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.

Staying Sane for Sustainability's Sake
By Marc Gunther, August 31, 2010
As we approach what will be for many in the U.S. a long, vacation-filled weekend, it's time to reflect on something those leading the sustainability movement need more than almost anything else:...
Sustainable Consumption: Opportunity or Oxymoron?
By Marc Gunther, August 20, 2010
Consuming smarter goes only so far. We also have to consume less of just about everything, and that bumps up squarely against the business imperative, which is to sell more of just about...
Clean Batteries and Dirty Coal: Your Tax Dollars at Work
By Marc Gunther, August 18, 2010
The Recovery Act is spending big money in surprising places, including cleantech startups that have yet to find a market and a company that makes mining equipment for coal-fired power plants....
What Makes a Firm a Good Bet for Socially Responsible Investors?
By Marc Gunther, August 17, 2010
While BP had made its way into a number of socially responsible investment portfolios, Domini Social Investments always excluded the now-tarnished firm. Here, Domini's managing director explains...
Will Rooftop Solar Have Its Day in the Sun?
By Marc Gunther, August 11, 2010
SunRun's solar leasing program has removed two obstacles to solar -- the upfront cost and hassles. Yet despite more than $155 million in funding, the company only has about 5,000 customers...
Turning the Tide of Commercial Fishing
By Marc Gunther, August 09, 2010
How can we catch or farm fish in a sustainable way, one that doesn’t deplete the supply or pollute the oceans? A new book looks at the flaws of the past and new, promising ideas....
The Secret Sauce Behind Smucker's Sustainability
By Marc Gunther, August 06, 2010
Why has this company, which for most of its life has focused on the prosaic business of making jellies and jams, lasted for 113 years?...
Just How Green Are Your Hiking Boots? Industry Aims to Find Out
By Marc Gunther, August 05, 2010
It makes sense -- and comes not a moment too soon -- that the companies that sell outdoor apparel and equipment have come up with common standards to measure the environmental impact of their...
Why Big Dams and Big Ag are Good for the Poor
By Marc Gunther, August 03, 2010
John Briscoe, a Harvard professor and development expert with years of experience working in the developing world, believes that large scale dams and GMO foods can be good for poor countries....
GE's a Good Corporate Citizen, but Where’s the Payoff?
By Marc Gunther, July 30, 2010
There is no doubt GE takes corporate social responsibility seriously, but will it ever carry the company's bottom line?...

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....

Are Your Cheeseburgers Causing Deforestation? Climate
By Marc Gunther, July 27, 2010
Although illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest -- largely to clear space for cattle ranches and soybean farms -- has slowed in recent years, it's still a huge problem in the fight against...
The Amazon's Real-World Laboratory for Sustainable Livelihoods
By Marc Gunther, July 22, 2010
A thriving cooperative in Brazil's Amazon rainforest showcases how people can live a truly sustainable, low-impact lifestyle....
Is There a Greener Side to Drilling for Oil?
By Marc Gunther, July 20, 2010
At a remote outpost in what is known as the Urucu Oil Province, Brazilian energy giant Petrobas produces oil and natural gas -- an example of what it calls "sustainable development." The...
U.S. Government to Ask 600K Suppliers for Greenhouse Gas Data
By Marc Gunther, July 14, 2010
The U.S. government is going to ask its suppliers to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions. It’s not going to require it. It won’t happen right away. But this is a big deal....
Social Funds and BP: How Embarrassing!
By Marc Gunther, July 13, 2010
If you are a shareholder in a so-called socially responsible or sustainable mutual fund, you may also be an owner of BP, the company responsible for the environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of...
Solar's Long and Winding Road
By Marc Gunther, July 09, 2010
In 1969, the Nixon White House asked a young assistant professor of engineering whether solar energy made sense for America. Absolutely, he replied. Four decades later, Fred Morse is still...
EDF Chief Holds Out Hope for Climate Bill After Years of Setbacks Climate
By Marc Gunther, July 07, 2010
The head of Environmental Defense Fund won’t allow himself to believe that the long crusade to stop climate chage will fail, although he recently conceded that Congress won't pass a cap on...
What Will it Take to Create a 'Netscape Moment' for Cleantech?
By Marc Gunther, July 06, 2010
Investors will get excited about start-up companies across a range of so-called clean technologies -- solar, wind, biofuels, energy efficiency, green chemistry, lighting -- when one of them has...
Why Venture Capitalists are Bullish on Biofuels
By Marc Gunther, June 30, 2010
James Woolsey and Vinod Khosla are among many VCs placing bets on a growing number of biofuels startups that are working to move the U.S. to domestic, low-carbon energy production....
Can a Coal-Carrying Railroad Be Green?
By Marc Gunther, June 28, 2010
Although the environmental benefits of rail power that Union Pacific touts are significant, the company is also a big customer of the coal-mining industry and is opposing climate legislation in...

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Can Brazil Save the Amazon? Climate
By Marc Gunther, July 20, 2010
Environmentalists have labored for decades to protect the impossibly vast rainforests of the Amazon, which make up more than half of the world’s tropical forests. But until recently they...
Solar's Strange Bedfellows
By Marc Gunther, June 23, 2010
Not long ago, it would have been unthinkable for a big utility company to encourage customers to put solar panels on their roofs. That’s changing, as evidenced by a deal announced this week...
The Greening of the Garden State
By Marc Gunther, June 22, 2010
The president and CEO of the New Jersey energy company PSEG talks about how to overcome the political, technical and social hurdles to clean energy generation....

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