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Welcome to GreenBiz 2.0!
We've been working long hours behind the scenes to make GreenBiz.com and our sister sites even more useful and information-packed. At last, we're ready to unveil it.
We have redesigned the look and feel of GreenBiz.com and all our sister sites to make it easier for you to navigate and explore. All the same great news and resources are still here, and here is a short overview of all the new additions and changes to the sites.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about the new design, send a note to Carlie Peterson at carlie@greenerworldmedia.com.
Thanks for reading!
Joel Makower, Executive Editor
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- On The Need for Green MBAs
Experts of all stripes are predicting that green innovations are the last best hope for us to solve our environmental crises. In order to make the innovations a reality, we ...- Toward a Real-Time Macroethical Assessment for Sustainability
As shown by the current uproar over the use of food crops as stock for alternative fuels, we need to incorporate a flexible and highly adaptive system of ethical guidelines ... - On The Need for Green MBAs
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Two Steps Forward
Exxon, the Rockefellers, and the Future of Big Oil
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Corporate America
A $3 trillion climate-change battle
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Marketing Green
Reframing Global Warming Across the Political Spectrum
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The Triple Bottom Line
Timberland And Stonyfield Farms--Two Little Guys Showing The Big Guys How It's Done
TerraCycle: Worm Poop and So Much More
Tom Szaky, CEO of a company that made its name selling fertilizer made from worm castings, talks to GreenBiz Radio about making the greenest possible products from other people's trash, turning the production cycle on its ear, and other ways that companies can design products that turn waste into gold.
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Facilities
From factories to office buildings, companies are learning the ways they can save money and improve their environmental impact by greening facilities. This section looks at how strategies like energy efficiency, green cleaning products and non-toxic products can make every building greener.
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TEMPE, Ariz. -- Dow's project, lauded as the best of the year by crisis-management software company ESS and BNP Media, saved the company more than $2 million by using IT to streamline and improve the accuracy of its reporting processes.
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LAKE FOREST, Calif. -- Using data generated over more than seven years, the audit focused on the company’s carbon emissions, waste and water consumption. Sole, the parent of etnies and other action sports clothing and footwear brands, will now use the data to begin trimming its footprint with the intention of becoming carbon neutral by 2020.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The firm plans to cut its carbon emissions around the globe, mostly from facilities, by 20 percent by 2012 as well as offset all employee air travel.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Kodak has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions 28 percent since 2002, and has recycled or reused 42 million pounds of waste through a company program, it announced this week. The company also made strides in reducing energy consumption and occupational injuries.
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LEXINGTON -- The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education is having more than 90 colleges and universities test an updated version of its rating system for campus sustainability.
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BETHESDA, Md. -- Marriott International has committed funds to preserve a 1.4 million acre rainforest in Brazil and has announced new and expanded environmental goals for its hotels and supply chain.
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ATLANTA, Ga. -- A new report from Air Quality Services Inc. (AQS) aims to help the public understand the indoor contaminants produced by standard office equipment, such as computers, printers and fax machines.
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NORWALK -- The company's newest Office Services tool helps customers find out how their printers and copiers are impacting the environment as well as calculate the effect of reducing their equipment and changing their office practices.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Ecolab will reportedly introduce a new environmental initiative to certify carwash operators and help them market their services to green-minded consumers.
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TEST, Hawaii -- When a company, large or small, decides to assess and improve its environmental performance, having employees on board to support and extend the project can make the difference between success and failure.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Autodesk unveiled a host of upgrades to its Building Information Modeling suite of applications at an event last week, allowing architects, engineers and owners to work together more closely on environmental issues in building projects.
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CHICAGO, Ill. -- Energy efficiency has become one of company leaders' three most important priorities when it comes to greening operations, and bringing down energy use in offices and facilities is a significant way of achieving that goal, according to a new study.
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LEXINGTON, -- The Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS), developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, will bring attention to everything from buildings to food programs to education.
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CHICAGO, Ill. -- Since its launch late last year, the program has racked up nearly 100 law offices across the country committing to its three-pronged plan green up the law business by reducing paper waste, increasing energy efficiency and purchasing green power for law firms.
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DALLAS, Texas -- Bringing together leaders from industry, government and academia, SMU is working to develop an advanced degree program in sustainable design that combines ideas from engineering, architecture and technology into a forward-looking Master's degree program.
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