Marc Gunther

GreenBiz.com Senior Writer Marc Gunther is a longtime journalist and speaker whose focus is business and sustainability. Marc maintains a blog at MarcGunther.com. You can follow him on Twitter @marcGunther.

GreenBiz.com Senior Writer Marc Gunther is a veteran journalist and speaker whose focus is business and sustainability.

Marc was a senior writer at Fortune magazine for 13 years. At Fortune, he wrote cover stories about the greening of Walmart; about BYD, the Chinese electric car company backed by Warren Buffett; about Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and the 2008 financial crisis; and about spirituality in the workplace.

Previously, Marc worked for more than 20 years for newspapers including the Paterson (N.J.) News, Hartford Courant, Detroit News, and Detroit Free Press. He is the author of four books, including "Faith and Fortune: How Compassionate Capitalism is Transforming American Business" (Crown 2004) and is creator and co-chair of Brainstorm Green, Fortune's annual conference on business and the environment.

Marc maintains a blog at MarcGunther.com. You can follow him on Twitter @marcGunther.

Steven Chu: The Nerd in the Cabinet
By Marc Gunther, November 06, 2009
The current Secretary of Energy is also a Nobel Laureate and former physics professor at UC Berkeley, and a self-described 'energy conservation nut.' ...
Will the Financial Meltdown Lead to an Investment Revolution?
By Marc Gunther, November 03, 2009
Not much good has come of the Great Recession, but a recent day-long event showed that investors are at least starting to think more thoroughly about risk and sustainability in their portfolios....
FPL's Change of Heart on Cap and Trade ClimateBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, October 30, 2009
Several years ago, FPL Group CEO Lew Hay, the nation's leading renewable energy provider, gave an impassioned speech arguing for a tax on CO2 emissions to deal with the threat of global warming....
Electricity That's Cheaper Than Free
By Marc Gunther, October 28, 2009
Would you believe that there are places and times when power companies generate so much renewable energy that they give it away? ...
The Smart Grid Is On Its Way -- Slowly
By Marc Gunther, October 27, 2009
Today, President Obama travels to Arcadia, Florida, home to one of the nation’s biggest solar power plants, to announced 100 grants providing a total of $3.4 billion in recovery-act funding...
FedEx: Pushing the Envelope on Sustainability
By Marc Gunther, October 23, 2009
When you need to ship a package, how do you choose between FedEx and UPS? Their services are similar, if not identical. Could the companies' sustainability practices come into play? ...
GE, Cleantech and Your Tax Dollars
By Marc Gunther, October 21, 2009
Let me state my bias upfront: I'm am admirer of GE. But I can't help but be struck by the extent to which the firm's clean energy businesses depend on federal and state tax and regulatory policy,...
Why a Coal Guy is Going Green
By Marc Gunther, October 16, 2009
Of all the companies in the world, Duke Energy is the 12th biggest emitter of CO2. Yet Jim Rogers, Duke’s longtime president, CEO and chairman, is pushing as hard as anyone in corporate...
A Bipartisan Breakthrough on Climate ClimateBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, October 13, 2009
Kudos to John Kerry and Lindsey Graham for their op-ed in Sunday’s Times, which points the way to a breakthrough in...
What's Wrong with Obama's Green Team?
By Marc Gunther, October 13, 2009
It's hard not to be impressed by the people working for the Obama administration on the environment. For the most part, they're smart, well-intentioned, dedicated. Let's hope they can deliver...

Trying To Turn Coke Green
By Marc Gunther, April 17, 2008
CEO Neville Isdell is an environmentalist, but making The Coca-Cola Co. sustainable is harder than it looks. ...

(Solar) Power to the People
By Marc Gunther, October 12, 2009
The co-founder of Sungevity talks about the drive for climate legislation, the booming market for solar power systems, and whether it can bring renewables to the masses, one roof at a time. ...
Lipton: Now That's Green Tea!
By Marc Gunther, October 08, 2009
Smart companies that pursue zero waste are also taking us closer to an industrial system inspired by nature, where there's no such thing as garbage. Lipton's employees and management have...
The U.S. Chamber's Climate Blunders ClimateBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, October 07, 2009
So now America’s biggest business lobby and late-night comic David Letterman have something in common: They have really, really embarrassed themselves. ...
Nuclear Power: An Inconvenient Solution?
By Marc Gunther, October 06, 2009
That's what Lamar Alexander wants you to contemplate. Here's what the Republican senator from Tennessee broached in a speech Monday: "I want to ask you to do something that gives many...
Ray Anderson: Radical Industrialist
By Marc Gunther, October 05, 2009
The founder of Interface shows how being a tree-hugging environmentalist and the head of a thriving, $1-billion a year carpet company don't need to be mutually exclusive ...
A Look Inside the Most Sustainable Company on Earth
By Marc Gunther, October 01, 2009
In this in-depth interview, Interface founder and CEO Ray Anderson explains what it takes to be a 'radical industrialist,' and how the very first green project his company undertook both paid for...
America's 10 Greenest Brands?
By Marc Gunther, September 29, 2009
A new survey of shoppers asking asking about green goods produced a number of interesting results -- but none more so than the list of the country's greenest brands. ...
Let's Have a Grown-Up Debate About Climate Change ClimateBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, September 28, 2009
If, like me, you have been confused, frustrated, dispirited or all of the above by the health care debate in Congress, get ready for more as the U.S. Senate prepares to take up climate-change...
The Great Wall Embraces Wall Street ClimateBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, September 25, 2009
In the latest sign that China takes the threat of global warming seriously, Chinese business executives with close ties to the government have launched a voluntary market in Beijing to buy and...
UPS to FedEx: We're Greener Than You ClimateBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, September 23, 2009
With their neck-and-neck scores in Newsweek's new green rankings, the two shipping companies' ongoing rivalry continues to heat up. ...

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How Republicans Can Save the Climate Bill ClimateBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, October 05, 2009
Although some blame for the current failure to pass meaningful climate legislation falls on both sides of the political aisle, as well as with the White House and its appointees, there are some...
FPL: America's No. 1 Wind Power ClimateBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, September 21, 2009
FPL doesn’t attract much attention, but with 2008 revenues of more than $16 billion, about 39,000 megawatts of generating capacity, and more than 15,000 employees in 27 states and Canada,...
SunRun Offers a New Deal for Solar
By Marc Gunther, September 17, 2009
Until recently, you had to be deep green -- and have deep pockets -- to put solar photovoltaic panels on the roof of your home. The technology was baffling. The return on that big upfront...

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