http://www.environmentalleader.com The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:47:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/cdp-launches-water-disclosure-project/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/cdp-launches-water-disclosure-project/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:41:20 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27678 The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has launched a global water disclosure project to help businesses and institutional investors understand the risks and opportunities associated with water scarcity and other water-related issues, including greater demand for water, shrinking glaciers and changing precipitation patterns that are likely to result in drought and flooding. The organization also released [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/cdp-launches-water-disclosure-project/feed/ 0 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/2009/11/17/oceans-may-trap-more-carbon-than-forests/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/17/oceans-may-trap-more-carbon-than-forests/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:16:20 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27395 Marine ecosystems including seagrass meadows, mangroves and salt marshes have a much greater capacity to trap carbon than land carbon sinks such as forests, according to a report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The organization believes ocean ecosystems are essential to combating global warming. The IUCN partnership report, The Management of Natural [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/17/oceans-may-trap-more-carbon-than-forests/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/17/dry-cooling-challenges-notion-of-water-intensity-for-desert-solar/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/17/dry-cooling-challenges-notion-of-water-intensity-for-desert-solar/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:40:43 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27382 Many desert-based solar thermal power plants increasingly are being criticized for the amount of water they use, but a new dry-cooling technology may help make desert solar more feasible. Solar Millenium LLC plans to use new dry-cooling technology at two plants outside Las Vegas. The technology was developed by parent firm Solar Trust of America LLC. The [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/17/dry-cooling-challenges-notion-of-water-intensity-for-desert-solar/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/water-conservation-a-target-for-corporations-investors/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/water-conservation-a-target-for-corporations-investors/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:23:54 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27319 The notion that water is the next oil, in terms of global supply pressures, continues to gain prescience in light of steps to better manage water, as well as to profit by hoarding it. Two examples come to bear in Texas. The Lower Colorado River Authority, a utility that services central and south Texas, as well as [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/16/water-conservation-a-target-for-corporations-investors/feed/ 0 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/2009/11/11/greenbuild-conference-news-roundup-day-1/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/11/greenbuild-conference-news-roundup-day-1/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:26 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27110 With the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo now underway in Phoenix, Ariz., here are some of the initial announcements. YKK AP America has launched (PDF) two new products aimed at improving the energy-efficiency of commercial buildings. The company has expanded its enerGfacade product line with the addition of two new aluminum door and curtain wall products [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/11/greenbuild-conference-news-roundup-day-1/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/around-the-web-shell-hp-obama-geoengineering/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/around-the-web-shell-hp-obama-geoengineering/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:01:53 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26924 Today’s news from around the web. Shell to pay $19.5 mln for California violations Yahoo Finance G20 makes little progress on climate financing Reuters U.S. Water Use Declines Despite 30% Population Increase CleanTechnica Hewlett Packard’s Data Center Smart Grid: Two Trends in One Name Seeking Alpha Obama set to announce US target for cutting emissions at summit Times Online Economic growth and costly oil Western Farm Press Geoengineering [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/around-the-web-shell-hp-obama-geoengineering/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/05/mckesson-to-save-300k-via-fuel-efficient-vehicles/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/05/mckesson-to-save-300k-via-fuel-efficient-vehicles/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:24:21 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26766 McKesson Corp. continues to gain a better understanding of its emissions, energy consumption and water consumption companywide. In the firm’s 2008-2009 Corporate Citizenship Report, the company tracked energy consumption and CO2 emissions at 49 facilities, representing 64 percent of its U.S. real estate footprint, and water consumption for 35 facilities, representing 47 percent of its [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/05/mckesson-to-save-300k-via-fuel-efficient-vehicles/feed/ 0