GreenBiz.com® |
ClimateBiz |
GreenerBuildings |
GreenerComputing |
GreenerDesign |
Greener World Media
-
Study: Green Roofs Reduce Buildings' Energy Consumption - Ariel Schwartz -
Good Cop, Bad Cop Roles in Sustainability Programs - Robert Pojasek -
Three Tips for Trimming CO2 Emissions - Patti Prairie -
New Hampshire Opens First Biodiesel Gas Station and "Congreenience" Store - Ariel Schwartz -
California's Largest Rooftop Solar Installation Completed - Ariel Schwartz
Permanent Resources
-
The Big PictureEnergy prices and atmospheric temperatures are rising -- putting energy efficiency on everyone's front burner as a smart environmental and business practice.
-
The average company could recycle half of the waste it produces. The environmental benefits seem obvious, but are businesses really considering waste reduction as a means to cut costs? The Xerox Corporation has, and this 155-page guide and accompanying workbook will help other businesses to do so as well.
-
The Big PictureBecause traditional, nonrenewable energy sources such as oil and coal harm the environment in their extraction, processing, delivery, and use, customers say they are willing to pay more, if necessary, for cleaner energy
Sponsored Links
Water
Water, it’s been said, is the "oil of the 21st century" -- a commodity whose availability and quality may be subject to both known and unknown influences. For companies, that poses significant risks, and many companies are making water a strategic issue, creating water management plans that include efficiency and conservation as well as contingency plans should water become less available or more costly. Many firms are examining their products, policies, and processes through the lens of a world in which the availability of water becomes a constraint to doing business.
-
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The United States Army might be fighting two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but that has not stopped the military behemoth from opening a third front against global warming.
-
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- The United Kingdom-based candy maker also trimmed energy use and predicts it will cut carbon dioxide emissions 10 percent by 2010.
-
From helping employees visualize the impact of their waste to turning it into a revenue stream, innovative companies and consultants offer their suggestions for the best cheap and easy-to-implement green initiatives
-
ATLANTA, Ga. -- Days after releasing environmental performance data in its latest Sustainability Report, Coca-Cola unveiled new targets for reducing water use and greenhouse gas emissions as part of an extended partnership with WWF.
-
ATLANTA, Ga. -- In its latest sustainability report, the beverage giant notes continued, if incremental, progress on its goals to replenish all the water it uses in production; the report also highlights its goals toward reducing and recycling bottling materials.
-
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development and six other organizations have formed the Water Footprint Network to foster sustainable water management and help individuals and producers accurately measure use.
-
OAKLAND, Calif. -- A controversy erupted last when a United Kingdom newspaper reported that millions of gallons of water was being wasted by Starbucks each day because of its policy of keeping taps running non-stop at to clean utensils. The company has since ordered the taps be turned off as it searches for alternatives.
-
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Kohler, Ferguson and the Saving Water Partnership have been commended for their roles in the EPA's two-year-old WaterSense program, which supports water-saving and efficient products and projects.
-
OAKLAND, Calif. -- In the first of our new series of reports, Peter Williams of IBM's Big Green Innovations explains the potential for high-tech water management strategies, and offers a call for a new public-private organization to manage U.S. water use efficiently.
-
LAUSANNE, -- The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) created the set of principles that it hopes will guide worldwide production and processing for the controversial fuel that has recently come under fire because of environmental and food price concerns.
-
SOMERS, N.Y. -- The newly launched service is based on the Lean Six Sigma strategy and will target water and energy use wherever these resources are used, such as in transportation, data centers, IT systems, manufacturing and distribution or retail facilities.
-
Whether you wade into investing in water or dive in head first, the water industry offers investors many opportunities.
-
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- In the face of a severe drought and court-ordered limits on water imports from Northern California, the city has turned to education and rebate programs to curtail industrial and residential water use.
-
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Independent Evaluation Group examined the effectiveness of World Bank projects in nine countries between 1990 and 2007. While the bank has made progress, results vary.
-
Voluntary water quality markets, where businesses pay farmers and others to reduce their water pollution, have great potential for addressing a growing problem -- but only if the demand can outpace concerns about hazy regulations and high prices.
