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Data spurs competition for high-performance buildings
By Derek Top, May 16, 2012
HonestBuildings.com hopes to jumpstart the commercial-real-estate market by connecting building owners and service providers via data and Web-based tools....

Sustainability through software: Q&A with SAP's Peter Graf
By Jennifer Kho, May 16, 2012
In 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......
What is the media's 'brainprint' for sustainability?
By Jennifer Inez Ward, May 16, 2012
The Global Reporting Initiative has recently come out with comprehensive guidelines on sustainability in the media industry, but will major media companies adopt key measures?

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Why curbing agriculture's climate impacts is a growing challenge
By Stephen Russell, May 16, 2012
So 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......
How to defeat the massive plug-load monster
By Tolga Tutar, May 16, 2012
The plug-load threat is emerging like a monster against building energy-efficiency efforts. Here are some easy-to-implement, cost-effective ways to tame loads.
Dow's 4 pillars of sustainable chemistry and a green economy
By Dave Kepler, May 16, 2012
Green chemistry has become a well known set of tools to design lower-impact products, but sustainable chemistry is one of the key building blocks of the innovations we need for long-term......
Google's huge offshore wind transmission line edges forward
By BusinessGreen Staff, May 15, 2012
Planned $5 billion interconnector connecting wind farms off the East Coast to the mainland U.S. clears latest regulatory hurdle and could start transmitting electricity by 2017....
Practically Green: Changing employee behavior via games (video)
By Anna Hackman, May 15, 2012
Practically Green CEO Susan Hunt Stevens talks about how her firm's online game is helping other companies encourage sustainability within their own organizations.
Does Fair Trade USA's expansion plan threaten its purpose?
By Marc Gunther, May 15, 2012
In a move to grow the market for Fair Trade products, the longtime head of Fair Trade USA proposes to allow much bigger coffee growers into the certification -- a move that some say runs contrary...
VERGE Executive Series: Q&A with Boeing's Tim Noonan
By Don Reed, May 14, 2012
With a startup mentality, Boeing Energy is working to drive innovation by leveraging its own internal resources and tapping into key partnerships....
Specialized retrofit financing a boon for Johnson Controls
By Padma Nagappan, May 14, 2012
Johnson Controls says the retrofit business is heating up, thanks to new financing via PACE and performance contracting.
Visualizing sustainability's rewards via MIT's new interactive tool
By Deb Gallagher, May 14, 2012
A new interactive tool from MIT Sloan Management Review allows users to answer several key questions: Who is making a business case for sustainability? Who is profiting from sustainability?...
The organic farming debate is about more than just yields
By Marc Gunther, May 14, 2012
As demand for food increases on a planet with limited resources,organic foods' low yields are an issue. But there are other benefits to consider -- along with some possibilities for addressing...
What does the future of sustainability mean for small business?
By Chrissy Coughlin, May 13, 2012
The co-founder and director of global sustainability consultancy SustainServ talks about what the evolution of corporate sustainability means for small to medium-sized businesses, supply chains...
The world is running out of water -- now what?
By Jon Freedman, May 12, 2012
The new documentary 'Last Call at the Oasis' shines a light on growing global concerns about water scarcity -- and what companies and governments large and small are doing to keep the...
Can companies market greener food choices to consumers?
By Jennifer Inez Ward, May 11, 2012
Consumers are showing an ever increasing support of the food industry's sustainability efforts, but it is unclear how much those green efforts translate into sales.
Businesses struggle to win sustainability street cred
By Ory Zik, May 11, 2012
While corporations pour millions of dollars into sustainability policies and initiatives, consumers remain skeptical.
Just one word, graduates: 'Plasticity'
By Anna Clark, May 11, 2012
A group of companies is staging a one-day forum on innovations in recycled plastics, alongside the upcoming Rio+20 Summit.
Schneider joins ABB, Siemens, Eaton in EV quick-charging race
By Derek Top, May 10, 2012
Quick-charging stations are seen as gateway to large-scale electric-vehicle adoption. Here's a look at some of the infrastructure players who are ready to pounce on the growing EV market....
ConAgra Foods' green strategy: Award employees for sustainability efforts
By Padma Nagappan, May 10, 2012
ConAgra Foods dramatically cut its water and energy consumption last year, thanks to proactive employees....
Is this the world's smartest, greenest building?
By Jim Sinopoli, May 10, 2012
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's new headquarters is not only ultra green, it's smart too.
View from the boardroom: Why I'm more hopeful than ever
By Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, May 10, 2012
At first glance, it may not be looking too good for those of us who are trying to save the planet and put people to work. So, why is the leader of Green for All feeling more hopeful than ever?
Why organic food isn't as green as you think
By Marc Gunther, May 09, 2012
Proponents of organic foods have the fervor of faith in their belief in the benefits of organics, but if we want to truly understand organic agriculture's impacts on the planet and on our...

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Data spurs competition for high-performance buildings
By Derek Top, May 16, 2012
HonestBuildings.com hopes to jumpstart the commercial-real-estate market by connecting building owners and service providers via data and Web-based tools....
VERGE Executive Series: Q&A with Boeing's Tim Noonan
Schneider joins ABB, Siemens, Eaton in EV quick-charging race
Is this the world's smartest, greenest building?
Recyclebank's iPhone app aims to ease London traffic congestion

State of Green Business

Non-News is Good News
By Joel Makower, January 31, 2012
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
Joel Makower on the State of Green Business, 2012
'Big Data' Creates Big Opportunities
Cleantech Survives a Crisis of Confidence
Sustainable Cities Take Center Stage

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