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/kmart-supervalu-6-other-supermarkets-drop-app-toilet-paper-over-forest-concerns/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/kmart-supervalu-6-other-supermarkets-drop-app-toilet-paper-over-forest-concerns/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:33:32 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69736 Kmart, Kroger, BI-LO, Harris Teeter, Supervalu, Weis Markets, Brookshire Grocery Company and Delhaize Group (owner of Food Lion) have all decided to stop carrying tissue products made with fiber from Asia Pulp & Paper, the World Wildlife Fund says in a new report. Don’t Flush Tiger Forests: Toilet Paper, U.S. Supermarkets, and the Destruction of [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/kmart-supervalu-6-other-supermarkets-drop-app-toilet-paper-over-forest-concerns/feed/ 5 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/delivering-sustainable-supply-chains/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/delivering-sustainable-supply-chains/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:11:03 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69684 Regulation, along with a drive to improve efficiency and enhance corporate reputation, has encouraged the majority of large organizations to look at how they can measure and reduce carbon in their own business.  As this becomes standard business practice, leading businesses are now focusing on how to make continual, ongoing improvements to their carbon footprint [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/delivering-sustainable-supply-chains/feed/ 1 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/2012/02/09/sustainability-as-economic-game-changer-part-ii/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/sustainability-as-economic-game-changer-part-ii/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:50:58 +0000 Christopher Gleadle http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69680 For CEOs, the passport of sustainability delivers clear environmental, social and economic governance. As such, the sustainability passport assists in the protection against economic vulnerability through the momentum of changing market forces and mandatory reporting. And, whilst most trends emerge slowly, or very slowly, sustainability is gaining traction across the globe, as its implications are [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/sustainability-as-economic-game-changer-part-ii/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/standards-compliance-briefing-energy-star-fsc-chain-of-custody-esg-rating-system/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/standards-compliance-briefing-energy-star-fsc-chain-of-custody-esg-rating-system/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:29:59 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69692 Mitsubishi’s 75-inch LaserVue television was named Energy Star Most Efficient for 2012, placing it among the top energy-efficient televisions 55-inches or larger sold in the U.S. Mitsubishi says it is the largest TV to be recognized in the Most Efficient Energy Star rankings; as well LaserVue is the world’s first laser TV, and it operates [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/standards-compliance-briefing-energy-star-fsc-chain-of-custody-esg-rating-system/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/is-the-chief-sustainability-officer-on-its-way-out/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/is-the-chief-sustainability-officer-on-its-way-out/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:58:05 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69717 Some businesses are rejecting the chief sustainability officer model, in the fear that such a position prevents sustainability getting embedded throughout the company’s operations, according to a white paper from Accenture. The Chief Executive Officer’s Perspective (pdf), the first in Accenture’s Lessons from Leaders series, says that the CSO has risen significantly in prominence since [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/09/is-the-chief-sustainability-officer-on-its-way-out/feed/ 8 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/2012/02/07/win-recognition-for-your-colleges-environmental-program/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/win-recognition-for-your-colleges-environmental-program/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:15:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69569 Enviance and Environmental Leader are hosting a March Madness tournament to determine the university with the best undergraduate programs in environmental studies and sustainability. The tournament, running at the same time as the NCAA college basketball championship of the same name, will award $5,000 to the environmental and sustainability department of one National Champion, and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/win-recognition-for-your-colleges-environmental-program/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/will-customers-pay-more-for-green/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/will-customers-pay-more-for-green/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:22:58 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69528 Will people pay to go green? That’s a key question – maybe the question – for any company committed to sustainability. At Walmart, we’ve learned that the answer is a bit nuanced: Basically, usually not – but it depends. Some customers will pay more for certain products that are better for the environment, and their [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/will-customers-pay-more-for-green/feed/ 6 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