State of Green Business Report 2010
GreenBiz.com’s annual State of Green Business Report is the landmark study measuring the environmental impacts of the growing green economy. We document whether and how companies were reducing their environmental impacts, and the mixed results revealed: More companies are doing more things, but moving the needle of environmental progress only slightly, if at all. Here is our summary coverage of this year’s findings, including key trends, analysis, and, of course, access to the report itself.
- With a new-found awareness of the potential of energy efficiency, 2010 promises to be a year of action to green buildings. There are three key factors that get people to act: incentives, funding and...
- T'is the season for making resolutions! In case you work for a company and have not made your sustainability resolution yet, maybe this will help.
- As we view the whatever-it's-called decade in the rearview mirror, it's tempting to assess what's transpired since the good old days of Y2K to see how far we've come — and how far we haven't.
- We wanted to know what kinds of commitments — formal or informal — people were making in their companies.
- I've been trying over the past few days to find some Hopenhagen in Copenhagen — that is, to see some positive outcome to the COP15 climate summit just concluded. The two-week event ended with a...
- Office Depot, whose annual Green Guide is a compendium of the nearly 2,200 greenest products the retailer provides, has added a new dimension to its campaign to be the working world's top...
- With the two weeks of talks just beginning, most countries opened with their traditional hard line positions in preparation for the real negotiations to occur in the second week.
- AT&T has established a corporate post for a director of energy to take the reins of the firm's energy management drive -- and named its first appointee to the job.
- Founded three years ago, the Biomimicry Institute has developed a wide range of programs and activities to spread the word about biomimicry, advance research and education, and provide environments...
- At first glance it seems an impossible task to take on the hundreds or thousands of chemicals in your company's supply chain, but a number of companies have developed useful approaches to measuring...
- BASF has launched a number of new biodegradable products, including shrink film, paper coating and mosquito net packaging.
- The number of U.S. companies certified as B Corporations soared 80 percent over the last year, representing $1.1 billion in revenue and 54 industries, according to the first annual report from B Lab...
- Walmart’s mandate for stricter sustainability practices among suppliers poses huge challenges to firms -- as well as a windfall of opportunities for businesses that can clear the hurdles and...
- BASF, the world's largest chemical company, has become the preferred supplier of building materials and systems solutions for the construction of Masdar City, the futuristic development that is to...
- Transparency, quality, sustainability and the customer are at the core of Walmart's new Sustainability Index.
- A presentation by GreenBiz.com Executive Editor Joel Makower of the trends and metrics on the greening of Corporate America.
- Startups ranging from a firm that helps data centers operate with greater energy efficiency to a maker of "high performance, consumer friendly diapers" are among the six winners of the 2008...
- EPA and DOE presented awards for green power purchasing to 29 organizations that have demonstrated leadership through purchasing renewable energy or creating innovative supply options for consumers.
- What does it mean for a building to be green? Answers to questions that facility executives are still asking. By David Kozlowski
- Armstrong World Industries, the world's largest manufacturer of acoustical ceilings, has announced a program that allows building owners to recycle their old ceiling tiles rather than dump them...
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