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Energy Efficiency Gains Horsepower: The State of Green Business 2010
By Joel Makower, February 09, 2010
As managing greenhouse gas emissions approaches the importance of simply managing energy bills, a new generation of technology is making it easier for firms to pull the plug on wasted power. ...

The Age of Sustainability: Why 'Less' Should Be More of Your Business Strategy
By Mahesh Pethe, February 09, 2010
Business has officially entered The Age of Sustainability, and businesses that don't figure in sustainability aren’t likely to survive. Here’s a look at the reasons why as well as...
Greener Fleets Hit the Streets: The State of Green Business 2010
By Joel Makower, February 08, 2010
While individual car buyers stayed out of showrooms with disastrous results, corporate and institutional buyers proved a bright green spot for the industry with increased purchases of hybrid-...

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The Dirty Little Secret About Green MBAs
By David Berdish, February 08, 2010
Business education programs, even green MBA programs, are failing to prepare students for the deep, complex and sticky issues that underlie sustainability strategy. Business education hasn't...
If You're Going to Be Naked, You'd Better Be Buff: Radical Transparency in Green Marketing
By Deborah Fleischer, February 08, 2010
At the State of Green Business Forum last week in San Francisco, a panel of industry experts explored how radical transparency -- whether driven by companies themselves or their customers -- is...
Why Green Business is Like Teen Sex
By Marc Gunther, February 05, 2010
Corporate sustainability is like teen sex. Everybody talks about it. Nobody does it very much. And when they do it, they don’t do it very well. Friend and colleague Joel Makower likes to...
Green Innovation Becomes a Great Idea: The State of Green Business 2010
By Joel Makower, February 05, 2010
As the parade of progress marches inexorably forward, a growing number of innovations have a distinctly green tinge, significantly reducing material, chemical, water and energy inputs. ...
State of Green Business Forum 2010: Can IT Solve the World's Problems?
By Matthew Wheeland, February 05, 2010
At the end of yesterday's Forum, a panel representing the world's largest IT companies talked about how to successfully apply technology to environmental challenges. ...
Green Business Opportunity in China: State of Green Business Forum 2010
By Leslie Guevarra, February 05, 2010
China can be a great place for international companies interested in green business. It's a matter of getting to know the right people, adapting to the culture and "getting over your fear of...
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? ...
Geoengineering -- Our Responsibility to the World: State of Green Business Forum 2010
By Jonathan Bardelline, February 04, 2010
Humans have been altering the planet for more than hundreds of years, so it's only our responsibility to actively use geoengineering to avoid catastrophe, said Jamais Cascio in his State of Green...
Re-Designing the Environmental Challenge: State of Green Business Forum 2010
By Matthew Wheeland, February 04, 2010
In a lightning-paced presentation, serial innovator Saul Griffith laid out the human and global scope of the climate crisis, as well as where solutions will -- and won't -- come from. ...
When GreenBiz Meets Cleantech: State of Green Business Forum 2010
By Leslie Guevarra, February 04, 2010
What happens when green business meets cleantech? When those companies are like Best Buy, Autodesk and Serious Materials, you get firms that align their products and services with efforts to...
'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...
Taking the Pulse: State of Green Business Forum 2010
By Matthew Wheeland, February 04, 2010
The opening of the first of two day-long events digging in deep to the findings of the State of Green Business report took stock of just how far we've come in reducing corporate impacts. ...
Green Marketing Gets Even Murkier: The State of Green Business 2010
By Joel Makower, February 04, 2010
Even in the midst of the deepest recession of the last 20 years, shoppers from São Paolo to Shanghai were ready to shell out more cash for eco-friendly products. Is the tide turning for the...
The State of Green Business 2010: Alive and Kicking
By Joel Makower, February 03, 2010
Kicking off the release of the third annual State of Green Business report, we present the first of our look at the 10 biggest trends in the greening of mainstream business: Radical...
How to Shape a Global Approach to Climate Change: More Davos, Less Denmark ClimateBiz.com
By Andrew McKeon, February 03, 2010
Only one month after the Copenhagen conference failed to give the world a clear picture of what the future holds, this year's World Economic Forum may do just that. ...
Will the Separation of Powers Kill Climate Change Action in the U.S.? GreenerBuildings.com
By Shari Shapiro, February 03, 2010
I promised a post on the State of the Union, and I’ve realized the issue to address is the degree to which the separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of...
'Faith-Based' Economics and the Stimulus Package
By Marc Gunther, February 03, 2010
Did the stimulus package jump-start the economy? Will climate regulation create jobs? Are clean energy subsidies an efficient way to curb pollution? Is healthcare spending worth it? And how...
A New Way of Thinking About Companies, Society and Sustainability
By John Anderson, February 03, 2010
Sustainability has become the touchstone of the entire discussion about the relationship between business and the society it serves. It is a global issue, with an impact in every country, and...
Are Suppliers Doing Enough on Climate Change? ClimateBiz.com
By Frances Way, February 03, 2010
Companies leading in carbon management increasingly want their suppliers to be aligned with their ambitions. At CDP we have found that our member organizations are keen to collaborate with their...
Small Changes Can Drive Big Impacts in Greening Fleets
By Marc Gunther, February 02, 2010
When Chris McKenna, who manages a fleet of trucks for Poland Spring, learned that the company’s drivers were racking up as much as 1,400 hours a month of idle time, he saw an opportunity to...

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Greener Fleets Hit the Streets: The State of Green Business 2010
By Joel Makower, February 08, 2010
While individual car buyers stayed out of showrooms with disastrous results, corporate and institutional buyers proved a bright green spot for the industry with increased purchases of hybrid-...
Green Innovation Becomes a Great Idea: The State of Green Business 2010
Green Business Opportunity in China: State of Green Business Forum 2010
Post-Copenhagen Corporate Climate Management: State of Green Business Forum 2010
When GreenBiz Meets Cleantech: State of Green Business Forum 2010

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Carbon Management After Copenhagen
By GWM Admin, February 08, 2010
How are companies considering carbon now that the Copenhagen summit is behind us? Did the event herald a new era of corporate carbon accounting, or will it be business as usual? These tools offer...
Saul Griffith: The Why and How of Putting the Planet on a Carbon Diet
Greener Fleets Hit the Streets: The State of Green Business 2010
If You're Going to Be Naked, You'd Better Be Buff: Radical Transparency in Green Marketing
Joel Makower: The State of Green Business in 2010 is Alive and Kicking

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In 2010, we're bringing our acclaimed State of Green Business Forum to San Francisco and Chicago, digging in to the research in the annual State of Green Business report to discover recent trends in green business and hear from industry experts about what the future will hold. Read all our coverage of the events here.

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Carbon Management After Copenhagen
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Putting IT to Work on the Other 98 Percent
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Can IT Solve the World's Problems?
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Green Marketing in the Age of Transparency
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Spotlight: Being Honest With Ourselves: Putting Numbers Behind Green Business
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