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Every day, office employees make decisions that affect global warming, air pollution, and other environmental issues. Here we explore ways in which offices can reduce resource consumption and improve environmental performance. From heating and cooling, to lighting, office equipment, recycling paper, transportation and parking, and water use, check out these proven techniques towards making your workplace a greener office.
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Brendan May, author of "How to Make Your Company a Recognized Sustainability Champion," details what you need to know about the broader business-sustainability environment to help lift your company to the top.
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There's no simple way to get companies up to speed on sustainability, but these six ideas can give any company the skills to get started.
An annual guide offering extensive profiles of 106 MBA programs, focused on helping students learn how to do well by doing good.
EV chargers at home, at work, and on the side of the road, as well as a new shipping method from Office Depot are among the items on today's morning radar.
CTOs and telecom managers know how vital it is to greening their operations -- but they're not taking full advantage of telecoms' sustainable solutions. Here's how to make the most of your...
Telework still isn't taking off in any major way, according to a new study of the remote workforce -- and management resistance is the No. 1 obstacle.
Kraft plans to manufacture its famous foods using less water, energy and packaging, the company announced last week. Its European coffee brands have also committed to 100 percent sustainably...
Verizon offers a simple case study on the benefits of a remote workforce -- especially at a time when gas costs $4 per gallon.
Sustainability gives Best Buy the vehicle by which it can engage its 180,000-strong workforce and stay competitive, according to CEO Brian Dunn.
National Telework Week 2011 saw nearly 40,000 employees work from home, boosting productivity and saving workers and companies costs; the number of remote workers is on the rise, according to a...
40,000 participants in this year's event showed how employees can save billions in commute costs while boosting productivity by working at home two days per week.
An employee-led competition at a Kimberly-Clark facility in Wisconsin that urges coworkers to cycle to work -- even in snowy, below-freezing weather -- is a sure sign that a change in commute...
Long after the furor over the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's stance on environmental legislation, a spinoff of a regional Chamber aims to share the expertise of its members to help businesses get...
A free, open-source and volunteer-driven platform is behind a partnership between Office Depot and New Leaf Paper to let shoppers know exactly where their paper comes from.
For U.S. businesses, making the transition to a mobile workforce represents a triple win: It provides workplace flexibility for employees to telecommute or adapt other forms of telework,...
Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of Staples Inc., now includes more than a dozen eco-friendly kitchen, breakroom and janitorial products in its Sustainable Earth line.
If you're not working from home this week, you should be; Monday marked the kickoff of National Telework Week, five days devoted to encouraging workers to stay home, boosting productivity for...
The term "green dentistry" can launch a raft of misperceptions, the most common being that it must be code for "Birkenstock-wearing-incense-burning-commie-pinko-leftist"...
Members of the new platform, called Global Compact LEAD, will work to implement the newly unveiled Blueprint for Corporate Leadership, a roadmap released by the UN Global Compact last year. The...
From virtual meetings to recycled packaging, here are 20 things businesses of any size can do to improve their environmental impacts and boost their green cred.
In its latest CSR report, Xerox detailed its progress over the last eight years, as well as improvements since the previous year, on its emissions reductions, water consumption, energy use, and...
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The sixth annual edition includes data on 1,600 companies worldwide, as well as on the U....- GreenBiz looks at the salary, role, challenges, and trends of corporate sustainability...
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