-center-to-be-powered-by-100-renewable-energy/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/apple-data-center-to-be-powered-by-100-renewable-energy/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 06:29:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76873 Apple said it will power its 500,000-square-foot data center in Maiden, N.C., entirely with renewable energy by the end of the year. The announcement, which was posted on Apple’s website, follows protests against Apple by Greenpeace activists who criticized the company for powering its iCloud using coal-fired power plants. Apple received the fifth-lowest score in Greenpeace’s [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/apple-data-center-to-be-powered-by-100-renewable-energy/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/investor-coalition-pushes-shale-gas-industry-to-clean-up-fracking/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/investor-coalition-pushes-shale-gas-industry-to-clean-up-fracking/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 14:00:45 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76790 A coalition of 55 investment firms and institutional investors is urging the shale gas industry to adopt best practices to clean up hydraulic fracturing, a controversial production technique used to release gas trapped in deep underground formations. The group, which has nearly $1 trillion in assets under management, is spearheaded by Boston Common Asset Management, Investor [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/investor-coalition-pushes-shale-gas-industry-to-clean-up-fracking/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/international-paper-expects-to-meet-12-sustainability-goals-by-2020/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/international-paper-expects-to-meet-12-sustainability-goals-by-2020/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 12:30:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76748 International Paper has outlined 12 voluntary sustainability goals that it expects to meet by the end of the decade, including a 15 percent efficiency improvement in its purchased energy use. The Memphis, Tenn.-based company detailed the goals in its 2011 Sustainability Report. These goals aim to reduce emissions as well as cut water consumption, improve the supply chain [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/international-paper-expects-to-meet-12-sustainability-goals-by-2020/feed/ 1