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/2012/05/07/environmental-energy-executive-moves-ge-first-solar-chesapeake-uli-power-assure-ecolab/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/environmental-energy-executive-moves-ge-first-solar-chesapeake-uli-power-assure-ecolab/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 13:45:30 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75834 General Electric: Sixteen-year company veteran Andy Holt has been named general manager of renewable energy services at GE Energy. Holt will lead the growing wind and solar services segment of GE’s renewable energy business. First Solar: James Hughes has been appointed CEO at the solar company. Hughes succeeds Mike Ahearn, First Solar’s founder and chairman, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/environmental-energy-executive-moves-ge-first-solar-chesapeake-uli-power-assure-ecolab/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/01/environmental-energy-executive-moves-siemens-enernoc-vestas-dong/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/01/environmental-energy-executive-moves-siemens-enernoc-vestas-dong/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 12:55:12 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75470   Here’s the latest news on hirings and promotions among environmental and energy management leaders. Siemens: The technology firm has appointed Matthias Rebellius to lead its Building Technologies Division of the Infrastructure & Cities Sector in the United States. Rebellius will succeed Andreas Schierenbeck who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. EnerNOC: The [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/01/environmental-energy-executive-moves-siemens-enernoc-vestas-dong/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/16/environmental-energy-executive-moves-eia-carbon-war-room-energy-points-switch-lighting/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/16/environmental-energy-executive-moves-eia-carbon-war-room-energy-points-switch-lighting/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:10:17 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74268 Environmental Industry Associations (EIA): The solid waste and recycling services industry trade group – comprising sub-groups the National Solid Wastes Management Association and the Waste Equipment Technology Association – selected Sharon H. Kneiss as its new president and CEO, to take over following the retirement later this year of Bruce Parker, who is stepping down [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/16/environmental-energy-executive-moves-eia-carbon-war-room-energy-points-switch-lighting/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/04/q-cells-solar-trust-of-america-file-for-bankruptcy-serious-energy-sheds-staff/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/04/q-cells-solar-trust-of-america-file-for-bankruptcy-serious-energy-sheds-staff/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:27:45 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73454 Solar manufacturers Q-Cells and Solar Trust of America have filed for bankruptcy, leaving the fate of a 1,000 MW California solar thermal project in doubt, while green building firm Serious Energy is shedding staff, according to reports. Q-Cells is the fourth major German-owned solar manufacturer to file for bankruptcy since December, Bloomberg says. With around [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/04/q-cells-solar-trust-of-america-file-for-bankruptcy-serious-energy-sheds-staff/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/02/environmental-energy-executive-moves-adobe-tripadvisor-gamesa-nextera-energy-ge-intelligent-platforms/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/02/environmental-energy-executive-moves-adobe-tripadvisor-gamesa-nextera-energy-ge-intelligent-platforms/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:05:32 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73277 Adobe has named Michelle Crozier Yates to the position of director of corporate social responsibility. Prior to the appointment at Adobe, Yates was the vice president of corporate responsibility at Warner Bros. Entertainment. TripAdvisor has appointed Jenny Rushmore to the position of director, responsible travel – a newly-created role to make environmentally-responsible travel more accessible [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/02/environmental-energy-executive-moves-adobe-tripadvisor-gamesa-nextera-energy-ge-intelligent-platforms/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/19/environmental-energy-executive-moves-epeat-first-solar-green-charge-networks-solarbridge/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/19/environmental-energy-executive-moves-epeat-first-solar-green-charge-networks-solarbridge/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:50:35 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72072 EPEAT: The green electronics registry has appointed Robert Frisbee as its new CEO. Frisbee has served as the director of development at the Oregon Sustainability Center since June 2010, and has worked as a private-sector executive founding telecommunications companies Pacific Star Communications, FirstPoint Communications and Electric Lightwave. EPEAT also named three new board members: Dr. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/19/environmental-energy-executive-moves-epeat-first-solar-green-charge-networks-solarbridge/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/15/kroger-appoints-first-sustainability-director-wri-names-president/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/15/kroger-appoints-first-sustainability-director-wri-names-president/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:52:45 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=71892 Kroger has appointed Suzanne Lindsay as its first director of sustainability, and in another major hire, global think tank the World Resources Institute named Andrew Steer as its next president. Lindsay will direct internal sustainability initiatives for the grocery retailer, and will lead the company’s sustainability leadership team, Kroger said. She previously created and led [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/15/kroger-appoints-first-sustainability-director-wri-names-president/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/08/environmental-energy-executive-moves-wsp-environment-energy-aashe-barrick-gold-gamesa/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/08/environmental-energy-executive-moves-wsp-environment-energy-aashe-barrick-gold-gamesa/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:10:52 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=71173 Gamesa: The wind turbine manufacturing company has named David Flitterman as its chairman. Flitterman previously held senior management positions at several firms including Bankers Trust Company, part of the Deutsche Bank Group, in Spain, the UK, Brazil and the U.S. Barrick Gold: The  Toronto-based mining company established a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Advisory Board and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/08/environmental-energy-executive-moves-wsp-environment-energy-aashe-barrick-gold-gamesa/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/20/environmental-energy-executive-moves-deutsche-bank-vestas-sustainability-coalition-firstenergy-c3-ecotality/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/20/environmental-energy-executive-moves-deutsche-bank-vestas-sustainability-coalition-firstenergy-c3-ecotality/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:51:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=70256 Deutsche Bank: The company has named Thorsten Strauss as its global head of communications and CSR, effective June 1. Strauss is Bertelsmann AG’s former head of corporate communications. Michael Golden, currently deputy head of group press, will serve as deputy global head of communications & CSR. The Sustainability Consortium: The association announced that executive director [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/20/environmental-energy-executive-moves-deutsche-bank-vestas-sustainability-coalition-firstenergy-c3-ecotality/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/17/gore-calls-for-integrated-reporting-end-to-quarterly-guidance/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/17/gore-calls-for-integrated-reporting-end-to-quarterly-guidance/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:02:12 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=70204 Companies should end quarterly financial reporting and start producing integrated reports, according to former vice president Al Gore and former Goldman Sachs Asset Management CEO David Blood. Blood and Gore – who are now senior partner and chairman at Generation Investment Management – published a five-point plan for sustainable capitalism, which they want the financial [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/17/gore-calls-for-integrated-reporting-end-to-quarterly-guidance/feed/ 5 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