Environmental Leader Archive of Past Articles

RGGI’s Latest Carbon Auction Raises $117M

March 20, 2009October 21, 2009 by Paul Nastu

RGGI raised more than $117 million in its March 18 auction of more than 33 million carbon allowances. According to results from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, all of the 31,513,765 allowances for the 2009 vintage sold at a clearing price of $3.51 per allowance. The auction was the first ... Read more »

Dow Urges 100% Packaging Recyclability

March 12, 2009October 18, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Dow Chemical Co. is challenging other firms in the packaging supply chain to convert to recyclables. If 100 percent of packaging were recyclable, some of society’s great challenges could be addressed, said Glenn Wright, commercial vice president for Dow’s North American Basic Plastics business, in a press release. Wright said ... Read more »

Consumers Rate Green Products as ‘Higher Quality’

March 11, 2009October 18, 2009 by Paul Nastu

A study of consumers, from Boston Consulting Group, finds that people generally rate “green” products as being of higher quality than conventional products. BCG released its Green Products Report in late January. Chart courtesy of Boston Consulting Group.

Walt Disney Plans To Halve Its Emissions By 2012

March 10, 2009October 18, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The Walt Disney Company released its first comprehensive corporate responsibility report. Previously, the company reported its environmental progress in its annual Enviroport. The new report includes a set of strategic environmental goals and three-to-five-year goals to reduce emissions, waste, electricity and fuel use, as well as its impact on water ... Read more »

‘Climate Risk Profiles’ Released for Top Companies

February 11, 2009October 18, 2009 by Paul Nastu

A coalition of faith-based investors representing over $100 billion announced they have compiled “climate risk profiles” of over 150 corporations, using data from an independent company. The companies’ profiles were developed by independent environmental data company Trucost, and noted whether a company reveals their greenhouse gas emissions, the percentage they ... Read more »

Novo Nordisk Cuts CO2 Emissions 9%

February 5, 2009October 18, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Novo Nordisk, a Denmark-based Healthcare company, released its annual report on financial, social, and environmental performance. The non-financial part of the report, which follows current international standards for mandatory and voluntary reporting, includes a section on environmental policy and social responsibility, and restates the company’s commitment to improvement. According to ... Read more »

Free GPS-Enabled Carbon Footprint Application for iPhone

January 22, 2009October 18, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Clear Standards, a provider of enterprise carbon management and sustainability systems, is reaching out to individuals with the launch of “Carbon Tracker,” a free GPS-enabled carbon footprint application for the iPhone. Carbon Tracker lets users calculate the carbon footprint from daily commuting, vacations, or business trips and it uses the ... Read more »

New Belgium Brewing to Cut CO2 Emissions by 25% Per Barrel

January 20, 2009October 18, 2009 by Paul Nastu

After finding that one six-pack of Fat Tire emits nearly 3,200 grams of CO2 from its raw and packaging materials to transportation to the brewery – comprising about half (48 percent) of its overall footprint – New Belgium Brewing said it hopes to reduce that number by 25 percent per ... Read more »

Kellogg Improves On Energy & Water Use, CO2 Emissions

January 15, 2009October 18, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Kellogg has decreased energy use by 4.5 percent, cut CO2 emissions by 4 percent, and cut water use almost 7 percent per metric ton of food since 2005, according to its first Corporate Responsibility Report (PDF). The amount of waste it has generated in that same period has increased about ... Read more »

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Releases CSR Report

January 14, 2009October 18, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. released “Brewing A Better World” (PDF) – its corporate social responsibility report for fiscal 2007. According to the report, the Vermont company missed its goal for fiscal 2007, which was to reduce its energy usage in the GMC segment by 5 percent, CSRwire reports. The ... Read more »

Waste Management To Cut CO2 Emissions 6% By 2010

January 14, 2009December 14, 2010 by Paul Nastu

Waste Management reported in its 2008 Sustainability report (PDF) that the company recycled 7.6 million tones of materials and produced enough energy to power 1.3 million homes. As a founding member of the Chicago Climate Exchange, the company plans to reduce CO2 emissions by 6 percent from its 1998-2001 baselines ... Read more »

Bombardier Meets 5-Yr Reduction Targets

December 23, 2008October 18, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Bombardier Inc. released its first company-wide corporate responsibility report (pdf), announcing that it has achieved five-year reduction targets set in 2003 for water and energy consumption and is on track to meet its 15 percent reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions. The Canada-based company makes transportation equipment (e.g., commercial aircraft, ... Read more »

E+E Leader delivered to your inbox

E+E Leader delivered to your inbox

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY! NEXT TIME LET US COME TO YOU:

Sign up for our newsletter