http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Wed, 16 May 2012 15:04:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/app-to-suspend-natural-forest-clearance/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/app-to-suspend-natural-forest-clearance/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:20:31 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76612 Asia Pulp & Paper is suspending natural forest clearance on its own pulpwood plantations in Indonesia, effective June 1, as part of a new commitment to international standards on High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF). APP, which is the world’s third largest paper supplier, will ask its independent suppliers to abide by the new principles – [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/app-to-suspend-natural-forest-clearance/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/ericsson-sustainability-report-direct-carbon-intensity-drops-6/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/ericsson-sustainability-report-direct-carbon-intensity-drops-6/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:10:01 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76632 Direct emissions from telecommunications firm Ericsson’s in-house activities totaled around 0.84 Mtonnes during 2011. This corresponds to a six percent reduction in direct emissions intensity from Ericsson’s activities year-on-year, according to the company’s 2011 sustainability report. Last year, the CO2 emissions associated with the lifetime operation of Ericsson products in operation totaled approximately 24 Mtonnes. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/ericsson-sustainability-report-direct-carbon-intensity-drops-6/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/sheffield-steel-plants-could-provide-20-mw-of-green-thermal-energy/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/sheffield-steel-plants-could-provide-20-mw-of-green-thermal-energy/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:05:25 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76629 Steel plants located just outside Sheffield’s city center could be connected to the UK city’s existing district heating network (pictured) to provide an extra 20 MW of thermal energy, Phys.org reports. Steel companies actually spend money to cool flue gas and the water used during manufacturing, so heat recovery helps them to save money while [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/sheffield-steel-plants-could-provide-20-mw-of-green-thermal-energy/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/policy-enforcement-briefing-google-wind-line-eu-aviation-superfund-settlement/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/policy-enforcement-briefing-google-wind-line-eu-aviation-superfund-settlement/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:47 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76669 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 10 items. The $5 billion, Google-backed offshore wind energy transmission line proposed for the mid-Atlantic U.S. will advance to an environmental review stage after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management found that there is no competitive interest. After [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/policy-enforcement-briefing-google-wind-line-eu-aviation-superfund-settlement/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/nrel-model-improves-predictions-of-shade-effects-on-solar-pv/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/nrel-model-improves-predictions-of-shade-effects-on-solar-pv/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 13:55:49 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76690 Using microinverters instead of typical string inverters can improve solar panels’ performance in shade by more than 12 percent, according to a new National Renewable Energy Laboratory test procedure, which the lab says greatly improves the accuracy of predictions about shade effects. Shade hinders photovoltaic performance, which is why solar installers consider it in PV [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/nrel-model-improves-predictions-of-shade-effects-on-solar-pv/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/putting-a-price-on-the-ocean/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/putting-a-price-on-the-ocean/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 13:49:01 +0000 Emily McClendon http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76648 For most businesses, the environmental impact of climate change on the oceans is not a top priority. Unless your business is directly reliant on a clean and sustainable ocean, for example fisheries or cruise lines, there is little to no consideration of the havoc climate change is wreaking. Most people are at least peripherally aware [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/putting-a-price-on-the-ocean/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/gord-lambert-discusses-sustainability-at-suncor-energy/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/gord-lambert-discusses-sustainability-at-suncor-energy/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 10:23:27 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76183 Gord Lambert, VP of Sustainability with Suncor Energy, interviewed by The Oil and Gas Report. They discuss what sustainability means to Suncor, and what they are doing to stay sustainable.]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/16/gord-lambert-discusses-sustainability-at-suncor-energy/feed/ 0 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/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/cafedirect-using-carbon-credits-to-fund-green-coffee/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/cafedirect-using-carbon-credits-to-fund-green-coffee/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:20:03 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76516 Cafedirect – the UK’s largest fair trade hot drink supplier – is using the carbon market to fund adaptation projects that, in turn, support the sustainability of its own coffee production. As one of the four pilot groups of Cafédirect’sAdapCC project, the Peruvian cooperative of Cepicafe began investigating ways the carbon market could be used to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/cafedirect-using-carbon-credits-to-fund-green-coffee/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/pepco-saves-delaware-college-9-million-in-energy-costs/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/pepco-saves-delaware-college-9-million-in-energy-costs/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 14:35:24 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76518 Pepco Energy Services will save Delaware Technical Community College more than $9 million in energy costs by installing more than $7 million in energy conservation measures at the college’s Wilmington, Stanton, Terry and Owens campuses, according to the company. The cost savings span the life of the 15-year contract. Conservation measures include converting constant volume [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/pepco-saves-delaware-college-9-million-in-energy-costs/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/telecom-industry-to-shift-more-capital-to-energy-efficiency/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/telecom-industry-to-shift-more-capital-to-energy-efficiency/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 14:30:38 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76523 The telecom service industry will invest more than 61 percent of its capital expenditures into sustainable infrastructure by 2016, representing a $194 billion market, according to a Pike Research report. The forecast investment, 65 percent of which will go into mobile networks, has been driven by commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the falling cost [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/telecom-industry-to-shift-more-capital-to-energy-efficiency/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/publix-saves-two-billion-shopping-bags/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/publix-saves-two-billion-shopping-bags/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 14:25:45 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76504 Initiatives started by Publix Super Markets in mid-2007 have saved two billion single-use paper and plastic shopping bags from being used, the company has announced. The company trains front service clerks and cashiers to increase the number of items per bag. It has also implemented bag reduction goals for each store, held communication campaigns to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/publix-saves-two-billion-shopping-bags/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/panoramic-powers-p3e-designed-to-save-energy-detects-malfunctions-early/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/panoramic-powers-p3e-designed-to-save-energy-detects-malfunctions-early/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 14:24:19 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76576 Panoramic Power has launched its P3E device-level energy management system for commercial and industrial properties. The cloud-based system generates real-time alerts on buildings’ energy efficiency, and enables users to reduce energy costs and identify operations and maintenance issues such as equipment malfunctions before a major problem occurs, the company says. Self-powered wireless sensors (pictured) collect [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/panoramic-powers-p3e-designed-to-save-energy-detects-malfunctions-early/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/green-fleet-briefing-veolia-british-gas-vision-industries-toyota/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/green-fleet-briefing-veolia-british-gas-vision-industries-toyota/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 14:17:45 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76510 Here’s the latest alternative fuel and energy-efficient vehicle news affecting environmental and energy executives. Baltimore’s first propane autogas taxi fleet was launched this week. Veolia Transportation – which says it is the largest private provider of multiple modes of transportation in North America – is converting 300 of its taxis nationwide from gasoline to propane [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/15/green-fleet-briefing-veolia-british-gas-vision-industries-toyota/feed/ 0