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/most-retailers-using-energy-management-in-over-half-their-stores-report-says/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/most-retailers-using-energy-management-in-over-half-their-stores-report-says/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 14:29:15 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77318 Some 63 percent of retailers now have an energy management system in at least 50 percent of their stores, according to a report by retail and multi-site facilities management organization the Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association. The figures come from PRSM’s 2012 Benchmarking Report – its first benchmarking report on HVAC costs and best practices [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/most-retailers-using-energy-management-in-over-half-their-stores-report-says/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/timberland-hunts-down-sustainable-store-materials/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/timberland-hunts-down-sustainable-store-materials/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 10:20:24 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76200 A look at how Timberland finds reclaimed materials for its retail stores]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/timberland-hunts-down-sustainable-store-materials/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/walmart-announces-27-solar-projects-totalling-10-5-mw/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/walmart-announces-27-solar-projects-totalling-10-5-mw/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 16:30:00 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76755 Walmart has announced plans to install solar photovoltaic arrays on 27 of its Massachusetts stores as early as August, adding on-site generation to more than half of its outlets in the state. The arrays are in the engineering phase and still require permits, the Boston Globe reports. Once operational, the installations should have a total [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/walmart-announces-27-solar-projects-totalling-10-5-mw/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/publix-saves-two-billion-shopping-bags/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/publix-saves-two-billion-shopping-bags/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 14:25:45 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76504 Initiatives started by Publix Super Markets in mid-2007 have saved two billion single-use paper and plastic shopping bags from being used, the company has announced. The company trains front service clerks and cashiers to increase the number of items per bag. It has also implemented bag reduction goals for each store, held communication campaigns to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/publix-saves-two-billion-shopping-bags/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/10/kohls-sustainability-report-co2-emissions-rise-2-8/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/10/kohls-sustainability-report-co2-emissions-rise-2-8/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 14:20:46 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76147 Total CO2 emissions at department store chain Kohl’s rose 2.8 percent from 2010 to 2011, while the company’s sales rose by 2.25 percent, according to the company’s 2011 corporate sustainability report. In 2010, Kohl’s emitted 865,950 metric tons of CO2 equivalent, and this rose to 890,542 metric tons of CO2 in 2011. This increase is [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/10/kohls-sustainability-report-co2-emissions-rise-2-8/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/safeway-whole-foods-win-first-good-greenpeace-seafood-ratings/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/safeway-whole-foods-win-first-good-greenpeace-seafood-ratings/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 16:22:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75779 Safeway and Whole Foods have become the first retailers ever to earn a “green”, or “good” rating for commitment to the sustainability of the seafood they sell, in Greenpeace’s annual Seafood Retailer Scorecard. The grocery chains earned scores of 7.1 and seven respectively in the scorecard, which has been released each year since 2008. Seven [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/safeway-whole-foods-win-first-good-greenpeace-seafood-ratings/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/90-of-cleaning-products-at-whole-foods-meet-ingredient-disclosure-rule/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/90-of-cleaning-products-at-whole-foods-meet-ingredient-disclosure-rule/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 13:25:11 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75742 More than 90 percent of the household cleaning products sales at Whole Foods Market pass muster under the company’s Eco-Scale rating system, a year after the launch of the program, which requires full ingredient disclosure on these products’ labels. Whole Foods Market now sells more than 275 Eco-Scale-rated products from Better Life, Ecover, Greenshield, Dr. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/90-of-cleaning-products-at-whole-foods-meet-ingredient-disclosure-rule/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/marks-spencer-launches-shwopping-aims-to-recycle-as-much-as-it-sells/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/marks-spencer-launches-shwopping-aims-to-recycle-as-much-as-it-sells/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:30:24 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75187 Marks & Spencer aims to recycle as many clothes as it sells – 350 million a year – with its Shwopping campaign launched today in London, encouraging customers to recycle their old clothing at M&S clothing stores. The retailer will give all “shwopped” clothes to Oxfam, which will either re-sell them through its website and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/marks-spencer-launches-shwopping-aims-to-recycle-as-much-as-it-sells/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/25/siemens-rolls-out-ems-extensions-at-michaels-craft-stores/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/25/siemens-rolls-out-ems-extensions-at-michaels-craft-stores/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:52:57 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74602 Michaels Stores, the largest arts and crafts retailer in the U.S., recently rolled out a series of extensions to its installation of Siemens’ Site Controls Energy Management System. Since deploying the Siemens system in 2006, Michaels says it has seen substantial reductions in energy consumption across its more than 1,000 stores. The extensions include intelligent [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/25/siemens-rolls-out-ems-extensions-at-michaels-craft-stores/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/arbys-taps-ecova-for-energy-plan/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/arbys-taps-ecova-for-energy-plan/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:05:00 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74897 Arby’s Restaurant Group is to work with energy and sustainability management company Ecova to create a strategic energy plan targeting short- and long-term energy savings. Ecova will help Arby’s identify opportunities, set goals, guide the development of a corporate energy policy, establish priorities for implementation, and develop a timetable for achievement, the companies said. The [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/24/arbys-taps-ecova-for-energy-plan/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/20/earth-day-briefing-coke-pepsi-whole-foods-target-caribou-coffee/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/20/earth-day-briefing-coke-pepsi-whole-foods-target-caribou-coffee/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:15:19 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74716 It’s that time of year again. In celebration of Earth Day on April 22 companies have been unveiling green initiatives all over the place. Here’s a selection of those that caught our eye. Whole Foods Market has announced that it will become the first national retailer to no longer carry “red-rated” wild-caught seafood in its [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/20/earth-day-briefing-coke-pepsi-whole-foods-target-caribou-coffee/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/19/supervalu-zero-waste-program-saved-3-4m-in-haul-away-costs-earned-36m-recycling-income/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/19/supervalu-zero-waste-program-saved-3-4m-in-haul-away-costs-earned-36m-recycling-income/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:20:01 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74648 Grocery retailer and supplier Supervalu aims to divert 90 percent or more of waste at 250 store locations by February 2013, as part of an expansion of its environmental sustainability program. The end goal is to achieve zero waste throughout its network of about 4,300 stores, the company said. Supervalu said it transitioned 54 stores [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/19/supervalu-zero-waste-program-saved-3-4m-in-haul-away-costs-earned-36m-recycling-income/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/19/mcdonalds-unveils-sustainable-practices/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/19/mcdonalds-unveils-sustainable-practices/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:21:29 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74679 Fast food chain McDonald’s has employed techniques including $500 staff incentives, 30 percent wind power requirements and lightweight tractor-trailers to help green up its operations, according to a report by the company. McDonald’s Global Best of Green 2012 details examples of company programs around the world aimed at energy saving, waste reduction and other environmental [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/19/mcdonalds-unveils-sustainable-practices/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/12/hp-staples-offer-free-e-recycling/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/12/hp-staples-offer-free-e-recycling/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:25:54 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74069 Hewlett-Packard and office products retailer Staples have teamed up to offer free electronics recycling for all brands of office technology at Staples stores nationwide. Small businesses and consumers can drop off used computers, cell phones, MP3 players, fax machines and similar items at any Staples store, regardless of where they were purchased, for HP to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/12/hp-staples-offer-free-e-recycling/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/jewel-oscos-journey-to-zero-waste/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/jewel-oscos-journey-to-zero-waste/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:26:57 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73198 Promo video highlighting sustainability efforts at Jewel-Osco. (It looks like Jewel-Osco has removed this video, which could indicate that this initiative has been abandoned.)]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/06/jewel-oscos-journey-to-zero-waste/feed/ 0