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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

Patagonia Tracks Carbon ‘Footprints’

In May 2007, as part of the Footprint Chronicles, a group of 10 Patagonia employees were sent to travel the world, tracking five products from the design studio to the raw-materials stage to Patagonia’s Nevada distribution center, Fast Company reports...

Published 03-23-2008 9:28 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Asia, Products & Planning

Consumer Product’s Green Diet: Slimmer Packaging Looks Good On You

What a difference a year makes. At the start of 2007, few consumer products companies had a focus on sustainability in packaging. However, 54 percent of the consumer goods companies that AMR Research recently surveyed are targeting improvements. The numbers...

Published 03-23-2008 7:08 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Sustainability, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Sales, Products & Planning, Retail & Restaurants, Guest Column

Software Calculates Carbon Footprint What-Ifs

ILOG has released a Carbon Footprint extension to its LogicNet Plus XE supply-chain application, InfoWorld reports. The software can map out several scenarios to assess the cost of, for example, adding new distribution facilities in various locations...

Published 03-20-2008 5:51 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Supply Chain, Business-to-Business, Hi-Tech, Predictions

Hospitals Cut Waste By Recycling Single-Use Devices

Hospitals are starting to recycle and reuse items that are labeled for single use - scissors, scrubs, even surgical blades. The Wall Street Journal (via Earth First) writes that the idea is to save money and clean up the waste stream. Of course, there...

Published 03-19-2008 7:28 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Waste, Healthcare, Recycling, Strategy & Leadership

Soaring Diesel Prices Spur Interest In Hybrid Trucks

New EPA standards and $100-a-barrel oil are creating demand for hybrid big rigs, garbage trucks and dump trucks, even with the 35 percent premium over conventional vehicles, Forbes reports. The appeal: hybrid trucks can deliver fuel savings of 5 percent...

Published 03-19-2008 2:40 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Supply Chain, Major Players, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Automotive, Fossil Fuels, Manufacturing, Hybrid Technology, Strategy & Leadership

Consumers Ready To Kiss Convenience Packaging Goodbye

More than half of U.S. consumers would give up all forms of packaging provided for convenience purposes if it would benefit the environment, including: packaging designed for easy stacking/storing at home (58 percent); packaging that can be used for cooking...

Published 03-17-2008 7:56 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Global, Sustainability, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Consumption, Recycling, Research & Technology, Today's Green Trend

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

PHH GreenFleet Adds Telematics Service

PHH Arval has added data from telematics to GreenFleet’s PHH Onboard service to help companies cut their emissions. Using data captured from the telematics device in each vehicle, PHH Arval says that companies can monitor and impact driver behavior...

Published 03-11-2008 1:41 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Supply Chain, Automotive, Efficiency, Products & Planning

Nature Provides Recipe For Sustainable Manufacturing

By studying the Earth’s biosphere, managers can learn how to build ecologically friendly products that reduce manufacturing costs, Gregory Unruh writes in the Dallas Morning News. To make recycling easier, manufacturers should think fewer materials...

Published 03-10-2008 4:34 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Waste, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Recycling, Products & Planning

DHL Program Lets Customers Offset Shipping Emissions

DHL has launched a carbon neutral shipping service, DHL GoGreen Express, in the Asia Pacific region. DHL says the program is part of the company’s GoGreen range of carbon-neutral and low-carbon shipping options that are available in Europe and were...

Published 03-10-2008 3:05 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Supply Chain, Europe, Major Players, Business Services, Asia, Products & Planning, Carbon Offsets/RECs

Adidas Releases CSR Report

Adidas Group has released a corporate responsibility report (PDF). In 2007, Adidas say that all Group athletic footwear factories became part of the reporting program. Factories new to the indicators recorded data with less accuracy than those that have...

Published 03-06-2008 8:54 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Europe, Sustainability, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, CSR Reports, Finance & Reporting

DuPont Titanium Cuts Energy Use, Saves $100 Million

DuPont Titanium Technologies says it has cut its energy consumption per pound of product by nearly 30 percent - saving more than $100 million in the process as oil prices hover at the $100 per barrel threshold. The business estimates that it has saved...

Published 03-03-2008 2:05 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Supply Chain, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Efficiency, Industrial Goods, Strategy & Leadership

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