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New Plant Could Make Cereplast Leading Player In Bioplastics

Cereplast recently announced plans for a new facility in in Seymour, Indiana that will add 500 million pounds a year to its bioplastic resin production capacity when the site is fully developed by early 2010. With the new facility, Cereplast will make...

Published 12-18-2007 1:08 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Manufacturing, Construction, Predictions, Contracts & Installations
MAS Breaks Ground On Green Apparel Manufacturing Facility For M&S

MAS Holdings, a company that manufactures lingerie in Sra Lanka, has begun construction on a 110,000 square foot eco manufacturing plant that will manufacture bras exclusively for Marks & Spencer, according to MAS (via Lean Reflections). MAS expects...

Published 11-26-2007 10:49 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Europe, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Construction, Asia, Contracts & Installations
Bayer To Spend $1.46 Billion On Green Initiatives

Bayer has launched a group-wide Bayer Climate Program with a goal of cutting CO2 emissions from its production facilities. In the new climate protection program, which is based on a new Bayer Policy on Climate Change, Bayer will tap its “specific...

Published 11-19-2007 11:47 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Europe, Major Players, Global, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Automotive, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Agriculture, Economics, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Construction, Biofuel, Strategy & Leadership
CDP5: More Companies Address Climate Change Risk

Ninety-five percent of companies that consider climate change to present a commercial risk have implemented a GHG reduction program with a specific target and timeline, according to The Carbon Disclosure Project's 5th annual global report which looks...

Published 09-24-2007 11:23 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Supply Chain, Europe, Feature, Major Players, Global, Reporting, Sustainability, Climate, Business-to-Business, Research & Technology, U.S., Financial, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Travel, Economics, Pharmaceuticals, Industrial Goods, Construction, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Mining
Xerox Opens $60 Million Energy Efficient Toner Plant

Xerox is filling more than 20 miles of pipe and stainless steel tanks with billions of micron-sized toner particles with the opening of its first U.S.-based emulsion aggregation Toner plant. The new $60 million, 100,000 square-foot plant located near...

Published 09-18-2007 9:16 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Research & Technology, Facilities, U.S., Manufacturing, Efficiency, Hi-Tech, Electricity, Construction, New Technology
General Motors Plans 870 kW Solar Power Array

General Motors says it is adding one of the largest solar power installations in corporate use in the U.S. to the roof of its Service and Parts Operations warehouse in Fontana, California. The 870 kW solar power array, that's 1.3 million kilowatt...

Published 09-14-2007 1:46 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Supply Chain, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Automotive, Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Contracts & Installations, Electricity, Construction, Solar Energy
Bellcomb Offsets Emissions

Bellcomb Technologies, a manufacturer of honeycomb panels, has made all of its operations and facilities carbon neutral through a combination of conservation efforts and the purchasing of carbon offsets. Bellcomb's annual footprint is...

Published 09-12-2007 10:43 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Facilities, credits, Manufacturing, Contracts & Installations, Construction
California Air Resources Board Regulates Off-Road Diesel Emissions

The California Air Resources Board has adopted a regulation to reduce diesel emissions from the state's estimated 180,000 vehicles used in construction, mining, airport ground support and other industries. According to ARB...

Published 07-31-2007 8:15 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Business-to-Business, U.S., Fossil Fuels, Policy & Law, Government, Manufacturing, Construction, Biofuel
‘Wired’ & ‘Cookie’ Team On Eco-House Project

In a partnership that may seem, at first glance, to be formed by strange bedfellows, Conde Nast's tech-culture magazine Wired and parenting-focused Cookie will team on a low-environmental-impact house that will open for three weeks this fall. Wired...

Published 06-18-2007 12:12 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Products & Planning, Feature, Sustainability, U.S., Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Hi-Tech, Construction
NBC Universal Gets Large Dose Of Ecomagination

NBC Universal has launched “Get On Board,” a program to reduce greenhouse gases and raise awareness. It's all part of General Electric’s (NBCU parent) ecomagination initiative. Here are the highlights...

Published 05-25-2007 1:15 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Transportation, Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Environmental Affairs, Sustainability, Climate, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Waste, U.S., credits, Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Business Services, Conservation, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Hi-Tech, Clean Energy, Hybrid Technology, Electricity, Construction, Refitting, Consumption, Recycling, New Technology, Solar Energy
M&S Plans Eco-Factories, Will Charge For Plastic Bags

The UK's Marks & Spencer is planning its first eco factories, one in Sri Lanka and two in Wales, that will harness the latest renewable-energy and recycling technology to act as a blueprint for other firms, The Times Online reports. Mike Barry, the...

Published 05-22-2007 10:27 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Europe, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Business Services, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Clean Energy, Contracts & Installations, Electricity, Construction, Recycling
Jenn-Air, Kohler, Trex, Among Sponsors Of Cooking Light’s Green Abode

Cooking Light magazine has announced the national sponsors of its FitHouse in Chicago. The energy efficient FitHouse will be one of the first homes to adhere to the City of Chicago’s proposed residential green building standards. “Each sponsor shares...

Published 05-15-2007 11:34 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Facilities, U.S., Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Contracts & Installations, Construction

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