December 2011 - Page 14 of 17 - Environment + Energy Leader

Style Beats Substance in Sustainable Packaging, Report Says

December 7, 2011December 16, 2011 by Leon Walker

Products that show they are “sustainable” with simple, emotive pack designs are more likely to win when shoppers make snap decisions on environmental credentials in the grocery store aisle, according to a study by design research firm The Big Picture. In fact, most people would reject a “sustainable” product with ... Read more »

Siemens to Buy eMeter

December 7, 2011December 7, 2011 by Leon Walker

Siemens Industry Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire all of the stock of smart grid firm eMeter Corporation. The parties expect to close the deal in December 2011, and will not disclose the terms of the agreement, Siemens says. San Mateo, Calif.,-based eMeter will become part of the Smart ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17 Durban, Gulf Coast Task Force, Chevron Fined

December 7, 2011December 7, 2011 by Leon Walker

Durban: The world’s biggest polluters -China, the United States and India – remain firmly against a new legal commitment to curb their carbon emissions. The nations want to put off a commitment on binding cuts until 2015 – until after the publication of additional scientific review on the effects of ... Read more »

Frito-Lay Asks Town for $600k to Aid Water Efficiency, Automation

December 7, 2011December 7, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Frito-Lay is asking the town of Vancouver, Wash., for $585,000 in water bill credits over three years, to enable its local plant to make $15 million to $25 million in investments, The (Clark County, Wash.) Columbian reports. The company says the investments will include water efficiency projects as well as ... Read more »

Purell Dispenser Cuts Down on Plastic

December 7, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Gojo Industries, the company behind Purell instant hand sanitizer, has released dispensers that it says use less material and are more recyclable. The Gojo ADX Dispensing System, the result of four years of development, dispenses Gojo and Purell formulations. These include a line of new USDA Biobased- and EcoLogo-certified formulations ... Read more »

Lighting Briefing: Millard and Groom, Carmanah, Platinum, Lightolier and Tyree

December 7, 2011 by Leon Walker

Refrigerated warehousing and distribution services company Millard and commercial energy project firm Groom Energy have completed the installation of an LED lighting retrofit at Millard’s Allentown, Pa., facility. The project covers more than 629,000 square feet of warehouse and uses almost 800 LED high bay fixtures. It should reduce the ... Read more »

Sustainability Roundup for Seafood Purchasers

December 7, 2011December 4, 2011 by Paul Nastu

Tradex Foods’ November summary of hot topics in sustainability for seafood purchasers.

COP17: The Challenges, Outcomes and Sustainable Recruitment Trends

December 7, 2011December 6, 2011 by Victoria Kenrick

Director of Climate Change and Sustainability Services at KPMG, Neil Morris, believes COP17 has greater potential to have practical outcomes than COP15 and COP16 combined. The seventeenth Conference of Parties (COP17) is taking place in Durban from 28 November – 9 December 2011; it is being deemed one of the ... Read more »

Improving Supply Chain Profit, Production & Sustainability

December 7, 2011December 7, 2011 by Jennifer Hermes

Elevating the discussion around sustainable supply chains, Microsoft recently announced it will mandate supplier sustainability disclosure in 2013. As Environmental Leader reported, Ford has also announced that it has more than tripled the size of its program aimed at understanding and measuring its suppliers’ carbon footprint and toy manufacturer Hasbro ... Read more »

Most Climate-Responsible Companies Revealed; Scores up 54% in 4 Years

December 7, 2011December 7, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Unilever has bumped Nike from its perch as the top company for climate responsibility, in the Climate Counts 2011 review. After holding the top spot for three years, Nike falls to fourth in the rankings, which also show that average Climate Count scores have improved 54 percent since 2007, with ... Read more »

PepsiCo-Trialed Tool Analyzes Thousands of Products

December 6, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Sustainability consultants Best Foot Forward have launched a service, piloted by PepsiCo, Tesco and Crown Paints, which aims to provide a quick alternative to lifecycle assessments. Best Foot Forward says Product Portfolio Footprinting enables businesses with complex supply chains and thousands of different products to quickly measure and manage their ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: LEED, WEEE, Energy Awards

December 6, 2011June 18, 2013 by Leon Walker

Volkswagen’s Passat manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., has been named a platinum LEED-certified factory, making it the only auto making plant in the world to receive the such designation, the German automaker said. Its paint shop is expected to save 50 million gallons of water over 10 years, and special insulation ... Read more »

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