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One Great Idea
One Great Idea is a video series that brings together the leading thinking and lessons learned in the world of corporate sustainability. Think you've got a One Great Idea? Send us a note (but read this first).
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- Riggs Kubiak, CEO of Honest Buildings, sees a massive opportunity to connect buildings owners through a hyper-connected network to make for sustainable cities.
- Arup futurist Chris Luebkeman leads an interactive experience where attendees collaborate to understand sustainability challenges to business and the world.
- Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh presents a keynote presentation on his company's plans to transform downtown Las Vegas into the "most community-focused large city in the world."
- Building trust among all parties and managing bookings online creates a new business model for collaborative car sharing.
- Lipinski speaks about how thermal energy storage enables "virtual power plants," dynamic demand response and seamless shifting of electricity. This has the potential of transforming our...
- Hi-tech innovator Pilgrim Beart talks about AlertMe, a platform he co-developed for UK residents interested in smart energy management at home.
- The director of energy and capital projects at Kohl's Department Stores addresses how the company has worked to improve energy efficiency and utilize renewables at its stores and other facilities.
- Israel Ganot is the founder of Gazelle, a company which aims to keep used electronics out of landfills and put the gadgets in the hands of someone who can use them. Ganot also promotes "...
- Rainforest Alliance president Tensie Whelan speaks about how global supply chains and production systems of the food industry can be more sustainable.
- Model, author and entrepreneur, Summer Rayne Oakes shares how the biggest sustainable design innovations are spawning out of open-source collaboration.
- Can we feed the 9-billion-plus people anticipated to live on this planet in 2050 without destroying Earth’s life support systems? We can if we successfully pursue sustainable food production on...
- Collaborative Consumption describes the rapid explosion in swapping, sharing, bartering, trading and renting being reinvented through the latest technologies and peer-to-peer marketplaces.
- The chief mission officer at Organic Valley offers insight into the company's efforts to engage consumers by credibly communicating its sustainability message.
- Carrotmob pioneered a way to influence business by amassing a network of consumers who spend money in order to reward companies for doing social good. Founder Brent Schulkin tells how this approach...
- A recent global study of 4,000 facility and real estate executives found four organizational practices for improving energy efficiency.
- Long-standing trends in the energy efficiency of computing promise an explosion in data collected from mobile sensors and controls. From the 2012 VERGE DC conference.
- To help shoulder grid expenditure from growing electric vehicle sales, RevTech is developing a virtual power plant platform and fast response energy storage capacity.
- Zipcar's co-founder and former CEO discusses how sharing taps into excess capacity in its many forms, and how technology enables lower search, transaction and access costs.
- Ellen Weinreb identifies companies that have found over $100 million in savings stemming from employee’s suggestions. She highlights sustainability innovations as well as the systems that...
- An Internet-enabled vehicle that combines the efficiency and freedom of a motorcycle with the safety and convenience of a car.
