http://www.environmentalleader.com The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:16:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/whirlpool-cuts-water-use-by-nearly-22-from-2004-to-2008/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/whirlpool-cuts-water-use-by-nearly-22-from-2004-to-2008/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:34:36 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27683 Whirlpool Corp. is on track to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 6.6 percent by 2012, according to the company’s first global sustainability report. The company also cut water use by 21.5 percent and overall waste generated per unit decreased by nearly 4 percent from 2004 to 2008. The appliance maker also recycled 90 [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/whirlpool-cuts-water-use-by-nearly-22-from-2004-to-2008/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/around-the-web-starbucks-ecofactor-ups-brownfields-eco-labels/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/around-the-web-starbucks-ecofactor-ups-brownfields-eco-labels/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:02:56 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27554 Today’s news from around the Web. Spin Meter: Feds buy green cars, auction rejects AP Secret Starbucks Unveiled Behind Green Curtain Seattle PI The Green Supply Chain MarketWatch Can You Have Prosperity Without Growth? NY Times Cleantech Open Winner Revealed! EcoFactor Takes the Grand Prize Earth2Tech EU’s eco-labeling scheme to tackle more products Reuters Brownfield cleanups in New Orleans set example for nation, EPA leader says NOLA UPS Gets Energy [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/19/around-the-web-starbucks-ecofactor-ups-brownfields-eco-labels/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/around-the-web-health-care-energy-shell-nbc/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/around-the-web-health-care-energy-shell-nbc/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:01:18 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27476 Today’s news from around the Web: Will the Health Care Bill Hurt Renewable Energy? BusinessWeek Shell pushes for unfettered carbon trading markets Houston Chronicle Making commercial buildings greener, environmentally friendly Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Mapping a floating swath of plastic waste CNN Obama: Rally the world for climate deal next month AP Japan steelmakers buy less CO2 offsets than thought Reuters Paying Extra for Green Power, and Getting [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/around-the-web-health-care-energy-shell-nbc/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/from-sewage-to-fuel-and-other-biofuel-developments/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/from-sewage-to-fuel-and-other-biofuel-developments/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:34:20 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27345 A new process being developed at the University of Kansas aims to turn treated sewage into biofuel. Meanwhile, the Department of Energy and USDA are putting $24 million into research of other biomass and biofuel projects. At KU, researchers are testing a process by which microbes munch through treated sewage, creating an algae brew that can [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/from-sewage-to-fuel-and-other-biofuel-developments/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/13/heinz-on-track-to-reduce-ghg-emissions-waste-energy-use-and-water-consumption-20-by-2015/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/13/heinz-on-track-to-reduce-ghg-emissions-waste-energy-use-and-water-consumption-20-by-2015/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:47:54 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27257 H. J. Heinz Company has significantly reduced its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, solid waste, energy use and water consumption over the past year, keeping the company on track to meet its 20 percent reduction target across the board by 2015, according the firm’s 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Report. Here are several environmental highlights from the report. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/13/heinz-on-track-to-reduce-ghg-emissions-waste-energy-use-and-water-consumption-20-by-2015/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/11/ykk-groups-recycling-rate-hits-nearly-98/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/11/ykk-groups-recycling-rate-hits-nearly-98/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:52:37 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27074 The YKK Group, based in Japan, is targeting zero emissions at all its global production sites by recycling, according to its Social and Environmental Report 2009. The group’s recycling rate increased to 97.9 percent in fiscal year (FY) 2008, up from 97.6 percent in FY 2007. In fiscal 2005, the company achieved zero emissions at [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/11/ykk-groups-recycling-rate-hits-nearly-98/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/05/yokohama-rubber-cuts-ghg-emissions-13-4-in-2008/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/05/yokohama-rubber-cuts-ghg-emissions-13-4-in-2008/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:11:32 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26746 Yokohama Rubber Group’s greenhouse gas emissions at operations in Japan were 13.4 percent lower in fiscal year (FY) 2008 than in the base year (1990), marking the third year in a row that the company has exceeded the target reduction in emissions set for Japan under the Kyoto Protocol, according to the company’s CSR Report [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/05/yokohama-rubber-cuts-ghg-emissions-13-4-in-2008/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/xerox-cuts-ghg-emissions-by-20-from-2002/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/xerox-cuts-ghg-emissions-by-20-from-2002/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:16:26 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26677 Xerox Corp. reports greenhouse gas emissions fell 20 percent from 2002 to 2008, and says it will deliver a 25 percent reduction in total GHG emissions by 2012 from a 2002 baseline, according to the company’s 2009 Report on Global Citizenship (PDF). Xerox’s environmental sustainability goals (PDF) center on climate protection, preserving biodiversity and the world’s [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/xerox-cuts-ghg-emissions-by-20-from-2002/feed/ 6 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/waste-management-landfill-gas-project-complete/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/waste-management-landfill-gas-project-complete/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:11:13 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26696 A Waste Management Inc. landfill gas capture project at the Altamont Landfill near Livermore, Calif., has finally come into production, and now is powering 300 of Waste Management’s nearly 500 natural gas-powered waste and recycling collection trucks. The $15.5 million joint venture between The Linde Group and Houston-based Waste Management was announced last May, when the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/04/waste-management-landfill-gas-project-complete/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/02/a-roadmap-for-a-renewable-energy-partnership/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/02/a-roadmap-for-a-renewable-energy-partnership/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:29:32 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26448 Partnerships can greatly accelerate the pace at which sustainability innovations are incorporated into the supply chain. Often, these collaborations are created precisely to tackle a sustainability challenge for which there are no known solutions. Partnerships that successfully break new ground tend to follow a roadmap that ensures the benefits of collaboration go well beyond [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/02/a-roadmap-for-a-renewable-energy-partnership/feed/ 0