http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:49:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/win-recognition-for-your-colleges-environmental-program/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/win-recognition-for-your-colleges-environmental-program/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:15:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69569 Enviance and Environmental Leader are hosting a March Madness tournament to determine the university with the best undergraduate programs in environmental studies and sustainability. The tournament, running at the same time as the NCAA college basketball championship of the same name, will award $5,000 to the environmental and sustainability department of one National Champion, and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/win-recognition-for-your-colleges-environmental-program/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/05/standards-compliance-briefing-rainforest-alliance-leed-clean-truck-program-green-mill-index/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/05/standards-compliance-briefing-rainforest-alliance-leed-clean-truck-program-green-mill-index/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:23:33 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67876 Caribou Coffee coffees and espresso are now all sourced from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms, and it is the first major U.S. coffeehouse to meet this mark. Caribou Coffee last April announced its goal to source 100 percent of the coffee across all products from Rainforest Alliance farms by the end of 2011. Its products may [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/05/standards-compliance-briefing-rainforest-alliance-leed-clean-truck-program-green-mill-index/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/06/suntech-tesco-schneider-take-home-gigatron-awards/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/06/suntech-tesco-schneider-take-home-gigatron-awards/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:50:35 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=66278 Renewable energy firm Suntech, grocery chain Tesco and Schneider Electric are among those companies to receive awards for outstanding business leadership in carbon emissions reduction at Carbon War Room’s 2011 Gigatron Awards. Tesco won the Consumer Discretionary category for its work on supply chain emission reduction and projects showcasing pilots of carbon reduction plans and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/06/suntech-tesco-schneider-take-home-gigatron-awards/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/30/csr-departments-redundant-unilever-chief-says/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/30/csr-departments-redundant-unilever-chief-says/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:58:45 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65959 CSR departments are redundant, Unilever chief marketing officer Keith Weed told the annual Marketing Society conference in London. Weed said brands should weave CSR into their practices across the company, and that stand-alone CSR departments are an “add-on,” Marketing magazine reports. Weed added: “The only sustainable growth is consumer-demanded growth. Clearly, in a resourcefully strained [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/30/csr-departments-redundant-unilever-chief-says/feed/ 5 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/17/epa-reveals-green-leadership-award-winners/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/17/epa-reveals-green-leadership-award-winners/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:51:09 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65377 Google, Intel, Kohl’s, Staples and the Empire State Building were among the winners of the EPA’s Green Power Leadership Awards, presented yesterday in San Francisco. The awards, made in conjunction with the Department of Energy and the non-profit Center for Resource Solutions, are designed to recognize organizations, programs and individuals that significantly advance the development [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/17/epa-reveals-green-leadership-award-winners/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/04/university-of-central-florida-wins-epa-battle-of-the-buildings/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/04/university-of-central-florida-wins-epa-battle-of-the-buildings/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:01:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=64708 The University of Central Florida has won the EPA’s 2011 Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. UCF’s winning building was a parking garage (pictured) on the university’s main campus where energy use was decreased by over 63 percent. Lighting accounts for the majority of energy consumed by an above-ground parking structure, therefore [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/04/university-of-central-florida-wins-epa-battle-of-the-buildings/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/13/standards-compliance-briefing-windmade-label-ev-harmonized-port-leed-awards/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/13/standards-compliance-briefing-windmade-label-ev-harmonized-port-leed-awards/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:25:33 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=63501 WindMade on Wednesday announced the criteria for a consumer label identifying companies that buy wind power and other renewable energy. To receive the certification companies must source at least 25 percent of their electricity from wind, either through a company-owned generation facility, a purchase agreement or approved renewable energy certificates. WindMade said the label is [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/13/standards-compliance-briefing-windmade-label-ev-harmonized-port-leed-awards/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/03/jp-morgan-starbucks-and-chevron-top-industry-corporate-citizenry-rankings/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/03/jp-morgan-starbucks-and-chevron-top-industry-corporate-citizenry-rankings/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:25:37 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=62784 JP Morgan Chase & Co., Starbucks Corp. and Chevron Corp. are three of the winners named in Corporate Responsibility Magazine’s 10 Best Corporate Citizens rankings by industry. The winners in each category are: Financials/Insurance/Real Estate – JPMorgan Chase & Co. Information Technology – International Business Machines Corp. Materials – E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/03/jp-morgan-starbucks-and-chevron-top-industry-corporate-citizenry-rankings/feed/ 7 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/08/03/lighting-brief-cree-fzled-philips-wins-doe-prize/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/08/03/lighting-brief-cree-fzled-philips-wins-doe-prize/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:16:54 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=59291 FZLED has unveiled a range of 22-watt spotlights featuring Cree LEDs. The PAR38-03 series is a simple money-saving plug-and-play replacement for inefficient traditional lights in E27/E26 sockets, FZLED says. Options include both switch dimmable and non-dimmable versions, with a clear or frosted lens, and with a choice of both a warm white (FZL-PAR38-03-WW-22) and a [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/08/03/lighting-brief-cree-fzled-philips-wins-doe-prize/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/07/07/entergy-coulomb-place-ev-stations-on-lsu-campus-butte-college-grid-neutral/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/07/07/entergy-coulomb-place-ev-stations-on-lsu-campus-butte-college-grid-neutral/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:55:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=57690 Entergy Corporation has joined forces with Coulomb Technologies to fund and donate 16 electric vehicle charging stations at college campuses in and around Entergy’s four-state service area. The first two Entergy-funded charging stations have been unveiled at Louisiana State University and will be free to use for LSU faculty staff and students. “Collecting usage data [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/07/07/entergy-coulomb-place-ev-stations-on-lsu-campus-butte-college-grid-neutral/feed/ 0