Using the Arts to Inspire a Sustainable Generation
The co-founder of Artists for Humanity talks about training in the arts, and all it entails in terms of community, responsibility and hard work, helps to set them up as future leaders of a more sustainable world.
Royal Caribbean, Sabre & More Pledge to Promote Green Tourism
Royal Caribbean Cruises and the corporate parent of Travelocity are among the travel industry heavyweights that are lining up behind standards set by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council.
Why Super Bowl XLVI Will Be the Greenest Yet
Although it's a festival of excess in many ways, Super Bowl XLVI, taking place this Sunday, reveals how far the NFL -- and pro sports in general -- has come in considering and trying to reduce their environmental impacts.
States Require Insurers to Respond to Climate Risk Survey
California joins New York and Washington in requiring insurers that that write in excess of $300 million in premiums to respond to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Climate Risk Survey.
Sylvania Helps Feds Shine Brighter, Greener Light on National Mall
The National Park Service is cutting energy consumption for lighting on the National Mall by as much as 65 percent with the retrofit of 174 street lamps.
White Wave Looks to the Farm to Improve Environmental Footprint
To lower its carbon footprint, White Wave Foods is tackling methane emissions, carbon sequestration and utilities, such electricity and gasoline.
The 4 Big Mistakes We Made in Launching Our Green Business
After surviving -- and thriving -- in five of the roughest economic years the country has known, there's a lot we should have done differently when we opened the doors of our green packaging company. Here's to helping others repeat the same mistakes.
The Major Dividends Cities Reap from Investing in Green Infrastructure
A new report shows that U.S. cities can save billions in costs -- while cleaning waterways and green neighborhoods -- by leveraging private investment in green infrastructure.
'Greenest College' Rankings Get Easier with New Data-Gathering Effort
The Princeton Review, Sierra Magazine, and the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education have teamed up to promote a new tool that makes it free and relatively easy for any education institution to report its environmental impacts.
Kraft Achieves Zero Waste at 36 Food Plants Around the World
The company has now reduced its global waste generation by 50 percent since 2005, far surpassing a goal to pare down waste by just 15 percent by 2011.
Stop Wasting Waste: Fixing the Travesty of Lost Value in Recycling
The market for tapping value from recyclable waste streams is caught in a series of binds that keep it from scaling, even though countless companies have achieved major benefits from cutting waste out of the loop.
Tracking the Evolution of Sustainable Investing
A new book from Trucost executive Cary Krosinsky looks at how sustainable investment in an era of growing resource scarcity can yield significant opportunities for boosting your portfolio's performance.
Siemens, JCI Land $60M in Army Contracts for Green Power, Efficiency
Siemens and Johnson Controls win energy performance contracts from the U.S. Army totaling more than $60 million for solar, wind and retrofit projects to improve efficiency.
What Will It Take to Power the US Military with Green Energy?
Just how much energy does the U.S. military use, what the costs in dollars and the risk to soldiers, and how can they all be reduced? The American Council On Renewable Energy and Advanced Energy Economy are working with the Defense Department to answer those questions.
Why Google Invests in Clean Energy
Last year, Google invested more than $900 million in clean energy projects. But does it have an energy policy? Does it need one?
Intel, Kohl's, Walmart Lead EPA's Green Power Purchasers List
Walmart in particular marks a big leap forward, coming up from 15th place three months ago to land in third place. Generating green power on-site -- where Walmart is the second-biggest green power creator -- is what helped move the retailer up.
Green Spending by UK Firms Forecast to Grow 20 Times Faster Than GDP
Research by Verdantix pegs sustainability spending to grow 20 times faster than the GDP in 2012 with continued growth averaging 16 percent a year through 2015.
Unlocking the Potential of Low-Carbon Supply Chains
The CDP's brand-new 2012 supply chain report tracks the impressive economic savings that companies that manage their scope 3 emissions are earning -- but also highlights how few companies are taking advantage of these benefits.
What Will it Take to Bring EVs to the Mass Market?
By all accounts, the electric vehicle industry appears to be a market on the brink of mainstream adoption, yet they're still falling short of expectations. What's the missing element?
3 Ways Carbon Management Software Firms Can Capture the Market
From big players like IBM and SAP to smaller startups like C3, vendors of energy and carbon management software have a big challenge to capture a slice of the broad demand for companies of all sizes.
Army Looks to Cloud Computing to Trim IT Bootprint
Keeping in line with a mandate to trim its data centers from about 200 to 20, the Army recently awarded its first cloud computing contract to several contractors, including Microtech, Lockheed Martin Corp. and IBM.
Why San Francisco Can Be the World's First VERGE City
Harnessing the huge amount of data found in city services for buildings, transportation, and energy management could help cities find new ways to generate revenue and improve the quality of life
Boeing, Facebook, Verizon Join New Class of EDF Climate Corps Firms
EDF today announced the first 20 companies slated to take part in the fifth annual energy-efficiency partnership program, which pairs MBA students with companies looking to take a bite out of their energy bills.
11 Steps to Mainstream Your Green Products
Who is really committed to buying green, what are their motivations, and how can we reach them? OgilvyEarth has figured it out, and presented their findings from a new report, presented at the GreenBiz Forum in New York City.
Non-News is Good News
Perhaps the best trend in sustainable business is how major green milestones -- ranging from LEED Platinum buildings to zero-waste facilities -- have become so commonplace as to be not "news."
Want to Sell a Green Product? Don't Call It Green
In a wide-ranging conversation with GreenBiz Executive Editor Joel Makower today, the co-founders of Method explained why a company created with environmental responsibility written into its DNA would distance itself from the green label.
Hitting the Sweet Spot of Employees, Innovation & Sustainability
Tapping in to the massive -- and often wasted -- resource of employee ideas can provide a win-win-win -- increasing employees' job satisfaction, saving money and reducing your environmental impacts.
Adobe's 4-Step Path Toward a Net Zero Energy Balance
Adobe Systems didn't set out to become a net zero company, one that generates or offsets as much energy as it uses. But now that's one of the firm's central sustainability goals, the chief of global facilities told the GreenBiz Forum.
How eBay Harnesses Users & Employees to Make Shopping Greener
John Donahoe, the CEO of the online retail platform, talks about how the company backed into sustainability as part of its business model, how it gathers green ideas from employees, and why 'users' are the new 'consumers.'
Unlocking the 3 Keys to ElectronVault's Success
The self-funded battery storage company took a Henry Ford approach to its business, inspired by his low capital costs on assembly, ease of repair and modularity and standard parts. Here are lessons the company has learned along the way that may benefit any business.
Nest Thermostats: Making Home Energy Use Smarter & Sexier
What if the smart thermostat in your house were as easy to use as your smartphone -- and as good-looking, too? That's challenge that Nest is taking on.
Tesco Considers Dropping Carbon Footprinting Labels from Products
The supermarket is 'reviewing options' about its use of Carbon Trust carbon labeling following a disappointing take-up of carbon labelling by other retailers.
The Importance of Mobilizing Allies for Social Intrapreneurs
As part of our ongoing look at how to make change from within the enterprise, there are three social network tools that may make it easier to do the hard work of mobilizing allies to sow the seeds of sustainability inside the business.
The 6 Biggest Trends in Sustainability Reporting
At the GreenBiz Forum in New York City, E&Y offered a preview of the results of a recent survey of trends in sustainability reporting from 24 different sectors.
Sustainable Apparel Rating Tool Set For Mid-Year Public Launch
On the cusp of its one-year anniversary, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition appointed its first executive director and will start tweaking its Apparel Index rating tool for a mid-year public release.
I'd Love to Change the World, But Where Do I Start?
Although many of the world's greatest companies have announced their intention to make sustainability part of business as usual, they are all too often struggling with where to begin.
'Big Data' Creates Big Opportunities
While nearly every device is getting smaller and more efficient, information is getting much bigger and unwieldy.
Building Smarter Bridges -- and Cities -- with Alcatel-Lucent
Rich Goode, the director of sustainability at Alcatel-Lucent ('one of those big companies that no one has ever heard of'), talks about the power of the telecommunications industry to change the world as we know it.
At Davos, Debating the Myth or Reality of Green Growth
Unsurprisingly, growth is an issue that's front and center at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year. But although the rhetoric about the need for innovation and resource-constrained growth is steady, progress by any measure is falling short.
Waste Management Pilot Tests a Next-Gen Green Garbage Truck
With a rotating cylindrical body and a sleek profile, new trucks being test-driven by Waste Management look nothing like garbage haulers of bygone years.
California Adopts Landmark Clean Car Standards
A rule adopted unanimously today by the California Air Resources Board will steadily and rapidly improve fuel efficiency of cars sold in the state, while also reducing the pollution they emit.
GE, Bayer, BASF Join Other Top Firms in UN Climate Adaptation Project
The UN unveiled a new database yesterday spotlighting how companies around the world are adapting to climate change.
Is This the World's Best 'Greenest Companies' List?
Despite having long been skeptical of the ability to create any meaningful ranking of the world's most sustainable companies, I'm impressed by the list that was just put out by the Canadian magazine Corporate Knights.
Waste Management Tees Up Greener Tourneys at Farmers, Phoenix Open
Waste Management brings its extensive recycling program for special events to the Farmers Insurance Open and returns to the southwest for a third year to the golf tournament that carries its name.
Un-Shopping, reCommerce & Building a Business on Buying Less
Gadget junkies: It's time to explore the possibilities and benefits of stepping off the treadmill of constantly upgrading to the latest and greatest gear, and setting your unwanted electronics free to find second lives.
Varian Puts Its Supply Chain Under the Scope Ahead of RoHS 2.0
With just three years available to squeeze lead, mercury, cadmium and other toxic materials from their products, manufacturers like Varian Medical Systems are scrambling to ensure compliance with the new rules.
Cleantech Survives a Crisis of Confidence
Despite widespread beliefs that clean technologies are struggling under political and technological burdens, the reality is that green is growing and holds more promise than ever.
