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Copenhagen Climate Conference: Day 1
Clean Energy Leader | December 7th 2009
The 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) gets underway today in Denmark’s capital of Copenhagen for a 12-day conference to establish a new global treaty to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions. UNFCCC’s Kyoto Protocol i read more
Environmental Legacy of GM, Chrysler Lingers Long After Plant Clo…
Clean Energy Leader | December 4th 2009
The bankruptcy and reorganization of General Motors and Chrysler, as well as a number of industry suppliers, have resulted in a massive downsizing of the industry. This will have a significant impact on the cleanup of contaminated properties througho read more
Costa Cruises Cuts Fuel and Water Use by 5%
Clean Energy Leader | November 30th 2009
Costa Cruises, a cruise line and travel company based in Europe, has cut fuel and potable water consumption by five percent during the fiscal year starting in December 2007, according to its fourth Sustainability Report, reports Breaking Travel News. read more
Wal-Mart Turns Corrugated Waste into Pizza Boxes
Clean Energy Leader | November 30th 2009
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is collecting cardboard from some of its stores, to be turned into boxes for its private-label take-and-bake pizzas, reports Supermarket News. The effort should keep 8,600 tons of cardboard waste from landfills, while saving 125, read more
UK’s Top Brands Fail to Disclose Emissions Data
Clean Energy Leader | November 27th 2009
Google, Burger King, Dyson, Facebook, McKinsey, Amazon and Iceland are some of the 250 top brands that failed to disclose carbon-emissions performance data, according to the first annual survey of carbon performance of 600 of the UK’s biggest b read more
Sanyo Selling Solar Eco-homes
Clean Energy Leader | November 23rd 2009
In Japan, electronics maker Sanyo is selling all-electric homes that have solar panels and lithium-ion batteries to provide backup power. Sanyo Homes Co., a subsidiary of Sanyo, is selling pre-fabricated homes with 3.78 kilowatt solar power system, a read more
Whirlpool Cuts Water Use by Nearly 22% from 2004 to 2008
Clean Energy Leader | November 20th 2009
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 dec read more
E-Waste Rising, Electronics Makers Boost Recycling
Clean Energy Leader | November 16th 2009
Transboundary movement of hazardous waste shows a disastrous accumulation of e-waste, roughly about 6 billion tons, according to an upcoming report from the Basel Convention, reports RedOrbit. Part of the accumulation is attributed to increasing dema read more
IT Bolstered by U.S. Energy-Efficiency Agenda
Clean Energy Leader | November 3rd 2009
Information technology departments are focused on greater energy efficiency and using more renewable energy sources now more than ever as the Obama Administration pushes its energy-efficiency agenda, while high-tech companies like Samsung and Microso read more
SC Johnson GHG Emissions Down 27% in Last 8 Years
Clean Energy Leader | November 3rd 2009
SC Johnson continues to make progress toward its 2011 GHG reduction goals, according to its 2009 responsibility report (PDF). SC Johnson cut greenhouse gas emissions at its worldwide factories by 27 percent during the last eight years, including all read more
EPA Orders Review of Air Pollution at BP Refinery
Clean Energy Leader | October 22nd 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered Indiana to re-examine several sources of air pollution at BP’s Whiting refinery in northwest Indiana, one of the largest sources of air pollution in the Chicago area, reports the Chicag read more
IBM Delves Into Supply Chain Evaluation
Clean Energy Leader | October 20th 2009
IBM is launching a new consulting service to capitalize on the growth market in companies attempting to evaluate various environmental metrics about their suppliers. The company has developed a suite of methods to collect, manage and analyze supply c read more
Tesco’s UK Import Warehouse to be 100% Biomass Powered
Clean Energy Leader | October 19th 2009
UK retailer Tesco plans to tap into a 295 megawatt biomass power plant in Teesport, England, to supply 100 percent of the energy needs for its import warehouse, reports, Biomass Magazine. The $815 million powerplant will be run by MGT Power. It will read more
Hazardous Chemical Evaluation Evolves at HP, S.C. Johnson, Nike
Clean Energy Leader | October 19th 2009
Leading manufacturers are moving beyond simply ensuring that specific hazardous chemicals are absent from their products. Instead, they are going into risk prevention mode, identify all chemicals in their products and determining whether those chemic read more
Tetra Pak, HP Join Global Forest and Trade Network
Clean Energy Leader | October 16th 2009
Tetra Pak Inc., a manufacturer of food processing and packaging systems, and Hewlett-Packard have joined World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Global Forest & Trade Network in North America (GFTN-NA) to support the trade of responsibly sourced forest read more
Adidas, British Airways, Sainsbury’s Working With Forest Footpr…
Clean Energy Leader | October 10th 2009
Adidas, British Airways, Kingfisher and Sainsbury’s are among the big name companies that pledge to answer a questionnaire about “forest risk commodities” for the Forest Footprint Disclosure (FFD) Project, reports Freshbusinessthink read more
IBM, Intel, HSBC, Unilever, Xerox Top Covalence Ethical Rankings
Clean Energy Leader | October 8th 2009
IBM garnered the top spot in Covalence’s ethical ranking of multinational companies. The ranking looks at 541 companies across 18 sectors. This year, Covalence added two sectors. American Express topped the financial services sector, while Clea read more
EPA Extends Energy Star to Glass, Food Processing Plants
Clean Energy Leader | October 8th 2009
Companies that make jars for jelly, as well as frozen french fry makers, are among the types of firms the Environmental Protection Agency targeted in its newest extension of the Energy Star rating. EPA has issued Energy Performance Indicators (EPIs) read more
P&G, HDR, ISC Highlight Sustainability at Clinton Global Initiati…
Clean Energy Leader | September 25th 2009
The key theme at the Fifth Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting, held this week in New York, is innovation, reports Businessweek.com. Attendees included executives from Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola and Goldman Sachs, who were asked to focus on profi read more
Retail Industry, Truckers Unite to Reduce Port Emissions
Clean Energy Leader | September 25th 2009
A partnership between the Retail Industry Leadership Association and the Coalition for Responsible Transportation (CRT) aims to slash diesel emissions in and around U.S. ports. The partnership builds upon previous coalition programs at the Ports of L read more
Canon, Motorola Unveil Eco-Friendly Products
Clean Energy Leader | September 25th 2009
Business and consumer electronics manufacturers are answering the call for more environmentally-friendly products. Some of the most recent products to take the environment into consideration are from Canon U.S.A. and Motorola. Canon U.S.A. Inc. has l read more
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