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/tesco-tackles-food-waste-with-ethylene-absorbing-strips/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/tesco-tackles-food-waste-with-ethylene-absorbing-strips/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:41:38 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69725 Tesco is trialing a packaging strip developed by It’sFresh! Ltd. in an effort to make food last longer and prevent waste. The U.K. supermarket giant will be the first retailer to test the packaging on tomatoes and avocados, which are the food items that go to waste most often, The Guardian reports. The company says the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/tesco-tackles-food-waste-with-ethylene-absorbing-strips/feed/ 0 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/oasis-calls-on-customers-to-audit-its-paper-sustainability/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/oasis-calls-on-customers-to-audit-its-paper-sustainability/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:28:32 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69648 Oasis Brands has invited leading U.S. grocery chains to audit its Indonesia-sourced tissue products, including materials sourced from Asia Pulp & Paper. In a letter to grocery retailers, Oasis Brands said the offer of an independent audit was fully supported by APP, its major supplier in Indonesia. Oasis CEO Philip Rundle said the time has [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/oasis-calls-on-customers-to-audit-its-paper-sustainability/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/warm-winters-hurting-some-businesses-boosting-others/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/warm-winters-hurting-some-businesses-boosting-others/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:01:19 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69314 Apparel makers and retailers, ski resort operators and natural gas producers are feeling the pinch from abnormally warm winter temperatures in the U.S., although some companies could benefit from lower heating costs and snow removal charges, Reuters reports. Average temperatures across the country were 3 to 4 degrees F above normal last month, and heating [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/02/warm-winters-hurting-some-businesses-boosting-others/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/2012/02/01/walmart-rockets-from-15th-to-third-on-epa-green-power-rankings/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/walmart-rockets-from-15th-to-third-on-epa-green-power-rankings/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:50:52 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69273 Walmart has shot to third place on the EPA’s rankings of the country’s top green power purchasers, from 15th place just last quarter. The Green Power Partnership ranking, for the retailer’s Texas and California facilities alone, pushes Whole Foods down to fourth place. According to the EPA’s data, Walmart’s facilities in the two states use [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/walmart-rockets-from-15th-to-third-on-epa-green-power-rankings/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/tesco-quits-carbon-labeling/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/tesco-quits-carbon-labeling/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:37:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69116 Tesco, the U.K.’s biggest retailer, has decided to stop using a carbon labeling program a few years after promising to label all 70,000 of its products. Tesco will no longer use the Carbon Trust labels on its products, saying that the program is too expensive and time-consuming, The Grocer reports. The supermarket chain said the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/tesco-quits-carbon-labeling/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/naturebake-oregon-grains-100-mile-bread-story/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/naturebake-oregon-grains-100-mile-bread-story/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:42:26 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68950 A look at the sustainability model for using locally grown and processed ingredients at NatureBake’s Oregon Grains bread.]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/naturebake-oregon-grains-100-mile-bread-story/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/retailers-shrink-stores-to-save-energy-report-finds/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/retailers-shrink-stores-to-save-energy-report-finds/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:00:30 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68981 Big-box retailers are gravitating towards smaller stores and distribution centers as they seek to reduce energy use, create transportation efficiencies and support communities, according to the first Retail Sustainability Report from the Retail Industry Leaders Association. RILA said the trend is for smaller, more efficient stores on brownfield sites. For example, Petco’s Unleashed stores cater [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/retailers-shrink-stores-to-save-energy-report-finds/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/25/albe-zakes-discusses-terracycles-retailer-recycling-program/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/25/albe-zakes-discusses-terracycles-retailer-recycling-program/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:50:10 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68870 Beyondtheline.org interview with Albe Zakes, the 25 year-old Global VP, Media at TerraCycle, Inc., an’upcycling’ company, which converts waste materials into eco-friendly products available at retailers. Here’s a look at its in-store recycling program.]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/25/albe-zakes-discusses-terracycles-retailer-recycling-program/feed/ 1