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Strategies for the Green Economy
GreenBiz.com is pleased to present these exclusive excerpts from Executive Editor Joel Makower's new book, Strategies for the Green Economy:
• From a Movement to a Market• Green in Spite of Ourselves
We'll be publishing new excerpts regularly in the coming weeks, so be sure to check back often...
Greener by Design: Transformations
In this final highlight video from our green design conference, sustainability leaders from three large and innovative companies discuss the ways thinking green has transformed their products.
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Green IT Can Make a Splash in the World of Water
Peter Williams, the Chief Technology Officer for IBM's Big Green Innovations project, explains how the company's idea for a new, nonprofit water organization can make managing our most precious resource even more efficient.
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- Wall Street vs. Green Street: Who is Doing Better?
While Wall Street has suffered a meltdown that threatens credit flow around the world, Green Street has been hit, but not badly hurt. ...
- The Five Horsemen of Environmental Change
Just as railroads fundamentally changed the country and the world in the 19th century, five even more power technologies are already among us, making it all the more ...- A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste
The meltdown currently enveloping Wall Street is the result of decades of mismanagement and malfeasance by market managers, but it also offers us the opportunity to further ... - The Five Horsemen of Environmental Change
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In this landmark report, Joel Makower and the editors of GreenBiz.com answer the question: How are U.S. businesses doing in their quest to be more environmentally responsible? It introduces the GreenBiz Index, 20 indicators of progress, tracking the resource use, emissions, and business practices of U.S. companies: carbon, materials, energy, and toxics intensity, clean-tech investments, e-waste recovery, paper use, employee commuting, and more.
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DENVER, Colo. -- Green initiatives may be helping shipping and logistics companies achieve internal goals, but it isn't useful in attracting or retaining business, according to a recent survey. -
BARCELONA, -- Some of the world's most influential groups in environmentalism and tourism have joined forces to set standards for eco-friendly and socially responsible business operations in the industries catering to travelers. -
OAKLAND, Calif. -- The National Cleaners Association has developed a rating system for dry cleaners that looks at their entire operations. -
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- Latest report from Carbon Disclosure Project suggests United Kingdom firms' climate change strategies have an edge over international rivals, but there is still plenty more work to do. -
MANASSAS, Va. -- Lockheed Martin has been chosen to help commercialize a process that uses the difference in heat between shallow and deep water to provide energy. -
OAKLAND, Calif. -- The office furniture maker has received certification showing its wood products come from well-managed forests and a Canadian award for reducing energy and VOC emissions. -
FRESNO, GONZALES AND SAN RAMON, Calif. -- Gap Inc. has unveiled a 1-megawatt solar power system, and Constellation Wines U.S. and AT&T are each working with strategic partnerships of their own to host comparably large systems that will harness the power of the sun. -
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The 2008 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard breaks down how states compare on eight issues and lists best practices in funding, incentives, standards and more. -
OAKLAND, Calif. -- A TransitCenter Survey found that companies feel higher commuting costs will affect employee retention, and think they should encourage employees to green their commutes. -
DENVER, Colo. -- Chipotle Mexican Grill is adding two restaurants created according to green designs to its chain of 775 outlets. -
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Cleantech stands to make the Pacific Northwest a leader in a low-carbon economy and deliver thousands of local green collar jobs by 2025, according to a new study. -
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Event management and consulting firm Meeting Strategies Worldwide has launched two online tools to help planners select meeting sites based on the eco-friendliness of prospective locations and the estimated carbon emissions resulting from air travel. -
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Google unveiled an aggressive $4 trillion energy plan to significantly wean the U.S. off fossil fuel use by 2030. Meanwhile, a U.S. Chamber of Commerce affiliate released its own plan that take an all-of-the-above strategy. -
MIAMI, Fla. -- A study prepared for the U.S. Conference of Mayors says the number of green jobs in the country could grow fivefold to 4.2 million by 2038 if aggressive steps are taken to rely more on renewable energy resources, use alternative fuels and conserve energy. -
OAKLAND, Calif. -- In the first of our new series of reports, Peter Williams of IBM's Big Green Innovations explains the potential for high-tech water management strategies, and offers a call for a new public-private organization to manage U.S. water use efficiently. -
PURCHASE, N.Y. -- PepsiCo, the corporate parent of Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Quaker foods, Tropicana and the soda that is its namesake, said it's making strong progress toward its environmental goals. In September, PepsiCo was named anew to the Dow Jones Sustainability World and North American indexes. -
MADISON, Wis. -- More than 50 companies and interested parties are represented on the panel working to set a nationwide standard of sustainable agriculture. -
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- USPS is applying a variety of strategies, such as energy efficiency requirements for equipment, green building practices, lighting retrofits in processing plants, renewable energy systems and alternative fuel vehicles. -
BURLINGTON, Vt. -- The ice cream company has received EPA permission to install freezers cooled with propane, technology used widely in Europe but banned in the U.S. -
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- A new book available only in digital form from Vault.com Inc. profiles the eco-friendly practices and programs of nearly 70 North American companies.
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