Tilde Herrera

Tilde Herrera is an associate editor at GreenBiz.com

New Guide Spotlights Expanding Roster of Green MBA Programs
By Tilde Herrera, August 19, 2010
Net Impact's latest guide profiling Masters of Business Administration (MBA) programs is more than twice as big as its first iteration in 2006, which bodes well for students navigating a growing...
Companies Work to Keep Emissions Low After the Recession Climate
By Tilde Herrera, July 07, 2010
The downturn has helped many companies get to their climate goals faster. The hard part will be holding the line on emissions once business activity picks up....
PG&E Claims Industry First with Supply Chain Footprint Project Climate
By Tilde Herrera, June 30, 2010
Following in the footsteps of Walmart, IBM and Procter and Gamble, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. officially kicked off a project this week to size up the carbon footprint of its supply chain with...
10 Green NGOs Businesses Should Know About
By Tilde Herrera, June 14, 2010
Who are the NGOs that companies turn to most often --- and most effectively? To answer that question, we spoke with companies with long experience working with nonprofits, scanned our coverage...
New Climate Bill Could Be 'Best' Deal for Business Climate
By Tilde Herrera, May 12, 2010
Some say the bill could be as good as it gets for the business community, in terms of comparisons to previous bills, financial support, and something many businesses have been yearning for:...
How NGO Partnerships Have Changed Over 20 Earth Days
By Tilde Herrera, April 22, 2010
Over the last several decades, the relationship between NGOs and companies has steadily evolved from antagonism to cooperation. Businesses have realized they need NGO support for what has become a...
New Vehicle Emissions Rules to Save Corporate Fleets Billions Climate
By Tilde Herrera, April 02, 2010
The nation's first federal rules regulating greenhouse gas emissions from light-duty vehicles stand to save the country's corporate fleets billions of dollars from improved fuel economy....
Top Water-Saving Rebates and Incentives for Your Business
By Tilde Herrera, March 26, 2010
From paying businesses to replace water-guzzling grass to simply paying companies to save hundreds of thousands of gallons, water agencies around the country offer commercial customers a slew of...
The Water Risks Companies Face, and How to Address Them
By Tilde Herrera, March 22, 2010
Businesses face physical, regulatory, reputational and litigation water risks, but smart companies like PepsiCo, Intel and Pinnacle West are finding innovative ways to address the issue, including...
Walmart's Emerging Role in Sustainability Consulting
By Tilde Herrera, March 17, 2010
Three years before Walmart announced it would squeeze 20 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its supply chain, the retailer rolled out its Supplier Energy Efficiency Program with the...

Record Number of Shareholder Actions Target Climate Change Climate
By Tilde Herrera, March 04, 2010
Investors filed 95 shareholder resolutions during the 2010 proxy season -- a 40 percent increase over 2008 -- seeking more information about how companies are measuring and managing their carbon...
Volunteering Brings Together Social and Business Profits
By Tilde Herrera, March 03, 2010
More than three million U.S. citizens are expected to descend on local parks and schools with brooms, shovels and garbage bags over the next three months as part of the Great American Cleanup, an...
Putting Business Growth and Emissions on Separate Tracks Climate
By Tilde Herrera, November 11, 2009
With climate scientists warning that greenhouse gas emissions must decline upwards of 80 percent by 2050 to avoid catastrophic climate change, some like Salvatore Gabola are calling for businesses...
Path to $3B in Stimulus Funds Revealed to Renewable Energy Developers Climate
By Tilde Herrera, July 10, 2009
The Energy and Treasury departments released eagerly awaited guidance Thursday to help renewable energy project developers apply for roughly $3 billion in stimulus funds, which experts say will...
The Selling of Earth Day 2009: The Good, Bad, and Ugly
By Tilde Herrera, April 21, 2009
Part two of our Earth Day 2009 package looks beyond what companies are doing in offices and on their own campuses to explore the ways they're sharing their efforts with the world at large....
Live From Ceres: Climate Change Requires Bold Thinking Climate
By Tilde Herrera, April 16, 2009
Earth Policy Institute Lester Brown and PG&E CEO Peter Darbee argued Thursday that bold actions are required to address climate change at the level needed to preserve civilization....
Cap-and-Trade Called a 'Silver Bullet'
By Tilde Herrera, March 24, 2009
In this ClimateBiz.com Q&A, Miriam Horn, co-author of "EARTH: The Sequel," describes some of today's emerging cleantech innovators and the reasons they need a cap-and-trade to help bring their...
New GreenBiz Report Explores the Tools and Travails of Greener Supply Chains
By Tilde Herrera, November 09, 2008
In the latest GreenBiz Report, Terry Yosie of the World Environment Center shares best practices for successful green supply chain initiatives in developing countries....
Obama Must Tie Green Agenda to Economy: Panel
By Tilde Herrera, November 09, 2008
President-Elect Barack Obama stands a better chance of advancing a green agenda in his first 100 days in office if he can mobilize the country around environmental issues and tie green initiatives...
Industry Must Lead Toward Sustainable Economy: Panel
By Tilde Herrera, November 05, 2008
Businesses must also address societal problems by incorporating sustainability into economic policies and focusing on long-term solutions, according to a panel of experts gathered on the opening...

Exploring the Forgotten Water Footprint
By Tilde Herrera, February 26, 2010
It is becoming increasingly common for companies to measure and report the water they consume within their four walls. Yet they rarely track all the water used to make the electricity powering...
Post-Copenhagen Corporate Climate Management: State of Green Business Forum 2010
By Tilde Herrera, February 04, 2010
Does the regulatory deadlock on the domestic and international fronts put the onus on businesses to do more to address climate change or does it let them off the hook?...
'We're Halfway There,' Van Jones Says: State of Green Business Forum 2010
By Tilde Herrera, February 04, 2010
The first part of the Obama Adminstration's two-pronged strategy to ignite the green business economy -- public investment through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -- has been...
Nike: From Considered Design to Closing the Loop
By Tilde Herrera, October 19, 2009
Nike's corporate responsibility agenda has evolved from one based on risk and reputation management to being a source of innovation, a change that has yielded not only new products, but a shift in...
Walmart Sustainability Index Means Big Business Climate
By Tilde Herrera, September 24, 2009
Oct. 1 marks the official start of the first phase of Walmart's Sustainability Index, which offers both a huge business opportunity for suppliers and a potentially huge environmental business for...
PG&E Ditches U.S. Chamber of Commerce for Anti-Climate Bill Efforts Climate
By Tilde Herrera, September 22, 2009
The Northern California utility said today it is leaving the Chamber over what it calls an extreme position on climate change. Just weeks before, Duke Energy and Alstom Power left another trade...
Creative Solution to Banned-Liquid Waste Problem Takes Off at PDX
By Tilde Herrera, August 06, 2009
The Transportation Safety Agency banned liquids from carry-on bags exactly three years ago this week, forcing millions of travelers to check their luggage or throw away bottled drinks and...
Hertz Turns to Plant Oils to Squelch Stinky Cars
By Tilde Herrera, July 28, 2009
The Hertz Corp. is tackling one of the most common complaints in the car rental industry with a biodegradable, non-toxic product that saps the stench from stinky rental cars without comprising air...
Discarded Food Finds New Life as Electricity Climate
By Tilde Herrera, July 15, 2009
Unwanted, thrown away food in the San Francisco Bay Area soon find new life as electricity. The East Bay Municipal District plans to dramatically boost the amount of food scraps it converts to...
Ford Developing Laser Ignition to Cut Exhaust Emissions Climate
By Tilde Herrera, July 14, 2009
Ford Motor Co. and researchers at the University of Liverpool are developing a car ignition system that swaps spark plugs for a laser beam to start vehicles while generating fewer greenhouse gas...

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A New Era of 'Climate Thinking' Climate
By Tilde Herrera, May 26, 2009
In a keynote speech delivered at the Women's Network for a Sustainable Future in Santa Clara, Calif., last week, California Air Resources Board Chairman Mary Nichols described how a new way of...
Continuing Current U.S. Energy Policy Called 'Perilous' Climate
By Tilde Herrera, May 18, 2009
A group of retired U.S. military leaders released a report today warning that maintaining the country's current energy stance poses significant risks to its national security,...
Finding the Skills to Turn a Company Green From Within
By Tilde Herrera, May 13, 2009
Executives from Net Impact, eBay and Timberland discuss the skills employers find desirable for positions with an environmental or larger CSR focus....

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