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/2012/05/22/kimberly-clark-sustainability-report-99-9-of-virgin-fiber-from-certified-sources/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/kimberly-clark-sustainability-report-99-9-of-virgin-fiber-from-certified-sources/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 14:06:23 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77045 Kimberly-Clark, the company behind Kleenex, Scott and Huggies, has made significant progress on some of its 2015 sustainability goals, including aiming to source 100 percent of its virgin wood fiber from certified suppliers and achieving zero-waste-to-landfill status, according to the company’s 2011 sustainability report. In June 2011, the company announced that it wanted to draw [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/kimberly-clark-sustainability-report-99-9-of-virgin-fiber-from-certified-sources/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/app-to-suspend-natural-forest-clearance/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/app-to-suspend-natural-forest-clearance/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:20:31 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76612 Asia Pulp & Paper is suspending natural forest clearance on its own pulpwood plantations in Indonesia, effective June 1, as part of a new commitment to international standards on High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF). APP, which is the world’s third largest paper supplier, will ask its independent suppliers to abide by the new principles – [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/app-to-suspend-natural-forest-clearance/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/pepsico-wal-mart-partner-to-manage-ecosystem-risks/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/pepsico-wal-mart-partner-to-manage-ecosystem-risks/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 16:45:19 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76364 Anglo American, Grupo Andre Maggi, PepsiCo, Vale, Votorantim and Walmart have partnered to develop business strategies that protect the ecosystems in which they operate in Brazil. The newly formed Parceria Empresarial pelos Serviços Ecossistêmicos, or Brazilian Business and Ecosystem Services Partnership, is an initiative to show how biodiversity and ecosystem services – the benefits that [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/pepsico-wal-mart-partner-to-manage-ecosystem-risks/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/a-papermakers-perspective-on-sustainable-forestry/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/a-papermakers-perspective-on-sustainable-forestry/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 13:35:50 +0000 Laura Thompson http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76058 There is not a single matter related to papermaking that touches each of us as personally and emotionally as forestry. Simply put, people love trees. Some people envision responsible paper manufacturer as engaging in deforestation but, in fact, our suppliers are harvesting sustainability with a keen vigilance about promoting the regeneration that keeps forests thriving. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/a-papermakers-perspective-on-sustainable-forestry/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/west-fraser-timber-company-to-install-13-mw-biomass-plant-sell-power-to-utility/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/west-fraser-timber-company-to-install-13-mw-biomass-plant-sell-power-to-utility/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 14:10:11 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75652 West Fraser Timber Company will generate 13 MW of power for its British Columbia plant and the province as a whole, using wood chips converted to biomass fuel. The wood products company has signed a deal with Pratt & Whitney Power Systems, which will deliver a biomass heat recovery power plant, comprising two Turboden 65 [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/west-fraser-timber-company-to-install-13-mw-biomass-plant-sell-power-to-utility/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/standards-compliance-briefing-leed-energy-star-sfi-erecyclingcorps-ieee/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/standards-compliance-briefing-leed-energy-star-sfi-erecyclingcorps-ieee/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:45:04 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75159 Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes nine items. Brookfield Canada Office Properties said that its Exchange Tower (pictured) in Toronto has achieved LEED Gold EB:OM certification. Features and practices of the building include sustainable commuting tools, green cleaning and waste management, and sustainable purchasing policies, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/standards-compliance-briefing-leed-energy-star-sfi-erecyclingcorps-ieee/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/11/the-problem-with-pallets/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/11/the-problem-with-pallets/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:50:59 +0000 Dick McCarrick http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73966 Dr. Suess’s Lorax is getting a lot of publicity these days, starring in his own feature movie. The creature “speaks for the trees” and his life’s goal is to get people to stop cutting them down. His message is pretty simple — and some may argue, overly simplistic — but it appears to be resonating [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/11/the-problem-with-pallets/feed/ 8 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/04/policy-enforcement-briefing-e15-registrations-epa-delays-bpa-in-packaging/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/04/policy-enforcement-briefing-e15-registrations-epa-delays-bpa-in-packaging/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:37:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73496 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 13 items. The EPA approved the first applications for registration of E15, a 15 percent ethanol, 85 percent gasoline blend, opening the route to the fuel’s use in model year 2001 and newer gasoline-fueled cars and light trucks. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/04/policy-enforcement-briefing-e15-registrations-epa-delays-bpa-in-packaging/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/2012/03/28/kimberly-clark-to-launch-bamboo-toilet-paper/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/kimberly-clark-to-launch-bamboo-toilet-paper/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:50:58 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72969 Kimberly-Clark’s U.K. line of Andrex toilet tissue will launch Andrex Eco, made with 90 percent recycled fiber and 10 percent bamboo, the company said. All packaging for the Eco tissue is sourced from 100 percent recycled content, and can be recycled, including the core, plastic packaging, and packaging used during distribution to retailers, the company [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/28/kimberly-clark-to-launch-bamboo-toilet-paper/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/02/xerox-barnes-noble-walmart-complicit-in-pulping-protected-tree-greenpeace-says/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/02/xerox-barnes-noble-walmart-complicit-in-pulping-protected-tree-greenpeace-says/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:15:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=71028 Xerox, National Geographic, Danone, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, and many other companies are using illegal wood pulp from an internationally protected tree species, according to a new investigative report from Greenpeace. The report, The Ramin Paper Trail, says that wood pulp from Asia Pulp & Paper mills includes a protected species of trees, ramin. Greenpeace [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/02/xerox-barnes-noble-walmart-complicit-in-pulping-protected-tree-greenpeace-says/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/27/policy-enforcement-briefing-bp-trial-forest-emissions-ftc-hits-window-claims/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/27/policy-enforcement-briefing-bp-trial-forest-emissions-ftc-hits-window-claims/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:13:51 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=70655 BP and plaintiffs suing over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill are discussing a $14 billion settlement that appears to be nearing completion. A federal judge in New Orleans delayed a liability trial to allow additional time to continue settlement talks. The proposed agreement would be separate from BP’s talks with government lawyers, who [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/27/policy-enforcement-briefing-bp-trial-forest-emissions-ftc-hits-window-claims/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/16/forest-footprint-disclosure-annual-review-shames-bp-shell-exxonmobil-others/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/16/forest-footprint-disclosure-annual-review-shames-bp-shell-exxonmobil-others/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:10:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=70135 Forest Footprint Disclosure has criticized leading oil and gas companies including BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Royal Dutch Shell, Total and Valero Energy for their lack of disclosure regarding their forest use. The companies all failed to disclose information of their forest use in 2011 for the third year, and Petrobas – which was first invited [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/16/forest-footprint-disclosure-annual-review-shames-bp-shell-exxonmobil-others/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/policy-enforcement-briefing-csapr-signed-adjusted-new-nukes-keystone-xl-fracking-tax/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/policy-enforcement-briefing-csapr-signed-adjusted-new-nukes-keystone-xl-fracking-tax/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:12:34 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69755 The EPA has made a few adjustments to its cross-state air pollution rules (CSAPR), which were signed Tuesday. The adjustments increase budgets in 17 states and ease limits on market-based compliance options. These state-level adjustments vary, and the total budget increases by about 2 percent, Clean Air Watch said. CSAPR is still under a stay, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/policy-enforcement-briefing-csapr-signed-adjusted-new-nukes-keystone-xl-fracking-tax/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