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/2012/05/24/exxonmobil-chevron-investors-call-for-fracking-risk-disclosures/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/exxonmobil-chevron-investors-call-for-fracking-risk-disclosures/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 20:53:57 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77325 Chevron and ExxonMobil shareholders have filed proposals asking the companies to disclose risks to their operations and finances from hydraulic fracturing. Shareholder advocacy group As You Sow filed the ExxonMobil resolution on behalf of the Park Foundation, while Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia and Green Century Capital Management filed the Chevron resolution. The organizations asked [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/exxonmobil-chevron-investors-call-for-fracking-risk-disclosures/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/coca-cola-enterprises-sustainability-report-carbon-emissions-down-8-5/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/coca-cola-enterprises-sustainability-report-carbon-emissions-down-8-5/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 14:10:50 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76302 Coca Cola Enterprises decreased its carbon footprint by 8.5 percent from 2010 to 2011, while increasing production volume by 3.5 percent, according to the company’s 2011 corporate responsibility and sustainability report. In 2010 CCE, the sole licensed operator for products of The Coca-Cola Company in a number of Western European countries, produced 840,000 metric tons [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/coca-cola-enterprises-sustainability-report-carbon-emissions-down-8-5/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/coke-sony-volvo-and-other-climate-savers-cut-co2-by-100-million-tons/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/coke-sony-volvo-and-other-climate-savers-cut-co2-by-100-million-tons/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 07:08:52 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76126 Coca-Cola Company, Johnson & Johnson, Sony, Volvo and other members of WWF’s Climate Savers program cut their carbon dioxide emissions by more than 100 million tons over the period 1999 to 2011, according to an independent review of the program released today. The review, conducted by energy consultancy Ecofys, also found that by 2020, Climate [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/coke-sony-volvo-and-other-climate-savers-cut-co2-by-100-million-tons/feed/ 5 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/big-companies-hold-the-key-to-sustainable-commerce/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/big-companies-hold-the-key-to-sustainable-commerce/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 13:18:05 +0000 David Schatsky http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75943 The world’s largest companies hold the key to setting global commerce on an environmentally sustainable path. The top 500 companies in the world generate $23 trillion in annual revenue, more than a third of global GDP. If the world’s largest companies can achieve radical improvements in their environmental performance—slashing their negative impacts while finding new [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/big-companies-hold-the-key-to-sustainable-commerce/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/microsoft-commits-to-carbon-neutrality-in-fy-2013/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/microsoft-commits-to-carbon-neutrality-in-fy-2013/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 07:33:47 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76032 Microsoft will charge an internal carbon offset fee starting in fiscal year 2012-2013 in its effort to be carbon neutral beginning July 1, according to the company’s blog. The carbon price will be based on market pricing for renewable energy and carbon offsets, and Microsoft will apply it to operations in more than 100 countries. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/microsoft-commits-to-carbon-neutrality-in-fy-2013/feed/ 4 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/diageo-stops-heartland-donations-after-unabomber-billboards/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/diageo-stops-heartland-donations-after-unabomber-billboards/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 06:32:09 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75908 Drink giant Diageo says it will no longer fund the Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank that denies global warming, the Guardian reports, following a controversial ad campaign by the non-profit. On May 3, a Heartland billboard appeared over the Eisenhower Expressway in Illinois showing a picture of Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, with the slogan: [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/diageo-stops-heartland-donations-after-unabomber-billboards/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/puma-earns-a-apple-takes-home-d-in-eiris-sustainability-rankings/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/puma-earns-a-apple-takes-home-d-in-eiris-sustainability-rankings/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 15:26:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75600 German sportswear manufacturer Puma tops EIRIS’ Top 10 Global Sustainability Leaders list while Apple earns a D, in a ranking that sees UK and European companies receive higher marks than their US and Asian counterparts. With the UN’s 2012 Rio+20 Earth Summit coming up in June, the research house applied its Sustainability Ratings methodology to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/puma-earns-a-apple-takes-home-d-in-eiris-sustainability-rankings/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/microsoft-debuts-on-epa-green-power-list-ranking-third/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/microsoft-debuts-on-epa-green-power-list-ranking-third/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:39:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74914 Microsoft has ranked third in the EPA’s list of organizations using the most green power, and along with McDonald’s, appears on the list for the first time. Intel and Kohl’s maintain their long-time first and second place positions on the Top 50 Green Power Partnership rankings, while Microsoft, which is new to the list, bumped [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/microsoft-debuts-on-epa-green-power-list-ranking-third/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/coca-cola-vodafone-marks-spencer-win-environmental-reporting-awards/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/coca-cola-vodafone-marks-spencer-win-environmental-reporting-awards/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:29:26 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74958 Coca-Cola Enterprises has won the top honor in the CR Reporting Awards 2011, taking home the Best Report award for its corporate responsibility report titled “Committed to 2020: Shaping a Sustainable Future in Europe.” The company was a runner-up last year in the awards, run by Corporate Register. This is Coca-Cola’s sixth annual corporate responsibility [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/coca-cola-vodafone-marks-spencer-win-environmental-reporting-awards/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/23/ge-alcoa-johnson-controls-ford-and-intel-top-climate-innovation-list/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/23/ge-alcoa-johnson-controls-ford-and-intel-top-climate-innovation-list/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:10:08 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74860 GE, Alcoa, Johnson Controls, Ford and Intel lead their peers in the innovation of clean-tech solutions and products, mitigation of climate change-related risks and management of carbon emissions, according to a rating by risk analysis company Maplecroft. The Maplecroft Climate Innovation Indexes (CIIs) studied 360 large, multinational U.S. companies and how they adapt to climate-change [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/23/ge-alcoa-johnson-controls-ford-and-intel-top-climate-innovation-list/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/16/walmart-sustainability-report-supplier-scorecards-to-launch-in-100-categories-this-year/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/16/walmart-sustainability-report-supplier-scorecards-to-launch-in-100-categories-this-year/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:37:12 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74329 Walmart expects to develop supplier scorecards in up to 100 major product categories by the end of this year, in the latest stage of development for its Sustainability Index, according to the company’s 2012 Global Responsibility Report. The move follows efforts last year to integrate the index into Walmart’s business. In January 2011 it piloted [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/16/walmart-sustainability-report-supplier-scorecards-to-launch-in-100-categories-this-year/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/30/three-ceos-in-one-room-walmart-coca-cola-unilever/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/30/three-ceos-in-one-room-walmart-coca-cola-unilever/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:26:15 +0000 Derek Wong http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73160 Some of the biggest CEOs in Canada come together for the Walmart Green Student Challenge. I took this rare opportunity to ask them: Where is sustainability going for Canadian industries? Walmart, Coca-Cola, and Unilever already share best practices for their common goals in sustainability. Now they want to see more suppliers come on board. The [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/30/three-ceos-in-one-room-walmart-coca-cola-unilever/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/23/google-pepsi-millercoors-highlight-world-water-day-initiatives/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/23/google-pepsi-millercoors-highlight-world-water-day-initiatives/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:56:43 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72537 Google, Coca-Cola, Levi Strauss and other major companies used videos, environmental alliances and unwashed jeans to highlight their commitment to the environment on World Water Day, which took place yesterday. PepsiCo released a video and used its blog to explain its position on water conservation. The blog calls water stewardship an “explicit” part of PepsiCo’s [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/23/google-pepsi-millercoors-highlight-world-water-day-initiatives/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/16/google-data-center-gets-water-reuse-system/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/16/google-data-center-gets-water-reuse-system/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 06:21:58 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=71944 A Google data center in Georgia is the internet firm’s first U.S.-based data center to conserve water using a water reuse system. The system, financed by Google and owned by the Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority, is helping to keep the Chattahoochee River clean and conserving the reservoir’s water supply, the water authority said. In [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/16/google-data-center-gets-water-reuse-system/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/14/starting-over-sustainably/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/14/starting-over-sustainably/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:50:10 +0000 John Rooks http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=71154 Or, Rise of the Planet of the Reboot. America loves reboots. It’s a go-to strategy for Hollywood accountants and humans looking for behavior change. We love the whole hog-body transformation in 90-days-all or nothing approach to change. Incremental change doesn’t seem to satiate the soul any more. And while research shows this is a bad [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/14/starting-over-sustainably/feed/ 0