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/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/2012/02/08/tools-of-the-manufacturing-trade-part-v/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/tools-of-the-manufacturing-trade-part-v/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:15:46 +0000 David Dornfeld http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69612 Software to the rescue… In part 4 of this series, I introduced the idea of the “design to production pipeline.”  This was to illustrate the design to manufacturing continuum and show a strategy whereby the designer, looking into the pipeline from the design perspective, could see the follow-on steps and requirements for successful production. Although [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/08/tools-of-the-manufacturing-trade-part-v/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/upm-to-build-major-biodiesel-refinery/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/upm-to-build-major-biodiesel-refinery/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:27:55 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69551 Finnish paper company UPM is to build the world’s first industrial-scale plant to turn a wood byproduct into biodiesel. The Lappeenranta, Finland, biorefinery will produce annually approximately 100,000 tonnes of advanced second generation biodiesel for use in vehicles, UPM says. Construction of the biorefinery will begin in the summer of 2012 and be completed in [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/upm-to-build-major-biodiesel-refinery/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/north-america-lags-on-supplier-emission-cuts/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/north-america-lags-on-supplier-emission-cuts/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:19:13 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69286 North American suppliers are likely to fall behind in the race to capitalize on climate change opportunities, scoring a D average on emissions performance compared to the C average for European and Asian suppliers, according to research published today by the Carbon Disclosure Project and Accenture. A New Era: Supplier Management in the Low-Carbon Economy, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/north-america-lags-on-supplier-emission-cuts/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/standards-compliance-briefing-rainforest-alliance-leed-certificationsvvv/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/standards-compliance-briefing-rainforest-alliance-leed-certificationsvvv/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:09:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69179 Hershey’s says that later this year, U.S. consumers will be able to purchase Hershey’s Bliss products with 100 percent cocoa from Rainforest Alliance-certified farms. The certification addresses environmental protection, social equity and economic viability. Burbank Water and Power (BWP) and AHBE Landscape Architects (AHBE) have announced the completion of the first phase of the revamp [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/31/standards-compliance-briefing-rainforest-alliance-leed-certificationsvvv/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/which-%e2%80%98big-three%e2%80%99-car-maker-wins-on-low-carbon-growth/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/which-%e2%80%98big-three%e2%80%99-car-maker-wins-on-low-carbon-growth/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:10:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68960 Sales of light vehicles to US consumers were up 10% in 2011 compared to the previous year. Revenues are growing, but which US carmaker is winning the carbon race? Last year marked the second year of steady expansion for the top three U.S. car firms – General Motors (GM), Ford and Chrysler – after a [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/which-%e2%80%98big-three%e2%80%99-car-maker-wins-on-low-carbon-growth/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/sustainability-as-economic-game-changer/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/sustainability-as-economic-game-changer/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:50:05 +0000 Christopher Gleadle http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68940 “It is one thing to flirt with an idea, and another thing to be married to it.” –Freud In founding a new long-term, visionary world economy, there is no more apposite topic than sustainability — where we develop and establish a durable, value-generating business model delivering long-term protection of the global economy, society and natural [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/sustainability-as-economic-game-changer/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/retailers-shrink-stores-to-save-energy-report-finds/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/retailers-shrink-stores-to-save-energy-report-finds/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:00:30 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68981 Big-box retailers are gravitating towards smaller stores and distribution centers as they seek to reduce energy use, create transportation efficiencies and support communities, according to the first Retail Sustainability Report from the Retail Industry Leaders Association. RILA said the trend is for smaller, more efficient stores on brownfield sites. For example, Petco’s Unleashed stores cater [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/retailers-shrink-stores-to-save-energy-report-finds/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/what-2011-taught-us-about-the-green-supply-chain-and-what-it-means-for-2012/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/what-2011-taught-us-about-the-green-supply-chain-and-what-it-means-for-2012/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:43:35 +0000 David Schatsky http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68738 As regular readers of Environmental Leader know, there was a blizzard of corporate sustainability news in 2011. There are lots of lessons to be learned from the prior year, and some important implications for 2012. Some of the biggest lessons surround sustainability in the supply chain. Supply Chain Impacts Can Swamp a Company’s Direct Impacts [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/what-2011-taught-us-about-the-green-supply-chain-and-what-it-means-for-2012/feed/ 0