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/2012/01/25/policy-enforcement-briefing-state-of-the-union-ets-waivers-tidal-permit-cal-iso-plan/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/25/policy-enforcement-briefing-state-of-the-union-ets-waivers-tidal-permit-cal-iso-plan/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:40:59 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68872 Manufacturers should get incentives to make energy-efficiency improvements to their plants, President Obama said in last night’s State of the Union address. He called on Congress to draft a bill creating such incentives, which he said would save companies $100 billion over a decade. In the speech, Obama also said he was directing his administration [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/25/policy-enforcement-briefing-state-of-the-union-ets-waivers-tidal-permit-cal-iso-plan/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/25/environmental-energy-executive-moves-petco-saatchi-wsp-elster-navigant-sustainable-apparel-coalition/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/25/environmental-energy-executive-moves-petco-saatchi-wsp-elster-navigant-sustainable-apparel-coalition/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:27:32 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68912 Petco: The retailer has named Jim Thomas vice president of sustainability, safety & environmental health. Thomas was CSR vice president at JC Penney. Sustainable Apparel Coalition: The alliance appointed an executive director, Jason Kibbey. He was formerly CEO and co-founder of online retailer PACT. Green Building Certification Institute: The third-party organization that administers the LEED [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/25/environmental-energy-executive-moves-petco-saatchi-wsp-elster-navigant-sustainable-apparel-coalition/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/more-firms-appointing-lead-corporate-responsibility-role/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/more-firms-appointing-lead-corporate-responsibility-role/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:44:44 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68057 The proportion of organizations with a lead role overseeing corporate responsibility shot up to 62 percent in 2011, versus 42 percent in 2010, according to a survey by Corporate Responsibility Magazine, the Corporate Responsibility Officer Association and NYSE Euronext. Corporate Responsibility Best Practices: CR Practices Among Global Corporations found that senior-level engagement in CR is increasing, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/10/more-firms-appointing-lead-corporate-responsibility-role/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/09/environmental-energy-executive-moves-gri-american-airlines-epa-ameripen-usgbc-ecotality/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/09/environmental-energy-executive-moves-gri-american-airlines-epa-ameripen-usgbc-ecotality/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:45:13 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67982 Global Reporting Initiative: The organization has appointed Herman Mulder (pictured) as chairman of the board. Mulder is a former senior executive vice-president at ABN AMRO. He was appointed vice-chairman following the departure of Professor Mervyn King in October 2011, and has been acting chairman in the interim period. GRI has now appointed Anita Normark as vice-chairman [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/09/environmental-energy-executive-moves-gri-american-airlines-epa-ameripen-usgbc-ecotality/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/23/facebook-hires-ex-google-green-czar/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/23/facebook-hires-ex-google-green-czar/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:39:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67455 Google’s former green czar, Bill Weihl, will join Facebook in late January, according to the website Fresh Dialogues. The website said Weihl will have a sustainability role at the social media company, with a focus on clean energy and energy efficiency, though details on his exact responsibilities and job title have yet to be released. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/23/facebook-hires-ex-google-green-czar/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/13/ford-environmental-and-safety-vp-retires/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/13/ford-environmental-and-safety-vp-retires/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:31:44 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=66640 Ford’s group vice president of sustainability, environment and safety engineering, Sue Cischke, has announced her retirement. Cischke will retire February 1 and will be succeeded by Robert Brown, who holds the same title but for Ford’s European division. He will take up his new role January 1. As part of the move, Brown becomes a [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/13/ford-environmental-and-safety-vp-retires/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/11/do-companies-need-a-culture-of-sustainability/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/11/do-companies-need-a-culture-of-sustainability/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:34:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65075 Stuart Hart, the S.C. Johnson chair in sustainable global enterprise at Cornell University, asks how necessary a strong corporate culture is for achieving sustainability objectives. Hart is founder and president of Enterprise for a Sustainable World. He has published more than 70 papers and authored or edited seven books, and his article “Beyond Greening: Strategies [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/11/do-companies-need-a-culture-of-sustainability/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/10/forging-a-sustainability-career/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/10/forging-a-sustainability-career/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:22:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65030 Thomas Hesterberg of Navistar and Manish Shah of Fos Biofuels talk about their sustainability career paths at the Brennan School of Business, Dominican University.]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/10/forging-a-sustainability-career/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/09/google-green-czar-steps-down/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/09/google-green-czar-steps-down/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:20:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=64915 Google green czar Bill Weihl quietly stepped down from his post yesterday. Weihl, who headed the company’s Clean Energy Team, confirmed his departure to the website Fresh Dialogues only a few days ago. He told the site, “It’s time to move on and find something new,” but wouldn’t disclose what his next move would be. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/09/google-green-czar-steps-down/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/08/father-of-green-chemistry-on-designing-tomorrow/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/08/father-of-green-chemistry-on-designing-tomorrow/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:51:11 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=64881 Paul Anastas, the coiner of the term “green chemistry,” a leader of the EPA’s Office of Research and Development, and director of the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale University, speaks at Elmhurst College on “Designing Tomorrow.”]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/08/father-of-green-chemistry-on-designing-tomorrow/feed/ 0