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/2012/05/25/texas-instruments-sustainability-report-normalized-emissions-jump-23/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/texas-instruments-sustainability-report-normalized-emissions-jump-23/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 14:05:33 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77383 Technology firm Texas Instruments’ emissions normalized on a per-chip basis rose 23 percent year-on-year amid a host of other disappointing environmental figures, according to its 2011 corporate sustainability report. TI attributes this to a number of facilities running under capacity – which the company says requires a similar amount of energy to fully loaded operations [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/texas-instruments-sustainability-report-normalized-emissions-jump-23/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/alcoa-sustainability-report-4-5-drop-in-water-intensity-but-landfilling-up-10/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/alcoa-sustainability-report-4-5-drop-in-water-intensity-but-landfilling-up-10/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 14:15:20 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77158 Last year saw aluminum products supplier Alcoa cut its normalized water use by 4.5 percent from 2010 levels, but increase the amount of waste it sent to landfill by 10 percent, according to the company’s 2011 sustainability report. In 2011, Alcoa used 4.2 cubic meters of water per metric ton of production, down from 4.4 [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/alcoa-sustainability-report-4-5-drop-in-water-intensity-but-landfilling-up-10/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/kimberly-clark-sustainability-report-99-9-of-virgin-fiber-from-certified-sources/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/kimberly-clark-sustainability-report-99-9-of-virgin-fiber-from-certified-sources/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 14:06:23 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77045 Kimberly-Clark, the company behind Kleenex, Scott and Huggies, has made significant progress on some of its 2015 sustainability goals, including aiming to source 100 percent of its virgin wood fiber from certified suppliers and achieving zero-waste-to-landfill status, according to the company’s 2011 sustainability report. In June 2011, the company announced that it wanted to draw [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/kimberly-clark-sustainability-report-99-9-of-virgin-fiber-from-certified-sources/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/intel-sustainability-report-tech-giant-commits-to-10-ghg-cut/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/intel-sustainability-report-tech-giant-commits-to-10-ghg-cut/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 14:40:13 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76839 Intel has pledged to reduce its direct greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent on a per-chip basis by 2020 compared to 2010 levels, and announced a 34 percent reduction in its total CO2 emissions last year. The company has also committed to a host of other goals covering its building practices, the efficiency of its [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/intel-sustainability-report-tech-giant-commits-to-10-ghg-cut/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/ericsson-sustainability-report-direct-carbon-intensity-drops-6/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/ericsson-sustainability-report-direct-carbon-intensity-drops-6/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:10:01 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76632 Direct emissions from telecommunications firm Ericsson’s in-house activities totaled around 0.84 Mtonnes during 2011. This corresponds to a six percent reduction in direct emissions intensity from Ericsson’s activities year-on-year, according to the company’s 2011 sustainability report. Last year, the CO2 emissions associated with the lifetime operation of Ericsson products in operation totaled approximately 24 Mtonnes. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/ericsson-sustainability-report-direct-carbon-intensity-drops-6/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/cvs-sustainability-report-carbon-intensity-drops-3-9/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/cvs-sustainability-report-carbon-intensity-drops-3-9/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 06:25:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76412 Pharmacy chain CVS Caremark’s absolute CO2 emissions rose 1.2 percent from 2010 to 2011, but when rationalized against the square feet of retail space the pharmacy chain operates, its emissions fell by 3.85 percent over the same time period. In 2011 CVS emitted 1,800,500 metric tons of CO2 equivalent, up from 1,778,000 CO2e in 2010. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/cvs-sustainability-report-carbon-intensity-drops-3-9/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/coca-cola-enterprises-sustainability-report-carbon-emissions-down-8-5/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/coca-cola-enterprises-sustainability-report-carbon-emissions-down-8-5/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 14:10:50 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76302 Coca Cola Enterprises decreased its carbon footprint by 8.5 percent from 2010 to 2011, while increasing production volume by 3.5 percent, according to the company’s 2011 corporate responsibility and sustainability report. In 2010 CCE, the sole licensed operator for products of The Coca-Cola Company in a number of Western European countries, produced 840,000 metric tons [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/coca-cola-enterprises-sustainability-report-carbon-emissions-down-8-5/feed/ 0 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/2012/05/09/aep-sustainability-report-carbon-emissions-rise-1-5-revenues-up-4-8/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/aep-sustainability-report-carbon-emissions-rise-1-5-revenues-up-4-8/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 14:01:17 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76062 American Electric Power’s total CO2 emissions rose just shy of 1.5 percent from 2010 to 2011, while revenues rose 4.8 percent over that time period, according to the company’s 2012 combined annual report and corporate sustainability report. In 2011, AEP emitted 136 million metric tons of carbon, up from 134 million metric tons in 2010. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/aep-sustainability-report-carbon-emissions-rise-1-5-revenues-up-4-8/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/adidas-delays-carbon-reporting-after-management-tool-hitch/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/adidas-delays-carbon-reporting-after-management-tool-hitch/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 06:41:25 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75827 Adidas missed the chance to include energy, water and carbon metrics in its 2011 sustainability report because of data deviations caused by a new environmental reporting and management tool. According to the report, Adidas introduced the tool for its sites and suppliers during the 2011 reporting period, and has migrated the complete data sets from [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/adidas-delays-carbon-reporting-after-management-tool-hitch/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/nike-sustainability-report-aims-for-20-co2-15-water-10-waste-cuts-by-2015/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/nike-sustainability-report-aims-for-20-co2-15-water-10-waste-cuts-by-2015/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 06:09:38 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75740 Nike has committed itself to a 20 percent reduction in CO2 emissions per unit, a 15 percent improvement in water use per unit of production and a 10 percent reduction in waste from manufacturing by financial year 2015, measured against a financial year 2011 baseline, according to the company’s 2010-2011 sustainability report. Nike’s carbon emissions [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/nike-sustainability-report-aims-for-20-co2-15-water-10-waste-cuts-by-2015/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/abbott-sustainability-report-three-2015-targets-met-four-years-early/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/abbott-sustainability-report-three-2015-targets-met-four-years-early/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 06:13:15 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75651 Global health care company Abbott Laboratories reached its 2015 goals for carbon dioxide emissions, water intake and waste output in 2011, while increasing year-on-year sales by more than 10 percent. In 2009 the company committed to a 15 percent reduction of its absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon dioxide emissions over 2005 levels by [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/abbott-sustainability-report-three-2015-targets-met-four-years-early/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/hershey-sustainability-report-sets-goals-to-cut-water-10-ghgs-13/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/hershey-sustainability-report-sets-goals-to-cut-water-10-ghgs-13/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 14:10:34 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75544 Hershey used its second corporate sustainability report yesterday to publish a set of new sustainability goals including reducing its waste by a quarter, achieving a recycling rate of 85 percent, cutting water consumption by 10 percent and reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent, all by 2015. All targets will be measured against a [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/hershey-sustainability-report-sets-goals-to-cut-water-10-ghgs-13/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/01/timberland-sustainability-report-absolute-emissions-increase-4-5/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/01/timberland-sustainability-report-absolute-emissions-increase-4-5/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 13:00:27 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75430 Clothing brand Timberland’s greenhouse gas emissions increased by 4.5 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to its 2011 corporate social responsibility report. The company says this is a “near constant” result when compared to its financial performance, although the report doesn’t include any raw data on business growth in 2011. In total, 2011 saw Timberland [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/01/timberland-sustainability-report-absolute-emissions-increase-4-5/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/sap-ghgs-up-22-percent-in-q1-2012-compared-to-q1-2011/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/sap-ghgs-up-22-percent-in-q1-2012-compared-to-q1-2011/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:04:21 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75392 Software company SAP emitted 145 kilotons of greenhouse gasses in Q1 2012, a 22 percent increase in GHGs this quarter compared with Q1 2011, according to the firm’s quarterly sustainability report. The German corporation attributes this jump in emissions to a 45 percent increase in air travel, a 7 percent increase in company car emissions [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/sap-ghgs-up-22-percent-in-q1-2012-compared-to-q1-2011/feed/ 0