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View from the C-Suite: Steelcase CEO Jim Hackett
By Heather King, November 07, 2011
Steelcase Inc. is the world's largest supplier of office furniture. The Grand Rapids, Mich., based company was founded nearly 100 years ago as The Metal Office Furniture Company. At the time, the company specialized in file cabinets and safes. Today, Steelcase generates revenues of $2.4 billion through sales of interior architecture, furniture and technology products and employs about 10,000......

View from the C-Suite: Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn
By Heather King, September 06, 2011
Head of the consumer electronics retail giant discusses advances in energy management, working with suppliers to reuse 183 million pounds of recycled parts, and the opportunity to take a leading......
View from the C-Suite: Baxter International CEO Robert Parkinson
By Heather King, August 15, 2011
The head of the global healthcare giant discusses the tie between personal and planetary health, the unique challenges of medical product reuse, and the impact of Kaiser's new supply-chain......
View from the C-Suite: DSM CEO Feike Sijbesma
By Heather King, July 05, 2011
Heather King talks with the CEO of the Netherlands' life sciences and materials sciences giant about the importance of biotech to sustainability, second-generation bio fuels, and the 'green legacy......
View from the C-Suite: American Water CEO Jeff Sterba
By Heather King, June 13, 2011
Heather King talks to the CEO of the U.S.'s largest publicly traded water utility about the tie between energy and water, finding value in wastewater and the irony of our $21 billion-per-year......
View from the C-Suite: A First Anniversary Recap
By Heather King, May 02, 2011
We look back at a year's worth of in-depth interviews with CEOs from MillerCoors, Virgin America and more....
View from the C-Suite: Campbell's Doug Conant and Denise Morrison
By Heather King, March 14, 2011
The outgoing and incoming CEOs of the iconic brand discuss the legacy of sustainability in the food industry, how Millennials are shifting the company's focus, and why they changed the "M'm!......
View from the C-Suite: Grainger CEO James Ryan
By Heather King, February 28, 2011
Ryan discusses the broadening sustainability focus in the heavy manufacturing market, Grainger's catalogue of 8,000-plus "environmentally preferable" products, and how product......
View from the C-Suite: Autodesk CEO Carl Bass
By Heather King, January 03, 2011
GreenBiz.com’s Heather King talks with Autodesk CEO Carl Bass about how design software helps advance building and product efficiency, the company’s "investment" in clean......
View from the C-Suite: Virgin America CEO David Cush
By Heather King, November 29, 2010
The head of the U.S.-based airline talks about the imperatives for greening the airline industry, Sir Richard's impact, and how algae-based fuels could be a game-changer for the industry's carbon......
View from the C-Suite: Owens Corning's CEO Mike Thaman
By Heather King, November 01, 2010
The head of building materials giant talks about the link between fiberglass and carbon reduction, innovations in blades for wind energy, and how Owens Corning uses 1 billion pounds of curbside......
View from the C-Suite: Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers
By Heather King, October 04, 2010
Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers talks about Duke’s collaboration with Fred Krupp of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), his advice for Energy Secretary Steve Chu, and a future where the appliance......
The View from the C-Suite: Diversey's Ed Lonergan
By Heather King, August 30, 2010
Diversey President & CEO Ed Lonergan talks about the Johnson family legacy of sustainability; innovations that save water, energy and labor; and how his team has reinvented his first summer......
View from the C-Suite: MillerCoors' Tom Long
By Heather King, July 26, 2010
The president of the second largest beer company in the United States talks traditions of sustainability, water management practices, and the challenges of greening micro- and macrobrews alike....
The View from the C-Suite: P&G's Len Sauers
By Heather King, June 28, 2010
The VP of Sustainability at the world's largest household and personal products company talks about Procter & Gamble's 9,000-member innovation team, how it impacts chemical giants like Dow and......
The View from the C-Suite: eBay CEO John Donahoe
By Heather King, May 17, 2010
In this exclusive interview, eBay CEO John Donahoe talks about sustainable commerce, the importance of authenticity, his buzz on Bloom fuel cells, and helping his mother clean out her closets......
The View from the C-Suite: Waste Management CEO David Steiner
By Heather King, April 19, 2010
In an exclusive interivew, CEO David Steiner talks about reinventing business models, biofuels, Barbie dolls and why Waste Management supports a zero-waste future....

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