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/2012/05/23/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/2012/04/25/ecolab-cuts-fuel-consumption-by-22-since-2006/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/25/ecolab-cuts-fuel-consumption-by-22-since-2006/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:30:59 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75057 Ecolab has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 22 percent since 2006, normalized to sales, helping to earn it a Sustainable Fleet award from the NAFA Fleet Management Association. The $11 billion provider of water, hygiene and energy technologies to the food, healthcare, hospitality, industrial and energy sectors won the award for a number of green [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/25/ecolab-cuts-fuel-consumption-by-22-since-2006/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/coca-cola-vodafone-marks-spencer-win-environmental-reporting-awards/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/coca-cola-vodafone-marks-spencer-win-environmental-reporting-awards/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:29:26 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74958 Coca-Cola Enterprises has won the top honor in the CR Reporting Awards 2011, taking home the Best Report award for its corporate responsibility report titled “Committed to 2020: Shaping a Sustainable Future in Europe.” The company was a runner-up last year in the awards, run by Corporate Register. This is Coca-Cola’s sixth annual corporate responsibility [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/coca-cola-vodafone-marks-spencer-win-environmental-reporting-awards/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/18/pac-12-wins-epa-college-green-power-challenge/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/18/pac-12-wins-epa-college-green-power-challenge/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:00:54 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74461 The Pac-12 college athletic conference has claimed top spot among the 30 conferences in the EPA’s College and University Green Power Challenge, which rewards the conference that buys the most green power in a year. Based in the western United States and home to colleges including UCLA and the University of Oregon, the Pac-12 won [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/18/pac-12-wins-epa-college-green-power-challenge/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/02/colby-college-is-national-champion-of-environmental-march-madness-tournament/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/02/colby-college-is-national-champion-of-environmental-march-madness-tournament/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:15:46 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73292 Colby College has been named national champion in the first-ever March Madness tournament for Environmental Studies, a competitive review of university environmental programs designed to evaluate the best schools and reward excellence in environmental studies, tournament co-sponsor Enviance said. Colby, a school of 1,800 students in Waterville, Maine, was picked by a panel of industry-expert [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/02/colby-college-is-national-champion-of-environmental-march-madness-tournament/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/30/colby-colorado-state-purdue-and-rit-make-final-four-for-environmental-studies/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/30/colby-colorado-state-purdue-and-rit-make-final-four-for-environmental-studies/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:32:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73124 Colby College, Colorado State University, Purdue University and Rochester Institute of Technology have advanced to the “Final Four” round of the March Madness tournament for Environmental Studies, sponsored by Enviance and Environmental Leader. The schools have survived two elimination rounds, including the “Sustainable 16” two weeks ago, and last week’s “Environmental Eight,” with one round [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/30/colby-colorado-state-purdue-and-rit-make-final-four-for-environmental-studies/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/26/environmental-eight-schools-advance-in-march-madness-tournament-for-colleges-and-universities/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/26/environmental-eight-schools-advance-in-march-madness-tournament-for-colleges-and-universities/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:37:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72685 The “Environmental Eight,” those schools advancing to the second round of the Enviance and Environmental Leader-sponsored March Madness tournament for Environmental Studies, have just been announced. They are (alphabetically): •  Colby College •  Colorado State University •  Humboldt State University •  Ohio State University •  Purdue University •  Rochester Institute of Technology •  University of [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/26/environmental-eight-schools-advance-in-march-madness-tournament-for-colleges-and-universities/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/19/adidas-general-mills-drop-off-most-ethical-list-kelloggs-hasbro-alcoa-join/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/19/adidas-general-mills-drop-off-most-ethical-list-kelloggs-hasbro-alcoa-join/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:28:57 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72026 Starbucks, Patagonia and General Electric are among the 23 companies that have been named for six years running to Ethisphere’s Most Ethical Companies list, while Adidas and General Mills are among the major brands to have dropped off the list. Swedish electronics manufacturer Electrolux joined the list this year, as did Intel, Hasbro, Kimberly-Clark, L’Oreal, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/19/adidas-general-mills-drop-off-most-ethical-list-kelloggs-hasbro-alcoa-join/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/16/sears-lg-xcel-lowes-among-energy-star-winners/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/16/sears-lg-xcel-lowes-among-energy-star-winners/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:25:54 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=71951 Sears Holdings Corporation has won the Energy Star Corporate Commitment Award in recognition of what the EPA-run program calls its superior achievements in energy efficiency. Sears won the top Energy Star award for achievements that included increasing the amount of Energy Star-qualified decorative lighting products, power tools and washing machines it sells and reducing company-wide [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/16/sears-lg-xcel-lowes-among-energy-star-winners/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/12/sustainable-16-colleges-tip-off-in-march-madness-competition/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/12/sustainable-16-colleges-tip-off-in-march-madness-competition/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:30:27 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=71633 The Sustainable 16, a group of sixteen colleges and universities that demonstrate excellence in environmental academics, has been named in the first-ever Enviance, Inc. and Environmental Leader March Madness tournament for Environmental Studies. The Sustainable 16 are (alphabetically): •  Baylor University •  Colby College •  Colorado State University •  Cornell University •  Duke University •  [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/12/sustainable-16-colleges-tip-off-in-march-madness-competition/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/02/climate-leadership-award-winners-revealed/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/02/climate-leadership-award-winners-revealed/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:04:18 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=71046 Twenty companies, including IBM, San Diego Gas & Electric, Port of Los Angeles, SAP and UPS, were named the winners of the inaugural Climate Leadership Awards by the EPA, the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO), the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) (formerly the Pew Center on Global Climate Change), and The Climate [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/02/climate-leadership-award-winners-revealed/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/27/sustainable-packaging-brief-salazar-hilex-georgia-pacific-mucell-edv/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/27/sustainable-packaging-brief-salazar-hilex-georgia-pacific-mucell-edv/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:02:39 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=70651 Salazar Packaging and Globe Guard Products has a new design for a rack-hangable container, the Eco Hanging Pack. Targeting the manufacturers of soft goods, in particular green product and fabric manufacturers who may not want to use any form of plastic packaging, the Eco Hanging Pack can be made of micro flute corrugated or almost [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/27/sustainable-packaging-brief-salazar-hilex-georgia-pacific-mucell-edv/feed/ 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