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/2012/02/09/lack-of-eco-clothing-hampers-sales/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/lack-of-eco-clothing-hampers-sales/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:00:21 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69711 Consumers would increase sustainable apparel purchasing if only they could find it, according to a survey by Ryan Partnership Chicago and Mambo Sprouts Marketing. Some 69 percent of consumers considered sustainability at least sometimes when purchasing clothing in 2011 and shoppers intend to double their eco-apparel purchases this year, according to the 2012 Styling Sustainability survey. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/lack-of-eco-clothing-hampers-sales/feed/ 0 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/2012/02/01/north-america-lags-on-supplier-emission-cuts/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/north-america-lags-on-supplier-emission-cuts/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:19:13 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69286 North American suppliers are likely to fall behind in the race to capitalize on climate change opportunities, scoring a D average on emissions performance compared to the C average for European and Asian suppliers, according to research published today by the Carbon Disclosure Project and Accenture. A New Era: Supplier Management in the Low-Carbon Economy, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/north-america-lags-on-supplier-emission-cuts/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/office-depot-recycling-earnings-up-37-co2-down-11/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/office-depot-recycling-earnings-up-37-co2-down-11/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:58:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69262 In 2010 Office Depot earned $2.43 million from recycling, up 37% from 2009, according to its 2011 Corporate Citizenship Report. The company, which has a goal of earning more money from product recycling than it spends on sending waste to landfills, also reduced waste costs by 4 percent to $3.81 million. In 2010, Office Depot [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/office-depot-recycling-earnings-up-37-co2-down-11/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/coke-improves-water-efficiency-for-8th-straight-year/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/coke-improves-water-efficiency-for-8th-straight-year/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:45:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69188 In 2010, Coca-Cola improved its water use efficiency for the eighth consecutive year, with a ratio of 2.26 liters of water per liter of product, according to its eighth systemwide sustainability report. This was a four percent reduction from 2009 levels and a 16 percent reduction since 2004, the company’s baseline year. The company is [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/coke-improves-water-efficiency-for-8th-straight-year/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/compressed-air-improvements-could-save-business-173m/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/compressed-air-improvements-could-save-business-173m/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:43:03 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69033 Air compressors present a variety of opportunities for saving energy, from leak reduction and air intake improvements, to maintenance, monitoring, specification and design, according to guidance from the Carbon Trust. Of the total energy supplied to a compressor, as little as 8 to 10 percent is converted to usable energy at point of use, making [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/compressed-air-improvements-could-save-business-173m/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/more-companies-say-sustainability-needed-to-be-competitive/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/more-companies-say-sustainability-needed-to-be-competitive/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:30:03 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68957 Two-thirds of corporate leaders say management attention to and investment in sustainability rose from 2010 to 2011, according to a global study by MIT Sloan Management Review and The Boston Consulting Group. In the third annual Sustainability & Innovation Global Executive Study, sponsored by SAP and Shell, two-thirds of companies also said sustainability is necessary [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/more-companies-say-sustainability-needed-to-be-competitive/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/companies-lagging-on-carbon-accounting/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/companies-lagging-on-carbon-accounting/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:27:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68979 Despite looming deadlines for compliance with carbon regulations, most companies are still lagging in their comprehension of carbon accounting as a whole, according to a survey by Epicor Software Corporation. Major economies such as Australian and California are putting a price on carbon, but the survey revealed that 58 percent of companies had not heard [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/companies-lagging-on-carbon-accounting/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/25/novo-nordisk-leads-corporate-knights-sustainability-rankings/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/25/novo-nordisk-leads-corporate-knights-sustainability-rankings/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:25:44 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68883 Novo Nordisk has topped Corporate Knights magazine’s annual Global 100 rankings of leaders in sustainability. The Danish pharmaceuticals company was followed by Brazil’s Natura Cosmeticos, Norway’s Statoil (last year’s top-ranked company), Danish biotech firm Novozymes and ASML Holding, a Dutch supplier to the semiconductor industry. The highest ranked U.S. companies were biotech company Life Technologies [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/25/novo-nordisk-leads-corporate-knights-sustainability-rankings/feed/ 0