http://www.environmentalleader.com The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:34:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/13/greenbuild-conference-news-roundup-day-3/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/13/greenbuild-conference-news-roundup-day-3/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:53:49 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27248 As the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo wraps up, more than 30,000 attendees are estimated to have attended the job fair or any one of more than 100 educational seminars, 800 exhibitors’ booths or green building tours of Phoenix, reports The Independent. Here are some more highlights from the show. The conference also featured an environmental [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/13/greenbuild-conference-news-roundup-day-3/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/greenbuild-conference-news-roundup-day-2/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/greenbuild-conference-news-roundup-day-2/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:12:08 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27171 As day two kicks off at the GreenBuild International Conference and Expo in Phoenix, Arizona, more new building products and reports are being unveiled on the show floor. Under the spotlight are two Dens interior gypsum panel products from Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC. The company claims both the DensArmor Plus High-Performance Interior Panel and DensShield Tile Backer [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/greenbuild-conference-news-roundup-day-2/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/11/greenbuild-conference-news-roundup-day-1/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/11/greenbuild-conference-news-roundup-day-1/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:26 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27110 With the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo now underway in Phoenix, Ariz., here are some of the initial announcements. YKK AP America has launched (PDF) two new products aimed at improving the energy-efficiency of commercial buildings. The company has expanded its enerGfacade product line with the addition of two new aluminum door and curtain wall products [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/11/greenbuild-conference-news-roundup-day-1/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/10/greenbuild-conference-boasts-construction-innovations/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/10/greenbuild-conference-boasts-construction-innovations/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:55:39 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26999 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, to be held this week in Phoenix, will be a springboard for businesses to discuss their sustainable activities, reports Phoenix Business Journal. Projected to draw 20,000 people and generate about $29 million for the local economy, the conference features new sustainable innovations such as Firestone Energy’s new daylighting system and TUV [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/10/greenbuild-conference-boasts-construction-innovations/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/25/pg-hdr-isc-highlight-sustainability-at-clinton-global-initiative-meeting/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/25/pg-hdr-isc-highlight-sustainability-at-clinton-global-initiative-meeting/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:03:13 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=21597 The key theme at the Fifth Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting, held this week in New York, is innovation, reports Businessweek.com. Attendees included executives from Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola and Goldman Sachs, who were asked to focus on profitable ways to address humanitarian issues such as health care, climate change and women’s rights, according to Businessweek. One [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/25/pg-hdr-isc-highlight-sustainability-at-clinton-global-initiative-meeting/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/15/usgbc-wants-an-environmental-label-for-every-building/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/15/usgbc-wants-an-environmental-label-for-every-building/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:53:14 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=21149 Every building in the U.S. should have a label as to its environmental impact, said the U.S. Green Building Council’s president at the Healthy Buildings meeting. At the same event, IBM told how it is taking green buildings one step further with bright-green buildings, which converges green buildings with intelligence, said an IBM executive, reports [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/15/usgbc-wants-an-environmental-label-for-every-building/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/08/31/green-meetings-and-events-guidelines-drafted/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/08/31/green-meetings-and-events-guidelines-drafted/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:20:04 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=20476 To help businesses conduct more environmentally conscious meetings and events, a new set of guidelines has been drafted by members of the Convention Industry Council. The council’s Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) Panel on Green Meeting and Event Practice has been working on the standards, along with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Green Meeting Industry Council. The [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/08/31/green-meetings-and-events-guidelines-drafted/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/08/28/sustainable-business-initiatives-session-from-uk-aware-2009/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/08/28/sustainable-business-initiatives-session-from-uk-aware-2009/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:31:54 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=20437 UK Aware 2009 speaker session on “Sustainable Business Initiatives.” Among the speakers is Charlie Browne, IKEA UK Environment Director. Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 ]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/08/28/sustainable-business-initiatives-session-from-uk-aware-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/31/chemicals-industry-on-track-to-meet-safe-chemicals-management-by-2020/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/31/chemicals-industry-on-track-to-meet-safe-chemicals-management-by-2020/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:27:51 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=19040 Leading global chemical companies, the United Nations, along with other stakeholders, recently met in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the chemical industry’s progress to meet its goal to ensure safe global chemicals management by 2020. At the Second Session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM-2), the global chemical industry reviewed its progress in meeting its [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/31/chemicals-industry-on-track-to-meet-safe-chemicals-management-by-2020/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/06/23/ibms-green-sigma-coalition-lines-up-industry-leaders/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/06/23/ibms-green-sigma-coalition-lines-up-industry-leaders/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:09:55 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=17028 IBM has announced the formation of the Green Sigma Coalition at its Green and Beyond Summit for Industry leaders in San Francisco, to provide smart solutions for energy, water, waste and greenhouse gas management. Partnering with key leaders in metering, monitoring, automation, data communications and software, charter members of the industry alliance are Johnson Controls, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/06/23/ibms-green-sigma-coalition-lines-up-industry-leaders/feed/ 0