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This year’s Second Annual State of Green Business Forums, held February 4th in San Francisco, and February 9th in Chicago, were unqualified successes. Coinciding with the release of GreenBiz.com’s State of Green Business 2010, the acclaimed annual status report on corporate environmental trends and progress, the Forums brought the report to life with compelling speakers and panels focusing on key business trends and issues. Here is our summary coverage of the event, along with news and opinion surrounding the report, and a collection of graphics, white-papers, and sponsored content presented at the Forums.
- While helping the outdoor industry develop a green rating system for products, the company has announced plans to expand its own Green Index to cover its entire footwear line by the end of 2012....
- Just two years after San Francisco's Green Taxi Law made it onto the books, alternative fuel vehicles make up more than half of the city's cab fleet. ...
- Companies in the greater Miami area can win a $4,000 greening package as part of an effort to raise awareness about green office practices among small and medium businesses....
- This panel discussion from the State of Green Business Forum in Chicago looks at how new IT products and services are enabling companies of all sizes to better measure and manage their...
- Five Winds International has created a new website to help companies meet supplier sustainability requirements being imposed by retailers. ...
- In the kickoff to the State of Green Business Forum in Chicago, GreenBiz.com Executive Editor Joel Makower presents the trends and metrics on the greening of Corporate America, from the 2010...
- How can the Great Lakes region seize the opportunities of the growing green economy? This panel from the State of Green Business Forum in Chicago looks at efforts underway to attract manufacturers...
- In this short conversation from the State of Green Business Forum in Chicago, Johnson Controls' Dave Myers speaks with GreenBiz.com senior writer Marc Gunther about innovations in building...
- This panel from the State of Green Business Forum in Chicago explores how the changing world of green marketing is affected consumer and corporate behavior.
- This half-hour presentation from the State of Green Business Forum in Chicago brings to the state Richard Sandor, the founder of the Chicago Climate Exchange, exploring the state of the carbon...
- This panel discussion from the State of Green Business Forum in Chicago explores how companies are viewing carbon as a strategic issue, implementing sophisticated new accounting schemes, realigning...
- In this half-hour presentation from the State of Green Business Forum Chicago, the founder and CEO of O-H Community Partners explores how companies can grow their business while also having...
- Energy efficiency, particularly in buildings, went swimmingly in 2009, in part due to the stimulus package. The outlook for 2010 is likely to be even better since the bulk of the non-bailout stimulus......
- Why should companies worry about carbon management given the lack of a definitive outcome from climate talks in Copenhagen? Panelists from UPS and Motorola shared their firms’ motivations at......
- IT companies are backing up their claims that technology can more than offset its own carbon footprint by developing a seemingly impressive array of capabilities to make the world not just more......
- It's commonly believed that when it comes to energy efficiency and buildings there's some low-hanging fruit -- but going after the rest costs a lot of money. Actually, that's not true, says C. David......
- Although there are many benefits from investing in and working within metropolitan areas and inner cities, much of the information about opportunities is fragmented and scattered. ...
- Geoengineering may be the only solution to our myriad environmental crises, but that doesn't mean the world should rush into it headlong. Jamais Cascio, the co-founder of Worldchanging and a...
- By not having a national carbon cap-and-trade policy, the United States is losing out on its chance to become a green and clean technology leader, says Chicago Climate Exchange founder Richard Sandor......
- This panel discussion from the State of Green Business Forum in San Francisco explores how the rules of green marketing have changed, and how companies are adapting to the new green marketing...
