Jennifer Hermes | Author | Environment + Energy Leader

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 »

Deepwater Horizon: One Year On

December 6, 2011 by Jennifer Hermes

BP’s Deepwater Horizon sparked criticism from regulators, investors, the public and media in the U.S. Yet many oil spills in the global oil & gas industry – before and after BP’s disaster – are largely overlooked in the U.S. and Europe. BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill last year showed that ... Read more »

‘Fast Broadband for Everyone’ vs the Desire for a Low-Carbon Economy

December 1, 2011December 1, 2011 by Jennifer Hermes

Fast and superfast broadband The growth in data volume is tangible and there is indisputable evidence (e.g. Japanese internet exchange) that the CAGR of data volume is currently around the 40 percent mark. Vodafone has experienced 69% data growth in 2010 and, as we move into the world of “the ... Read more »

Five Questions To Ask About Grid-Interactive Energy

November 29, 2011November 29, 2011 by Jennifer Hermes

Renewable energy is a market on the move. With announcements coming nearly every day about the latest advances in harnessing the elements for cleaner, cheaper power generation, it’s easy to see how something at the system integration level might get overlooked. But the industry should not make the mistake of ... Read more »

‘Green’ Banking Part III: Reducing Environmental Underwriting Risk

November 27, 2011November 27, 2011 by Jennifer Hermes

From coal, to real estate, to small business lending, environmental, social, and governance underwriting criteria are a critical tool for banks to reduce risk and enhance profitability for themselves and their business partners. In Part II of our green banking series, we examined the growing opportunities for banks to profit ... Read more »

Interconnectedness and the Collective Brain

November 27, 2011January 9, 2018 by Jennifer Hermes

The other day I was reading James Gleick’s book, “The Information,” a good read for anyone in our business, when I came upon the following passage: “It is not the amount of knowledge that makes a brain, it is not even the distribution of knowledge, it is the interconnectedness.” One ... Read more »

Don’t Let the Raters and Rankers Define Your Sustainability Strategy

November 22, 2011November 23, 2011 by Jennifer Hermes

The proliferation of sustainability rating and ranking schemes over the last decade has impacted how global companies approach sustainability — generating both competition for recognition and scrutiny of their value and credibility (not to mention a lot of work for corporate EHS, sustainability and communications staff!). Now that the dust ... Read more »

How Environmental Awareness Builds Business

November 22, 2011 by Jennifer Hermes

Customers respond to sustainability practices, and businesses have reacted to that with enthusiasm over the years, if not always with sincerity. There was a time when slapping green paint on the side of a traditional practice was enough to win the admiration of the market. No longer. Today, educated customers ... Read more »

Regulatory Definitions of ‘Nanomaterials’

November 22, 2011 by Jennifer Hermes

In 2004, the UK Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering published perhaps the first widely respected and cited assessment of the potential health and safety, environmental, and ethical implications of nanotechnologies and the use of nanomaterials. The report highlighted the enormous potential societal benefits from nanotechnologies and nanomaterials ... Read more »

Novo Nordisk Retrofits US Headquarters for Sustainability

November 21, 2011November 21, 2011 by Jennifer Hermes

Novo Nordisk in the US faced a rare challenge: how to grow but keep the environmental footprint lean? At Novo Nordisk, sustainability is deeply embedded in our work and culture. Our company has long maintained a Triple Bottom Line. That means that in everything we do, we have to balance ... Read more »

Shifting Sustainable Practices and Preferences in Packaging

November 20, 2011October 18, 2019 by Jennifer Hermes

Conventional wisdom suggests that when economies are flat, consumers prioritize their time and spending on activities and goods/services that fulfill basic needs.

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