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/2012/02/07/colgate-sustainability-report-goals-met-for-ghgs-water-use-energy-cod/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/colgate-sustainability-report-goals-met-for-ghgs-water-use-energy-cod/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:51:29 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69552 Colgate-Palmolive beat goals of cutting greenhouse gas emissions and water use by five and 25 percent from 2002 to 2010, achieving reductions of 7.8 percent and 34.6 percent respectively, according to its 2011 sustainability report. In that time the company also beat a five percent energy reduction goal, cutting energy use by 8.6 percent, and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/colgate-sustainability-report-goals-met-for-ghgs-water-use-energy-cod/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/2012/01/31/coke-improves-water-efficiency-for-8th-straight-year/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/coke-improves-water-efficiency-for-8th-straight-year/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:45:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69188 In 2010, Coca-Cola improved its water use efficiency for the eighth consecutive year, with a ratio of 2.26 liters of water per liter of product, according to its eighth systemwide sustainability report. This was a four percent reduction from 2009 levels and a 16 percent reduction since 2004, the company’s baseline year. The company is [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/coke-improves-water-efficiency-for-8th-straight-year/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/24/honda-na-hits-another-co2-goal-a-year-late/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/24/honda-na-hits-another-co2-goal-a-year-late/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:45:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68805 Last year Honda met its 2010 goal of a 20 percent cut to CO2 from power equipment production, with a 27.2 percent drop from 2000 levels, according to its 2011 North American environmental report. The goal was the fifth of six CO2 targets that the company set for itself to meet in 2010. The first [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/24/honda-na-hits-another-co2-goal-a-year-late/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/crown-holdings-cuts-direct-ghgs-8/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/crown-holdings-cuts-direct-ghgs-8/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:55:13 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68701 Crown Holdings, a leading supplier of cans and other metal packaging products to consumer marketing companies, cuts its direct greenhouse gas emissions by eight percent from 2007 to 2010, according to its first sustainability report. The $7.9 billion-sales company, which makes food and beverage cans and ends, aerosol cans, metal vacuum closures and caps, and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/crown-holdings-cuts-direct-ghgs-8/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/17/standards-compliance-briefing-apple-supply-chain-audits-council-for-responsible-sports-e-stewards/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/17/standards-compliance-briefing-apple-supply-chain-audits-council-for-responsible-sports-e-stewards/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:00:31 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68415 Apple, Inc. released information on 229 supply-chain audits of compliance with health, safety and environmental standards, along with the names of its suppliers and manufacturing partners, reports Safety & Health Practitioner. According to Apple’s website, 112 facilities were not handling hazardous chemicals properly; 69 facilities were not recycling or disposing of hazardous waste properly; and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/17/standards-compliance-briefing-apple-supply-chain-audits-council-for-responsible-sports-e-stewards/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/17/apple-releases-supplier-list-as-ngos-praise-chinese-transparency-progress/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/17/apple-releases-supplier-list-as-ngos-praise-chinese-transparency-progress/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:39:24 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68434 The National Resources Defense Council and Beijing-based NGO the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs have said China is making steady progress on environmental transparency, the same weekend that Apple published its first list of suppliers. In their third annual Pollution Information Transparency Index (Chinese only), the NGOs said the public is increasingly well-informed about pollution [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/17/apple-releases-supplier-list-as-ngos-praise-chinese-transparency-progress/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/13/gm-sets-energy-carbon-water-goals-in-first-report-as-new-firm/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/13/gm-sets-energy-carbon-water-goals-in-first-report-as-new-firm/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:30:31 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68319 The General Motors Company has committed to reduce its facilities’ energy intensity and carbon intensity by 20 percent, and water intensity by 15 percent, all by 2020, according to its first sustainability report since re-organizing in 2009. The company also committed to 2020 goals of: Reducing facilities’ waste by 10 percent Cutting volatile organic compound [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/13/gm-sets-energy-carbon-water-goals-in-first-report-as-new-firm/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/11/intuit-cuts-electricity-per-dollar-revenue-absolute-consumption-rises/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/11/intuit-cuts-electricity-per-dollar-revenue-absolute-consumption-rises/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:59:30 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68157 Intuit has steadily improved its electricity usage relative to revenue since 2007, but its absolute electricity usage has increased since FY08, according to the company’s first sustainability report. The report did not provide relative electricity usage figures, though the company said it has made annual improvements in this area. Instead, the report presents a chart [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/11/intuit-cuts-electricity-per-dollar-revenue-absolute-consumption-rises/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/09/ryder-cuts-direct-indirect-emissions/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/09/ryder-cuts-direct-indirect-emissions/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:15:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67977 Ryder System’s direct GHG emissions fell two percent in 2010, from 470,481 metric tons to 461,828 metric tons, and were down 18 percent on 2008’s level of 565,488 metric tons, according to the company’s latest corporate sustainability report. Direct emissions included on-site natural gas consumption and Ryder owned/operated vehicles. The Fortune 500 transportation, logistics and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/09/ryder-cuts-direct-indirect-emissions/feed/ 0