Walmart, Tesco Vendors Get Supply Chain Help from Five Winds

March 9th, 2010 by Editor

Five Winds International has created a new website to help companies meet supplier sustainability requirements being imposed by retailers.
 


By GreenBiz Staff
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Three Simple Checkpoints on the Road to a Clean Energy Future

March 9th, 2010 by Editor

In the midst of a gold rush of clean technologies, some observers believe we’re still years from making a dent in the national carbon footprint. But these three shovel-ready technologies show a low-carbon future is already within sight.


By Kelly Vaughn
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Solar Systems for Cheap from Sungevity, TXU Energy

March 8th, 2010 by Editor

Two solar power system providers are expanding the availability of solar leases with no down payments.
 


By GreenBiz Staff
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What Your Employees Know About Green Innovation That You Don’t

March 8th, 2010 by Editor

Engagement is the mot du jour today. It’s being pitched as a new religion, buoyed by the social media wave; however, behind all the hype is a remarkably simple concept: If you need help, ask.
 


By Marc Stoiber
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The Unintended Consequences of Corporate Transparency

March 5th, 2010 by Editor

The final installment of our three-part series on transparency explores how organizations must walk the line between an unhealthy and unsustainable obsessions with quarterly earnings results and an unmanageable expectation of ‘accountability to everyone.’


By Stephen Linaweaver
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ExxonMobil Takes Third Place in Big Oil Sustainability Rankings

March 5th, 2010 by Editor

The latest industry rankings from Tomorrow’s Value Rating looks at fossil fuel firms and finds that, despite solid leadership in innovation, the 10 largest companies are failing to take action on a number of environmental issues.


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Networking the Green Economy

March 5th, 2010 by Editor

This report outlines the ways that broadband technologies and smart grids can create jobs, save individuals and businesses money, and cut the national carbon footprint.


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Green Jobs, Green Technology in the Spotlight in New Report

March 5th, 2010 by Editor

In the run-up to the release of the federal government’s national broadband plan, a coalition of groups are detailing the ways that green technologies can grow the economy while cutting the country’s carbon footprint.


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Volunteering Brings Together Social and Business Profits

March 4th, 2010 by Editor

More than three million U.S. citizens are expected to descend on local parks and schools with brooms, shovels and garbage bags over the next three months as part of the Great American Cleanup, an initaitve of Keep America Beautiful (KAB). Allowing workers to participate in volunteer activities helps to cultivate skills prized by many companies, such as ability to work as part of a team and self-direction, according to KAB’s president.


By Tilde Herrera
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Your Taco’s Footprint: 19 Ingredients that Logged 64,000 Miles

March 4th, 2010 by Editor

A new project from a California college aims to map how far the various ingredients in your taco-truck lunch have traveled to reach your plate.


By Matthew Wheeland
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