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/2012/05/21/ten-steps-to-quality-supplier-relations/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/ten-steps-to-quality-supplier-relations/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 13:29:41 +0000 Chris Nowak http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76955 Probing the 2012 regulatory landscape, quality and risk managers want to know, “Specifically, how do we start a program of compliance?” The answer is:  start with #1 below. Then proceed to #2. Quality programs don’t have to be drudgery; they can be rational, engaging, dynamic processes. When it comes to suppliers, think “alliance,” not “compliance.” [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/21/ten-steps-to-quality-supplier-relations/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/international-paper-expects-to-meet-12-sustainability-goals-by-2020/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/international-paper-expects-to-meet-12-sustainability-goals-by-2020/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 12:30:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76748 International Paper has outlined 12 voluntary sustainability goals that it expects to meet by the end of the decade, including a 15 percent efficiency improvement in its purchased energy use. The Memphis, Tenn.-based company detailed the goals in its 2011 Sustainability Report. These goals aim to reduce emissions as well as cut water consumption, improve the supply chain [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/17/international-paper-expects-to-meet-12-sustainability-goals-by-2020/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/hilton-bsr-launch-sustainable-procurement-center/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/hilton-bsr-launch-sustainable-procurement-center/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 07:15:54 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76663 Hilton Worldwide and sustainability consultants BSR have launched a three-year initiative to help procurement professionals make more informed purchasing decisions based on the best available sustainability data and information. The Center for Sustainable Procurement, or CSP, will publish research and work with companies to integrate sustainability data into the procurement process at the product category [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/hilton-bsr-launch-sustainable-procurement-center/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/us-airways-pitney-bowes-drop-sustainable-forestry-initiative/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/us-airways-pitney-bowes-drop-sustainable-forestry-initiative/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 06:56:11 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76685 US Airways, Shutterfly, Energizer, Allied Electronics, Phillips Van Heusen, Pitney Bowes and Ruby Tuesday will stop using the Sustainable Forestry Initiative seal on their products, marking a growing exodus from the eco-label, according to non-profit ForestEthics. To date, 21 major brands have distanced themselves from SFI, ForestEthics says. Many of these companies also have made [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/us-airways-pitney-bowes-drop-sustainable-forestry-initiative/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/big-companies-hold-the-key-to-sustainable-commerce/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/big-companies-hold-the-key-to-sustainable-commerce/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 13:18:05 +0000 David Schatsky http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75943 The world’s largest companies hold the key to setting global commerce on an environmentally sustainable path. The top 500 companies in the world generate $23 trillion in annual revenue, more than a third of global GDP. If the world’s largest companies can achieve radical improvements in their environmental performance—slashing their negative impacts while finding new [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/big-companies-hold-the-key-to-sustainable-commerce/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/fujitsu-joins-casellas-closed-loop-recycling-program/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/fujitsu-joins-casellas-closed-loop-recycling-program/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 13:30:00 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75831 Technology firm Fujitsu Frontech North America has joined Casella Waste Systems’ Power of Three closed loop recycling service. Power of Three is Casella’s newest service for customers aiming to create zero waste. The initiative picks up a customer’s recycling, processes that recycling into new products, and then provides those products back to the customer in [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/07/fujitsu-joins-casellas-closed-loop-recycling-program/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/safeway-whole-foods-win-first-good-greenpeace-seafood-ratings/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/safeway-whole-foods-win-first-good-greenpeace-seafood-ratings/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 16:22:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75779 Safeway and Whole Foods have become the first retailers ever to earn a “green”, or “good” rating for commitment to the sustainability of the seafood they sell, in Greenpeace’s annual Seafood Retailer Scorecard. The grocery chains earned scores of 7.1 and seven respectively in the scorecard, which has been released each year since 2008. Seven [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/safeway-whole-foods-win-first-good-greenpeace-seafood-ratings/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/free-online-tool-helps-manufacturers-assess-sustainability-efforts/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/free-online-tool-helps-manufacturers-assess-sustainability-efforts/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 16:20:20 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75741 UL Environment, the environmental services unit of Underwriters Laboratories, has launched a free web-based tool to help manufacturers assess their corporate sustainability efforts. The online self-assessment tool is the latest component of the UL’s Sustainability Quotient Program, a system of auditable standards created last year to assess, rate and certify sustainability at the enterprise level. Last [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/free-online-tool-helps-manufacturers-assess-sustainability-efforts/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/greenstone-tool-promises-to-streamline-supply-chain-monitoring/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/greenstone-tool-promises-to-streamline-supply-chain-monitoring/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 13:30:14 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75644 Greenstone Carbon Management Limited has launched SupplierPortal, an online tool that allows suppliers and their buyers to share and monitor environment, labor, health and safety and anti-bribery and corruption information. The portal lets suppliers record their responsible sourcing information once and then publish it to multiple buyers. SupplierPortal can also calculate suppliers’ carbon, waste and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/greenstone-tool-promises-to-streamline-supply-chain-monitoring/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/puma-earns-a-apple-takes-home-d-in-eiris-sustainability-rankings/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/puma-earns-a-apple-takes-home-d-in-eiris-sustainability-rankings/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 15:26:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75600 German sportswear manufacturer Puma tops EIRIS’ Top 10 Global Sustainability Leaders list while Apple earns a D, in a ranking that sees UK and European companies receive higher marks than their US and Asian counterparts. With the UN’s 2012 Rio+20 Earth Summit coming up in June, the research house applied its Sustainability Ratings methodology to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/02/puma-earns-a-apple-takes-home-d-in-eiris-sustainability-rankings/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/survey-sustainability-an-important-factor-in-supply-chain-choices/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/survey-sustainability-an-important-factor-in-supply-chain-choices/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:55:03 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75353 Seventy-two percent of US companies say sustainability influences their purchasing decisions and is an important factor when selecting a service provider, according to a survey by cloud computing firm Rackspace Hosting. Outside of the US, 91 percent of companies that participated in the survey said sustainability has been built into their purchasing decisions on either [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/survey-sustainability-an-important-factor-in-supply-chain-choices/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/gucci-parent-ppr-pledges-25-cut-in-co2-water-waste/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/gucci-parent-ppr-pledges-25-cut-in-co2-water-waste/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:15:24 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75332 Luxury and sporting goods group PPR – the company behind Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen and Puma – has unveiled a raft of sustainability goals. The group has pledged to reduce its carbon emissions, waste and water usage resulting from the production of products and services by 25 percent by 2016, when normalized against [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/30/gucci-parent-ppr-pledges-25-cut-in-co2-water-waste/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/burger-king-to-use-only-cage-free-eggs-crate-free-pork-by-2017/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/burger-king-to-use-only-cage-free-eggs-crate-free-pork-by-2017/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:35:41 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75109 Burger King Corp. has pledged to transition its US supply chain to 100 percent cage-free eggs by 2017, and only purchase pork from suppliers that can demonstrate documented plans to end their use of gestation crates for breeding pigs. The Humane Society of the United States supports the move, Burger King says. The pressure group said [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/burger-king-to-use-only-cage-free-eggs-crate-free-pork-by-2017/feed/ 4 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/25/cost-of-food-as-catalyst-for-change-cannot-be-ignored/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/25/cost-of-food-as-catalyst-for-change-cannot-be-ignored/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:54:01 +0000 Dennis Salazar http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75021 In 18th century Paris the first thing the lieutenant of police did every morning upon reaching his desk was to inquire as to the price of a loaf of bread in the bakers’ shops of Paris. The price of the loaf would tell him whether he could expect a quiet day or should prepare for [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/25/cost-of-food-as-catalyst-for-change-cannot-be-ignored/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/23/coca-cola-carbon-trust-study-investigates-personal-carbon-allowances/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/23/coca-cola-carbon-trust-study-investigates-personal-carbon-allowances/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:30:17 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74809 A study by Coca-Cola Co. and The Carbon Trust that investigated how people might respond to personal carbon allowances found while easy-to-understand environmental information changed behavior, consumers were still reluctant to give up certain high-carbon choices in their lifestyles. The group this month published a white paper outlining the study and conclusions. Carbon Trust and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/23/coca-cola-carbon-trust-study-investigates-personal-carbon-allowances/feed/ 4