Energy & Carbon Management
Investors, customers, employees, and governments are insisting on more accurate carbon emission data. GreenBiz.com and Groom Energy team up to bring you the latest on the rapidly expanding universe of energy management. Be sure to get our Enterprise Energy & Carbon Accounting Buyers Guide.
Featured Content
- The Global Reporting Initiative has recently come out with comprehensive guidelines on sustainability in the media industry, but will major media companies adopt key measures?
- So much uncertainty surrounding how to report agricultural emissions hinders measurement and reduction efforts in the sector, spurring the Greenhouse Gas Protocol to develop industrywide best......
- Coca-Cola, Sony, HP and IBM are among the WWF Climate Savers members that have collectively cut carbon emissions by 100 million tonnes since the program launched in 1999....
- The biotech firm made major savings in its $29 million annual energy spending through a combination of facility management practices and adoption of innovative technologies to reduce energy use....
- Agricultural leaders should take a strong cue from the EPA's proposed carbon-emissions rules....
- What's the carbon impact of banana yogurt? How about strawberry? Thanks to a new SAP system, Danone now knows the carbon footprints of each of its 35,000 products....
- Engineers and soil scientists at Iowa State and its Bioeconomy Institute are trying to find out as they explore the feasibility of a process called biochar. ...
- Navigating the EMS market is notoriously tricky, but there's a better approach that will help you match a solution to fit your needs rather than the other way around. Here are four questions to...
- There's a mountain of research that indicates cities are the prime laboratories to create real solutions to climate change. And the recent launch of new guidelines for cities means that they can......
- A new global climate-change regime is years away, but governments around the world are leveraging voluntary tools developed by the private sector to incubate climate-change solutions. A new Ecosystem...
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Paul Baier's Blog
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As the need for visibility into a company's carbon emissions and energy use accelerates, the major players in the market are stepping up their acquisitions and evolution. You can count on more changes coming soon, but here's the current lay of the land in this fast-changing market....
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With more than 100 offerings currently making up the kaleidoscopic energy management software market, it's high time for a relatively easy way to clear up the confusion. Here are some simple rules of thumb....
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As more and more companies realize significant energy savings from submetering their buildings, it's worth look at how the technology can spur simple, no-cost changes that tie into your energy and facility management tools....
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As global companies take steps to consolidate their environmental, social and legal responsibilities across continents, managing carbon simply isn't enough. A conference last week highlighted how software companies can help the enterprise juggle all these balls....
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Sustainability software darling Hara is now pursuing energy management, with a new CEO, new software products and new service offerings....
Getting Started
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This guide from The Carbon Trust clearly explains how to manage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by understanding what emissions are caused by a business’s activities or products.
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Climate Leaders is an EPA industry-government partnership that encourages companies to develop long-term comprehensive climate change strategies. This fact sheet offers a primer on the steps undertaken by Climate Leaders partners to establish a greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal.
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Based on extensive research and economic analysis, Sightline’s Cap and Trade 101: A Climate Policy Primer sorts out the details on what's emerging as the most popular and comprehensive policy solution to the enormous challenge of climate change: cap and trade, which promises to curb climate change and help build a more stable energy economy.
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Until now, companies have lacked direction on how to report on climate policy engagement. This primer covers what companies are reporting today, what we recommend companies focus on going forward, and how companies can approach reporting on climate policy engagement....
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Despite a growing number of experts, advocates and average citizens committed to addressing climate change, conspicuous gaps in public knowledge, action and results remain, opening up opportunities for smart companies willing to bridge these divides....
Reports
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A look at how the global carbon markets fared in 2010 amid a lack of regulatory certainty. ...
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What are the world's largest cities doing to combat climate change?...
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From telework to the smart grid, here's how the IT industry can help countries reduce their greenhouse gas emissions....
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SPUR details strategies that cities will need to adopt to deal with the impacts of climate change....
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An overview of climate change and energy legislation in major economies, and how to propagate best practices.
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Tools
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This guide from The Carbon Trust clearly explains how to manage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by understanding what emissions are caused by a business’s activities or products.
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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 an insight into how companies are viewing carbon as a strategic issue.
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Climate Leaders is an EPA industry-government partnership that encourages companies to develop long-term comprehensive climate change strategies. This fact sheet offers a primer on the steps undertaken by Climate Leaders partners to establish a greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal.
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Based on extensive research and economic analysis, Sightline’s Cap and Trade 101: A Climate Policy Primer sorts out the details on what's emerging as the most popular and comprehensive policy solution to the enormous challenge of climate change: cap and trade, which promises to curb climate change and help build a more stable energy economy.
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This resource from Business for Social Responsibility and the U.S. EPA aims to rigorously evaluate -- from a corporate managers' perspective -- the environmental and business benefits of participating in voluntary government climate programs.
Videos
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With the rise and fall of the Copenhagen Climate Summit, the business world is sizing up the changed landscape. This panel of experts discuss whether we'll see more business as usual, or a new era of carbon accounting.
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In this panel discussion from the State of Green Business Forum 2010, sustainability leaders from some of the world's largest IT companies explore how, despite being responsible for 2 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, technology can be put to work on reducing the other 98 percent.
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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 markets.
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This video of Saul Griffith's lightning-paced presentation at the State of Green Business Forum entitled "Being Honest With Ourselves: Putting Numbers Behind Green Business," takes a look at individual, collective and corporate levels of responsibility for our environmental challenges.
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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 their products and processes, and preparing to compete in a low-carbon economy.
Podcasts
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(Episode 7) Dole, the largest fruit and vegetable producer on the planet, has embarked on an ambitious journey to make its pineapple and banana supply chain originating in Costa Rica carbon neutral. In this Q& A, Dole's Sylvain Cuperlier and Rudy Amador discuss the reasons behind the initiative and the first steps the company has taken.
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(Episode 22): The Presidential Climate Action Project aims to give the next resident of the White House a running start on addressing the climate crisis. Longtime corporate sustainability leader Ray Anderson talks to GreenBiz Radio about what the president -- and U.S. businesses -- can accomplish.
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(Episode 8):In this Q & A, Intel's Dave Stangis will discuss the evolution of the company's carbon footprint and the challenges of making the business case for carbon reduction and efficiency improvements.
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(Episode 73): Ryan Schuchard from Business for Social Responsibility talks to GreenBiz Radio about the events businesses need to monitor over the next nine months as climate change policy develops on the national and world stages.
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(Episode 98): GreenBiz.com Executive Editor Joel Makower speaks with Cara Pike about her new research report, how not to describe global warming, and how to get people to really care about the climate.
Books
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Why embracing efficiency, renewables, carbon markets, and new technologies is the smartest business decision you can make.
Organizations
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Translates GHG reductions from units that are typically used to report reductions into terms that are easier to conceptualize.
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The Carbon Disclosure Project launched in 2000 to accelerate solutions to climate change by putting relevant information at the heart of business, policy and investment decisions.
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The Rainforest Alliance works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior.
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Sponsored by the British government, this nonprofit organization supports U.K. businesses in reducing carbon emissions.
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EDF partners with top firms to make green business the new business as usual. We provide dynamic online tools and a community for all companies.