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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 the State of Green Business Forum in Chicago.
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Regardless of the success or lack thereof at Copenhagen, the conference was in reality about much more than just climate change, and several events there highlighted the key message for the world...
Companies on the leading edge of climate leadership should work with suppliers to improve their carbon efficiency, engage on policy and look beyond climate to other ecosystem challenges.
Today access to COP15 was denied to the vast majority of the Business and Industry community (known by the acronym BINGO) after having been allocated a total of 75 passes, which were non-...
The world will not be able to mitigate the impact of climate change without advanced clean technologies. Although technology is not the only solution, it is a critical element in the fight against...
We have not accepted the scale of the problem, nor have we established the political conditions necessary to fix the problem when we do. Yet Copenhagen does signify the shift between two eras, and...
The U.N. hekd an unusually uplifting dinner last night that featured heavyweights Ban Ki Moon, Al Gore and Sen. John Kerry, each of whom laid out their vision for a deal at COP-15 and a climate...
That's Muhtar Kent, the CEO of Coca-Cola, on the right. On the left is a polar bear. I caught up with Muhtar Kent at COP15, where he was one of a few Fortune 500 CEOs to show up in an effort to...
On buses, in hallways, in long lines outside the Bella Center, participants are all talking about the explosion in financing and carbon trading that is needed to dramatically reduce the pollution...
While serious discussion has taken place at the U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen, the lack of any concrete policy so far shouldn't stop us from making real progress when it comes to...
Despite an increasing sense of frustration and disappointment among delegates at COP15, the "big beasts" arrive today, and will hopefully address the final five obstacles to hammering...
Conditional backing for E.U. funding proposal offered, in return for Chinese concessions on greenhouse gas emissions transparency
A major issue facing the COP15 delegates is how to improve upon the CDM and REDD protocols for offset trading. A benchmark approach offers a way to increase not just the quality but also the...
This is actually a very cool T-shirt, albeit not suitable for December in Copenhagen, where it was snowing heavily this morning. (That didn’t stop the bike commuters.) The T-shirt is a...
(Episode 100): Coca-Cola Company CEO Muhtar Kent, one of a scant number of Fortune 500 chief execs to make it to COP15, tells GreenBiz.com Senior Writer Marc Gunther what compelled the company to...
A rigorous deal is starting to look like it might not be likely in Copenhagen. Whatever the outcome, we've learned the climate treaty process has to be inclusive, the legitimate concerns of the...
Amid the declarations and speeches, however, it is important to remember that even the best possible Copenhagen outcome will be a waypoint, not an endpoint, and one that must lead to a legally...
In discussions with our clients and other observers at the Copenhagen climate change conference, I have heard many quote some variation of the following: COP15 is not a climate change negotiation...
Climate delegates should recognize the challenges and opportunities COP15 presents to business by pressing industry to step up with more concrete policy proposals -- but they also to give business...
Climate change reporting may not grab attention in the same way as Schwarzenegger's arrival in Copenhagen does, but it has emerged as a critical area of focus. It is both necessary and important...
The trumped-up "Climate Gate" scandal has drawn an inordinate amount of attention during the Copenhagen meetings, with climate change deniers using fairly innocuous evidence of a few...
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