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/2012/05/25/new-york-power-authority-discusses-conservation-and-sustainability/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/new-york-power-authority-discusses-conservation-and-sustainability/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 10:23:29 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76202 New York Power authority executives John Suloway and Ed Alkiewicz discuss with HydroWorld.com the utility’s Little Beaver Island habitat improvement project, environmental sustainability, and the challenges faced in receiving FERC approval.]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/new-york-power-authority-discusses-conservation-and-sustainability/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/2012/05/23/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/2012/05/23/how-gaming-can-deliver-your-sustainability-targets/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/how-gaming-can-deliver-your-sustainability-targets/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 14:05:11 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77184 To compete with rivals, it is a good idea to think ahead. Even though green legislation affecting business is relatively new, it pays for companies to review their green strategy to protect themselves from penalties as new laws are enforced. But on a practical level, how do you make sustainability a priority? At your weekly [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/how-gaming-can-deliver-your-sustainability-targets/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/accenture-44-of-senior-execs-say-sustainability-critical-to-business/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/accenture-44-of-senior-execs-say-sustainability-critical-to-business/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 07:30:46 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77227 Forty-four percent of senior executives say that sustainability is critical to their businesses, according to an Accenture report, and that figure rises to 64 percent in emerging markets. The consulting firm surveyed 250 senior executives in the United States, Japan, Germany, France and the United Kingdom, as well as China, Brazil and India, about sustainable [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/23/accenture-44-of-senior-execs-say-sustainability-critical-to-business/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/2012/05/22/sustainability-efforts-at-snowville-creamery/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/sustainability-efforts-at-snowville-creamery/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 10:04:18 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76194 Speaking at The Spring Sustainability Summit 2012, Warren Taylor discusses sustainability efforts at Snowville Creamery.]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/22/sustainability-efforts-at-snowville-creamery/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/innovation-a-part-of-basfs-dna/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/innovation-a-part-of-basfs-dna/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 13:31:36 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76773 A key element of future-proof brands is innovation. As someone with a particular interest in building tough, resilient brands of the future, I’m always curious how big companies keep their innovation, well, innovative. After all, innovation tends to thrive in open, collaborative environments where failure is welcomed and old ideas can be jettisoned — not [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/innovation-a-part-of-basfs-dna/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/app-to-suspend-natural-forest-clearance/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/app-to-suspend-natural-forest-clearance/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:20:31 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76612 Asia Pulp & Paper is suspending natural forest clearance on its own pulpwood plantations in Indonesia, effective June 1, as part of a new commitment to international standards on High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF). APP, which is the world’s third largest paper supplier, will ask its independent suppliers to abide by the new principles – [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/app-to-suspend-natural-forest-clearance/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/gm-aims-for-third-leed-with-water-recycling-solar-composting/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/gm-aims-for-third-leed-with-water-recycling-solar-composting/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 06:19:15 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76572 General Motors is building an engine plant in southern Brazil equipped with numerous sustainable features including solar energy and water recycling systems, which the company expects will secure the building LEED certification. If successful, the facility would join GM’s Lansing Delta Township assembly plant in Michigan and its China headquarters in Shanghai in earning this [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/gm-aims-for-third-leed-with-water-recycling-solar-composting/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/policy-enforcement-briefing-german-solar-subsidies-australian-carbon-price-honda-hybrid-suit/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/policy-enforcement-briefing-german-solar-subsidies-australian-carbon-price-honda-hybrid-suit/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 13:50:46 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76463 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes eight items. The German parliament’s upper house has rallied enough support to delay plans to cut solar subsidies for as long as several months. But those opposing the proposal to slash feed-in tariffs by between 20 and nearly [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/14/policy-enforcement-briefing-german-solar-subsidies-australian-carbon-price-honda-hybrid-suit/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/pepsico-wal-mart-partner-to-manage-ecosystem-risks/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/pepsico-wal-mart-partner-to-manage-ecosystem-risks/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 16:45:19 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76364 Anglo American, Grupo Andre Maggi, PepsiCo, Vale, Votorantim and Walmart have partnered to develop business strategies that protect the ecosystems in which they operate in Brazil. The newly formed Parceria Empresarial pelos Serviços Ecossistêmicos, or Brazilian Business and Ecosystem Services Partnership, is an initiative to show how biodiversity and ecosystem services – the benefits that [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/pepsico-wal-mart-partner-to-manage-ecosystem-risks/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/excessive-water-use-threatening-business-in-major-economies/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/excessive-water-use-threatening-business-in-major-economies/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 15:30:44 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76322 Unsustainable water use is threatening agriculture, other business and populations in China, India and the US, according to a study by risk analysis company Maplecroft. The Water Stress Index calculates the water stress of over 168 countries by evaluating renewable supplies of water from precipitation, streams and rivers against domestic, industrial and agricultural use. The [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/excessive-water-use-threatening-business-in-major-economies/feed/ 5