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/2012/05/15/publix-saves-two-billion-shopping-bags/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/publix-saves-two-billion-shopping-bags/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 14:25:45 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76504 Initiatives started by Publix Super Markets in mid-2007 have saved two billion single-use paper and plastic shopping bags from being used, the company has announced. The company trains front service clerks and cashiers to increase the number of items per bag. It has also implemented bag reduction goals for each store, held communication campaigns to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/publix-saves-two-billion-shopping-bags/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/seaworld-busch-gardens-to-eliminate-plastic-bags/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/seaworld-busch-gardens-to-eliminate-plastic-bags/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 14:20:22 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75560 SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment is to eliminate plastic shopping bags from the 10 theme parks it operates by the end of the year. The move will make it the largest theme park operator to make this commitment, according to the company, whose parks include Busch Gardens, Discovery Cove, Adventure Island and Sesame Place. When the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/seaworld-busch-gardens-to-eliminate-plastic-bags/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/23/cintas-eco-apparel-saves-8-5-million-trees/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/23/cintas-eco-apparel-saves-8-5-million-trees/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:30:00 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74832 Cintas Corporation says it has helped eliminate more than 15 million plastic bottles from the waste stream by reuing plastic waste in its eco-apparel product line, and saved 8.5 million trees through document shredding services. The company, which manufactures corporate uniforms, entrance mats, restroom supplies, promotional products and more, says it has also reduced water [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/23/cintas-eco-apparel-saves-8-5-million-trees/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/17/consumer-electronics-firms-upped-recycling-by-53-in-2011/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/17/consumer-electronics-firms-upped-recycling-by-53-in-2011/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:30:30 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74362 Members of the consumer electronics industry’s eCycling Leadership Initiative – including Apple, Best Buy, Dell and HP – increased the amount of goods they recycled by 53 percent in 2011, according to trade body The Consumer Electronics Association. In 2011, participants of the eCycling Leadership Initiative recycled 460 million pounds of consumer electronics, up from [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/17/consumer-electronics-firms-upped-recycling-by-53-in-2011/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/wellpoint-and-xerox-managed-print-services-cut-ghgs-60-expect-3m-a-year-in-savings/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/wellpoint-and-xerox-managed-print-services-cut-ghgs-60-expect-3m-a-year-in-savings/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:50:13 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73666 Health benefits company WellPoint has teamed up with Xerox to develop a sustainable document strategy via the consolidation of its printing equipment and monitoring of its printing habits. The program’s four aims are to reduce waste, enhance recycling efforts, minimize creation of greenhouse gases and create an energy-efficient work environment. Xerox and WellPoint implemented an education [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/wellpoint-and-xerox-managed-print-services-cut-ghgs-60-expect-3m-a-year-in-savings/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/03/xerox-danone-drop-asia-pulp-paper-after-greenpeace-pressure/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/03/xerox-danone-drop-asia-pulp-paper-after-greenpeace-pressure/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:15:28 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73383 Danone and Xerox are among a list of companies that have pledged to suspend purchases from Asia Pulp & Paper following a Greenpeace exposé on the paper company’s practices. Last month, Greenpeace released the results of a year-long investigation into APP, the world’s third largest pulp and paper producer, claiming that the company is systematically violating [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/03/xerox-danone-drop-asia-pulp-paper-after-greenpeace-pressure/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/13/tuna-fleets-ghgs-lower-than-other-fishing-vessels/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/13/tuna-fleets-ghgs-lower-than-other-fishing-vessels/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:30:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=71679 Tuna products tend to be less energy-intensive than many aquaculture and livestock-derived sources of protein, but catching tuna uses more energy than fishing some other breeds, according to a report by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation. Data in Fuel Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Tuna Fisheries: A Preliminary Assessment suggests that the global tuna [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/13/tuna-fleets-ghgs-lower-than-other-fishing-vessels/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/12/sca-sustainability-goals-5-twh-wind-by-2020-tripling-of-biofuel-production/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/12/sca-sustainability-goals-5-twh-wind-by-2020-tripling-of-biofuel-production/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:52:19 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=71603 SCA, the world’s third-largest paper company, is aiming to produce 5 TWh of windpower on its forest land by 2020, according to the firm’s latest set of sustainability goals. Other goals include tripling SCA’s production of biofuels by 2020. The company did not state a baseline against which this increased production would be measured, but [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/12/sca-sustainability-goals-5-twh-wind-by-2020-tripling-of-biofuel-production/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/09/fracking-industry-may-lack-will-to-avoid-environmental-impacts-report-finds/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/09/fracking-industry-may-lack-will-to-avoid-environmental-impacts-report-finds/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:25:59 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=71523 The natural gas industry is technologically capable of tapping shale gas resources, but some companies may have trouble managing the environmental and social risks involved, according to a report by the Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute. Discovering Shale Gas: An Investor Guide to Hydraulic Fracturing said these risks could impede profitable extraction. It also said [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/09/fracking-industry-may-lack-will-to-avoid-environmental-impacts-report-finds/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/05/pwc-report-materials-shortage-threatens-manufacturing/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/05/pwc-report-materials-shortage-threatens-manufacturing/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:17:41 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=71136 Seven core manufacturing industries – including the renewable energy sector – could be seriously affected by a shortage of minerals and metals, which could disrupt entire supply chains and economies, according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers. In Minerals and metals scarcity in manufacturing: A “ticking time bomb”, PwC surveyed some of the largest manufacturing businesses across [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/05/pwc-report-materials-shortage-threatens-manufacturing/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/13/companies-meet-epa-perfluorinated-chemical-goals/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/13/companies-meet-epa-perfluorinated-chemical-goals/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:50:58 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69835 Daikin, DuPont, 3M/Dyneon and Solvay Solexis have met the goals of an EPA-backed program aimed at reducing the emissions from, and use of, long-chain perfluorinated chemicals. The EPA’s voluntary 2010/15 PFOA Stewardship Program’s intermediate goal was for a 95 percent reduction in global emissions and product content by 2010. Launched in 2006, eight companies originally [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/13/companies-meet-epa-perfluorinated-chemical-goals/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/durable-refit-materials-can-reduce-buildings-carbon-footprint/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/durable-refit-materials-can-reduce-buildings-carbon-footprint/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:00:39 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69480 Using durable construction materials in maintenance and renovation projects can lessen a building’s the long-term carbon footprint, according to Texas A&M University research. The research, by architecture Ph.D student Manish Dixit, compared the relationship of energy used in maintenance and renovation processes, or “recurrent embodied energy,” to the building’s service life and life cycle energy [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/durable-refit-materials-can-reduce-buildings-carbon-footprint/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/unfccc-launches-business-climate-change-strategy-guide/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/unfccc-launches-business-climate-change-strategy-guide/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:30:30 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69115 Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Levi’s, Nestle and Starbucks are among a slew of multinational companies listed in an online database just launched by the U.N. that details how the world’s major firms plan to address global warming. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Adaptation Private Sector Initiative contains details both on how companies can make [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/unfccc-launches-business-climate-change-strategy-guide/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/sc-johnson-relaunches-ingredients-web-site/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/sc-johnson-relaunches-ingredients-web-site/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:10:41 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69079 Household cleaning products manufacturer SC Johnson is now listing the ingredients contained in its products and the roles they play in a newly-relaunched web site. The enhanced version of the web site also contains FAQs about products and links to alternate sites containing ingredient information and educational materials. The company will also publish a list of [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/sc-johnson-relaunches-ingredients-web-site/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/chevys-to-carry-ecologic-label/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/chevys-to-carry-ecologic-label/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:27:04 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69036 Chevrolet vehicles sold in the United States are to carry the Ecologic environmental label. The labels will carry information on environmental aspects related to vehicle manufacturing and assembly, fuel-saving features such as aerodynamics or low-rolling resistance tires and the recycling rates of a vehicle. Claims are audited by third-party sustainability agency Two Tomorrows. Chevrolet says [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/chevys-to-carry-ecologic-label/feed/ 0