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Arithmetic Of Food Miles Flawed

Thousands of people in the UK have bought in to the idea that eating local produce can help save the planet, but “only local is good” has come under attack, according to an article in the Guardian. As an example, the article looks at green...

Published 03-24-2008 6:56 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Supply Chain, Feature, Sustainability, Business-to-Consumer, Products & Planning

Corporations Turn Environmental Activists Into Allies

Environmental stakeholders have changed from pesky activists to big investors - pension funds, state controllers, institutional investors, and even their investment bankers - and can no longer be brushed aside, according to an article in HBR Green by...

Published 03-23-2008 6:38 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Conservation, Water, Strategy & Leadership

Samsung, Toshiba Top Greenpeace Electronics Guide - Nintendo In Basement

Samsung and Toshiba share the top spot in the latest edition of Greenpeace’s quarterly Guide to Greener Electronics (PDF). Nokia missed out on top spot due to a “penalty point for inconsistent global takeback” and Nintendo is still in...

Published 03-20-2008 5:26 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Business-to-Consumer, Hi-Tech, Research & Technology

Steelcase Buys Naming Rights To Wind Farm

Steelcase will purchase all the renewable energy credits produced by a new 10 megawatt wind farm in Panhandle, Texas developed by John Deere Renewables, the wind-energy development unit of Deere & Co., for at least the first five years of its operation...

Published 03-18-2008 12:44 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Marketing, Clean Energy, Electricity, Wind Energy, Contracts & Installations, Carbon Offsets/RECs

Battle Over Smog Rules Ramps Up

The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rep. Henry Waxman (D., Calif.), plans to hold a hearing on allegations that the White House intervened to water down new smog rules issued last week by the Environmental Protection Agency...

Published 03-15-2008 5:55 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Pollution, U.S., Government, Manufacturing, Economics, Healthcare, Industrial Goods, Utilities, Policy & Law

UK Green Budget Draws Fire

UK Chancellor Alistair Darling’s highly anticipated “green” budget didn’t please everyone, with many feeling that it fooled at the margins of environmental problems instead of addressing the long-term issue of climate change, The...

Published 03-13-2008 12:47 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Government, Economics, Policy & Law

ArcelorMittal Tells EU Court That Emissions Rules Aren’t Fair

Lawyers for steel giant ArcelorMittal have told Europe’s highest court that there’s no justification for EU lawmakers to exclude the aluminum and chemical industries from 2003 legislation that capped CO2 emissions and that the exclusion puts...

Published 03-12-2008 5:41 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Supply Chain, Europe, Feature, Major Players, Climate, Business-to-Business, Industrial Goods, Policy & Law

Will Companies Get Carbon Labels Right?

A BusinessWeek article has tackled the issues surrounding carbon labels. As EL readers know, there’s lots of controversy - also hurdles - to overcome. Top of the list is that manufacturers and retailers have yet to come up with an easy way to provide...

Published 03-11-2008 6:42 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Feature, Major Players, Global, Sustainability, Marketing, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Strategy & Leadership

Con-Way Freight Dials Back Speed To Save Fuel

Less-than-truckload freight transportation company Con-way Freight has turned back the speed governors on its 8,400-tractor fleet in a move to improve fuel conservation and reduce carbon emissions. The company has adjusted the governors on its truck engines...

Published 03-11-2008 3:20 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Supply Chain, Feature, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Efficiency, Strategy & Leadership

China’s Solar Industry Feels The Heat

Luoyang Zhonggui High-Technology Co. in China’s Henan Province is a green energy company that produces polysilicon for solar panels. But, according to a Washington Post article, the company is guilty of dumping silicon tetrachloride, the byproduct...

Published 03-10-2008 6:04 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Business-to-Business, Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Asia, Solar Energy, Products & Planning

Green Marketing Predictions For 2008

Jacquelyn Ottman, president and founder of J. Ottman Consulting, shared four green marketing predictions for 2008 in a recent Advertising Age article. 1. Ottman predicts the slowdown or end of the use of meaningless green marketing terms, claims of carbon...

Published 03-10-2008 12:28 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Business-to-Business, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Predictions, Strategy & Leadership

Big Brands Back Organic Standard For Beauty Industry

The first organic standard for the U.S. beauty and personal care market has launched with the support of 30 founding members including Aveda, Estee Lauder, L’Oreal, and Origins, according to the Organic And Sustainable Industry Standards, or OASIS...

Published 03-06-2008 12:54 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Sustainability, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Products & Planning

Sony Gets Green Love From Greenpeace Electronics Survey

The Sony Vaio TZ11 notebook, the Sony Ericsson T650i mobile phone and the Sony Ericsson P1i PDA come out on top in Greenpeace’s “Searching for Greener Electronics” survey (PDF), released at CeBIT. But, Greenpeace is quick to state that...

Published 03-06-2008 9:46 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Global, Manufacturing, Hi-Tech, Research & Technology

PG&E Gets Energy From Cow Manure

Pacific Gas and Electric and BioEnergy Solutions say that their biogas-to-pipeline injection project in Fresno County has begun producing renewable natural gas derived from animal waste. It is the first project in California that will deliver pipeline...

Published 03-05-2008 8:30 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Agriculture, Clean Energy, Electricity, Utilities, Contracts & Installations

Cause Marketing Pays Off For CPG Industry

Nothing indicates the growing hold “ethical marketing” has on advertising better than the concept’s growing embrace by Procter & Gamble and Unilever, the world’s two biggest advertising spenders, AdAge reports. At least eight...

Published 03-03-2008 10:43 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Products & Planning

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