Urban Habitat's mission was to develop multicultural environmental leadership and restore inner-city neighborhoods.

The fact that the home of much our nation's financial history has achieved this distinction for environmental leadership really adds new meaning to the term 'green' building.

"Every time we survey our 70,000 employees, we hear that they want to be proud of our environmental leadership," he said.

The environmental leadership, which calls the measure Big Green, is worried.

Proponents canonize Toyota for its environmental leadership, overlooking the company's gas-swilling trucks.

Each member of the consortium contributes to developing environmental leadership through a variety of education and research programs.

"History suggests that environmental leadership reaches full bloom as elected officials move into the homestretch and think about their legacy."

Secondly, it is an example of environmental leadership.

Governor Cuomo has, through this bold initiative, demonstrated the environmental leadership that is required now more than ever before.

The third, now taking hold, he said, is "seeing environmental leadership or stewardship as a source of business value for firms, in the long term."