BusinessClimate: Bringing corporate sustainability to the mainstream
May 20, 2012The founder and principal of the upcoming BusinessClimate sustainability event discusses how sustainability is moving from the realm of CSR to competitiveness to national security, but how more evolution is needed to make it mainstream.
Brewing a greener cuppa joe at Starbucks and Thanksgiving Coffee
May 18, 2012Despite the many differences between the Fortune 500 coffee retailer and the family-owned artisan roaster based in Mendocino, Calif., the two companies are committed to working with growers to source coffee beans as sustainably and ethically as possible.
Growing Green Awards: The people behind the produce
May 18, 2012The food producers honored by NRDC's Growing Green Awards are pioneers in the ways they produce food that nourishes our families and restores our water, air, and soil at the same time.
Materials' scarcity and rising costs are fuel for a VERGE future
May 17, 2012New technologies and emerging business pressures are combining to create an unprecedented era of change, according to speakers at today's VERGE conference.
How your firm can adjust as energy gets more & less carbon-intensive
May 17, 2012For companies thinking about climate change and energy, what are the implications of two countervailing trends, the rise of energy with lower carbon content, and the concurrent rise of high-carbon energy?
Intel slashes emissions, but misses water and waste targets
May 17, 2012Intel soundly beat its greenhouse-gas emissions goals, but missed several other targets: It consumes more water and creates more chemical waste than previously, instead of less. Are its new goals more realistic?
- Filed under: Commitments & Goals + Computers & Gadgets + Corporate Reporting + Energy + Energy Conservation + Energy Efficiency + Packaging + Recycling + Reduce Emissions + Renewable Energy + Reporting + Resource Efficiency + Waste Reduction & Recycling + Water Efficiency & Conservation + Water Use
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Engine Could Boost Fuel Economy by Half
May 17, 2012Delphi says its diesel-like engine runs cleanly on gasoline.
- Filed under: Energy
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What is the media's 'brainprint' for sustainability?
May 16, 2012The Global Reporting Initiative has recently come out with comprehensive guidelines on sustainability in the media industry, but will major media companies adopt key measures?
Why curbing agriculture's climate impacts is a growing challenge
May 16, 2012So much uncertainty surrounding how to report agricultural emissions hinders measurement and reduction efforts in the sector, spurring the Greenhouse Gas Protocol to develop industrywide best practices.
Sustainability through software: Q&A with SAP's Peter Graf
May 15, 2012In advance of SAP's largest user conference this week, Chief Sustainability Officer Peter Graf spoke with GreenBiz about decoupling emissions from revenue growth, employee engagement and what's next.
