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Oil Spill Delays Crab Season

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has issued an executive-order suspending all fishing and crabbing for human consumption in areas affected by last week's San Francisco Bay oil spill until at least Dec. 1, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The affected...

Published 11-13-2007 7:06 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Retail & Restaurants, Supply Chain, Feature, Environmental Affairs, Business-to-Business, Waste, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Fossil Fuels, Government, Water, Hazardous Waste
Stop & Shop, Giant Participate In LEED Portfolio Pilot

The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company of Quincy, MA, and its sister company, Giant Food of Landover, MD, are participating in the US Green Building Council Portfolio Program pilot for LEED volume certification for existing buildings. They are...

Published 11-07-2007 12:52 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Feature, Business-to-Business, Research & Technology, Facilities, Construction
Wal-Mart, Clinton Climate Initiative To Design, Source Green Products

Wal-Mart is partnering with the Clinton Climate Initiative to explore ways to use their purchasing power to lower prices on sustainable technologies such as energy efficient building materials and systems, energy efficient lighting and clean energy products...

Published 11-01-2007 5:36 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Products & Planning, Feature, Major Players, Global, Business-to-Business, U.S., Marketing, Government, Manufacturing, Economics, New Technology
How Efficient Is Your Escalator?

Airports are looking for ways to make escalators more energy efficient. Power Efficiency Corporation, which focuses on efficiency technologies for electric motors, recently received initial purchase orders for installations on escalators at two of the...

Published 10-18-2007 10:49 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Retail & Restaurants, Products & Planning, Business-to-Business, Efficiency, Travel, Electricity, Refitting, Savings
Pier One Switches Lights In 120 California Stores To CFLs

PG&E's Energy Fitness Program, which analyzes a company's lighting use and replaces fixture housings, is helping some big companies make big changes, the Chico Enterprise-Record reports. One of the most recent conversions...

Published 10-15-2007 12:10 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Funding & Incentives, Efficiency, Savings
Companies, Municipalities Installing VendingMisers To Cut Emissions, Lower Costs

Bed Bath and Beyond has installed VendingMisers on vending machines in 800 stores to help lower energy consumption and C02 emissions, and challenged stores nationwide to follow their example. The action drew praise from the Sierra Club who is considering...

Published 10-08-2007 2:00 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Feature, Business-to-Business, U.S., Government, Electricity
Bank Of Scotland Cuts Emissions 65%

Bank of Scotland says it has reduced its UK carbon emissions by 65 percent over the past two years and, in a first for a Scottish bank, will launch a new annual climate change report, The Sunday Herald reports. As the...

Published 10-08-2007 12:36 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Europe, Feature, Reporting, Environmental Affairs, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Financial, Business-to-Consumer
Timberland’s Swartz Says Shoe Manufacturers Need Green Standard

Shoe companies have yet to adopt the greenest methods for making, transporting and selling shoes, even though the technologies are readily available, Jeffrey Swartz, the chief executive of Timberland, said in a New York Times interview. Swartz said the...

Published 10-02-2007 9:25 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Supply Chain, Feature, Major Players, Environmental Affairs, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, U.S., Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, People
Kohl’s Installs First of 63 Solar Power Systems.

Kohl's has flipped the switch on a rooftop solar energy system at its Laguna Niguel store that it says is part of the largest planned U.S. photovoltaic solar rollout to date. The plan, as reported in April, is to build solar electric systems at 63...

Published 09-27-2007 10:58 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Clean Energy, Contracts & Installations, Electricity, Solar Energy
Costco Installing More Solar Power Systems

Costco is expanding its solar power initiative at a number of their Southern California facilities with a combined rated output of 2.4 megawatts. PermaCity is now installing the systems, manufactured by Schott Solar, at Costco's La Habra, Westlake...

Published 09-25-2007 11:50 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Contracts & Installations, Electricity, Consumption, Solar Energy
Wal-Mart To Measure Suppliers’ Energy Use

Wal-Mart will measure the amount of energy used to create products throughout its supply chain, including the procurement, manufacturing and distribution process. The retailer is initiating a pilot with a group of suppliers to look for new ways to make...

Published 09-24-2007 1:57 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Transportation, Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Supply Chain, Products & Planning, Feature, Major Players, Global, Reporting, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Facilities, Waste, U.S., Business-to-Consumer, Manufacturing, Efficiency, Asia, Consumption, Recycling
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
Hill Phoenix Releases Sustainability Report

Hill Phoenix, a Dover Company that manufactures commercial refrigeration systems and products, has published its first Sustainability Report. In the Report, Hill Phoenix outlines the Sustainable Environment Management System they designed to implement...

Published 09-19-2007 9:09 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Emissions, Feature, Environmental Affairs, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, U.S., Manufacturing, CSR Reports
Raymour & Flanigan Furniture Touts Recycling Efforts

Raymour & Flanigan Furniture says it's on track to recycle 15.2 million pounds of waste this year "Furniture ships from our manufacturers in cardboard, plastic and Styrofoam packaging," explains Michael Goldberg, Executive Vice President...

Published 08-28-2007 1:58 PM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Supply Chain, Products & Planning, Feature, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Clean Energy, Recycling
J&J Packaging Markets Product As Answer To Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Demands

J&J Packaging says that it has invented a new package, SusSTANDable, that addresses Wal-Mart 's demand for sustainability and will "greatly improve" a suppliers sustainability scorecard. J&J says the package is a trapped blister...

Published 08-16-2007 11:31 AM by Environmental Leader: Green Business and Corporate Sustainability News

Filed under: Retail & Restaurants, Supply Chain, Products & Planning, Feature, Sustainability, Business-to-Business, Marketing, Manufacturing, Recycling

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Oil Spill Delays Crab Season

Stop & Shop, Giant Participate In LEED Portfolio Pilot

Wal-Mart, Clinton Climate Initiative To Design, Source Green Products

How Efficient Is Your Escalator?

Pier One Switches Lights In 120 California Stores To CFLs

Companies, Municipalities Installing VendingMisers To Cut Emissions, Lower Costs

Bank Of Scotland Cuts Emissions 65%

Timberland’s Swartz Says Shoe Manufacturers Need Green Standard

Kohl’s Installs First of 63 Solar Power Systems.

Costco Installing More Solar Power Systems

Wal-Mart To Measure Suppliers’ Energy Use

CDP5: More Companies Address Climate Change Risk

Hill Phoenix Releases Sustainability Report

Raymour & Flanigan Furniture Touts Recycling Efforts

J&J Packaging Markets Product As Answer To Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Demands