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.

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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.

  • Warren Buffett's Chinese Electric Car Company
    By Marc Gunther, April 13, 2009

    If you think the American auto industry is in trouble now, just wait until the Chinese learn how to make great cars, says Marc Gunther. ...

  • 'Obama Girl' and the Selling of Clean Energy
    By Marc Gunther, April 06, 2009

    Brian Keane, who leads a nonprofit called Smart Power, wants to do for renewable energy what the "Got Milk?" campaign does for milk and what the "Fabric of Our Lives" campaign does for cotton: He...

  • Climate Policy and 'The Black Swan'
    By Marc Gunther, March 30, 2009

    How we do we live in a world we don’t understand, asks Marc Gunther. He says the question has been on his mind since he listened to a podcast interview of Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of "The...

  • Google's Favorite Car Company
    By Marc Gunther, March 25, 2009

    Think about the aerodynamics of jet plane, a sailboat and a minivan. When we build things to fly through the air or propel us through the water, we design efficient vehicles. Not so with cars....

  • McKinsey: The Next Oil Shock
    By Marc Gunther, March 24, 2009

    Two-dollar a gallon gasoline is one of the few brights spots for consumers during this economic slump. Evidently, people expect cheap gas to be with us for a while. That could be a big mistake....

  • Steven Chu: Scientist, Cyclist, Energy Czar
    By Marc Gunther, March 20, 2009

    The Obama administration has unveiled a $2.4 billion grant program to promote plug-in hybrid cars, which will travel 40 miles on a single electricity charge and 100 miles on a gallon of gas. You’...

  • Going on a Low Carb(on) Diet
    By Marc Gunther, March 20, 2009

    A low carb(on) diet can be just as good for businesses as it is for people. That’s what Bon Appetit Management Company — a restaurant company that provides onsite sustainable food cafe and...

  • When Money Doesn't Talk
    By Marc Gunther, March 18, 2009

    Million-dollar bonuses handed out by failed companies like Merrill Lynch and AIG stir outrage for many reasons and they have an added sting right now because, elsewhere in America, not many people...

  • SC Johnson: Coming Clean
    By Marc Gunther, March 15, 2009

    What's inside the stuff we buy? When it comes to food, it's hard to know. As for other things including the household products like cleaners and air fresheners, the ingredients are usually a...

  • Geoengineering: Time to Get Serious?
    By Marc Gunther, March 10, 2009

    Imagine a fleet of 1,500 remote-controlled, wind-powered ships, sailing the oceans, spewing salt water into the air to whiten clouds, so they block more of the sun to cool an overheating planet....

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