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/2012/02/08/mitsubishi-ends-hondas-8-year-reign-on-green-car-list/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/mitsubishi-ends-hondas-8-year-reign-on-green-car-list/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:57:32 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69655 The Mitsubishi i-MIEV has unseated the Honda Civic Natural Gas from its throne and become the first electric car in 12 years to top environmental rankings from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. This is the first time in eight years that the Civic Natural Gas hasn’t topped the ACEEE “Greenest” list, which have [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/mitsubishi-ends-hondas-8-year-reign-on-green-car-list/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/google-jumps-to-1st-place-in-cool-it-climate-rankings/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/google-jumps-to-1st-place-in-cool-it-climate-rankings/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:17:17 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69636 Google has secured the top spot in Greenpeace’s Cool IT Leaderboard, with 53 points, up from 47 points and fourth place in the rankings’ last edition. The search giant is followed by Cisco – down from 1st place – and a tie between Ericsson and Fujitsu. Oracle continues to bring up the rear, as it [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/google-jumps-to-1st-place-in-cool-it-climate-rankings/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/o2-targets-100-renewables-will-no-longer-bundle-chargers/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/o2-targets-100-renewables-will-no-longer-bundle-chargers/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:20:29 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69583 O2 will use 100 percent renewable energy and will no longer offer chargers free with mobile phone purchases, as part of a three-year sustainability plan launched today. The Think Big Blueprint will deliver up to 4 million tons of carbon savings through three core objectives and 40 individual commitments, according to the European telecoms company, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/o2-targets-100-renewables-will-no-longer-bundle-chargers/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/carbon-disclosure-raises-stock-prices-study-finds/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/carbon-disclosure-raises-stock-prices-study-finds/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:30:55 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69577 Companies that voluntarily issue press releases disclosing their carbon emission information see their stock prices rise significantly in the following days, according to a University of California study. Going Green: Market Reaction to CSR Newswire Releases, by Paul Griffin of UC Davis and Yuan Sun of UC Berkeley, used archives of the Corporate Social Responsibility [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/carbon-disclosure-raises-stock-prices-study-finds/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/ameren-asks-for-15-rate-hike-efficiency-spend-to-double/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/ameren-asks-for-15-rate-hike-efficiency-spend-to-double/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:07:09 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69466 Utility Ameren Missouri is planning a 14.6 percent rate hike next year to reimburse investments in renewable energy, efficiency and reliability. The subsidiary of Ameren Corporation filed an electric rate increase request with the Missouri Public Service Commission, saying the $376 million increase is needed to cover investments as well as operating costs. The company [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/ameren-asks-for-15-rate-hike-efficiency-spend-to-double/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/event-organizers-must-take-action-oracle-vp-says/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/event-organizers-must-take-action-oracle-vp-says/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:05:57 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69495 The event industry is the second-biggest generator of waste in the U.S. and event organizers must make a start, however small, to address their environmental impacts, according to the vice president of marketing at Oracle. Paul Salinger, who is also president of the board of directors of the Green Meeting Industry Council, told BizBash that [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/06/event-organizers-must-take-action-oracle-vp-says/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/kraft-joins-zero-waste-wave-hits-milestone-at-36-plants/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/kraft-joins-zero-waste-wave-hits-milestone-at-36-plants/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:28:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69412 Kraft has 36 facilities in 13 countries that send zero waste to landfills, the company has announced, the latest in a string of “zero waste” announcements from multinational companies. The food company said it now has 12 zero-waste facilities in North America and 24 in Europe. Kraft also said that it reduced its manufacturing waste, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/kraft-joins-zero-waste-wave-hits-milestone-at-36-plants/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/companies-lured-with-45-electricity-discount/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/companies-lured-with-45-electricity-discount/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:30:08 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69424 Santee Cooper, South Carolina’s biggest power producer, is offering discounts as high as 45 percent to businesses moving to or expanding in the state – but the deal may not help existing customers such as Alcoa. Effective immediately, Santee Cooper is offering new industrial customers a 45 percent discount in the first year, 30 percent [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/companies-lured-with-45-electricity-discount/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/carbon-tracking-declines-among-energy-firms-survey-finds/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/carbon-tracking-declines-among-energy-firms-survey-finds/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:08:18 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69350 A surprising 68 percent of energy and utility industry professionals say they have no system in place to track and report on carbon emissions, up from 58 percent last year, according to a survey by Enviance. And despite their lack of tracking system, more than three-fifths of the 237 professionals surveyed at the EUEC energy, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/carbon-tracking-declines-among-energy-firms-survey-finds/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/ford-to-cut-landfill-waste-70-water-30-in-europe/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/ford-to-cut-landfill-waste-70-water-30-in-europe/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:15:28 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69366 Ford’s European operations plan to cut landfill waste 70 percent and water use 30 percent under a five-year sustainability strategy. The waste reduction goal will cut the average landfill waste generated per vehicle from 5 kg in 2011 to 1.5 kg by 2016. The water target will save 1.3 billion liters a year and €2.3 [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/ford-to-cut-landfill-waste-70-water-30-in-europe/feed/ 0