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The backstory on how the Butter Solar Project spreads solar across the Midwest.
by Sarah Golden
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Deals show that the strong appetite for renewables among corporate energy buyers may be inspiring the creation of more options for corporates.
by Sarah Golden
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Cloud computing could redefine the way we think about business ethics and sustainability. Here's how the cloud could affect two of our biggest sustainability challenges: climate change and human rights.
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Schneider Electric plans to buy Summit Energy in the second major deal announced this week involving power plays among companies working to make the built environment more energy efficient, smarter and better connected.
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Risk management, brand enhancement, product differentiation and the desire to attract new talent are among the key reasons corporate carbon management efforts are reaching into the supply chain.
by Frances Way
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The Recovery Act has kept the country on track to halve the cost of solar power and has helped lay the foundation to double renewable energy generation and renewable equipment manufacturing in the U.S., according to a White House report.
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From buying green power to reducing the amount of water it uses, Starbucks is on track to meet the majority of its long-term environmental goals, the coffee giant said Monday. One high-profile impact continues to vex the company: recycling.
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Today, Walmart made its first major commitment to reduce greenhouse gases -- but in typical fashion, rather than set a tough goal that might affect its own growth curve, the company plans to turn up the pressure on its thousands of suppliers to reduce their emissions.
by Marc Gunther
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Leading corporations are already transforming the way they manage carbon in the supply chain, despite the uncertainty and lack of emission reduction targets that came out of Copenhagen, according to the 2010 CDP Supply Chain report released this week.<br />
by Frances Way
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AT&T has established a corporate post for a director of energy to take the reins of the firm's energy management drive -- and named its first appointee to the job.
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In a wide-ranging and in-depth 90-minute conversation with Joel Makower, Rand Waddoups, Walmart's Senior Director for Sustainability explores the knowns and unknowns driving the retailer's Sustainability Index.
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A near-Herculean effort, Newsweek's new list of the greenest companies in the S&P 500 Index may be imperfect -- and are sure to be debated -- but they may also be the best effort to date to assess the mainstream corporate marketplace in the U.S.
by Joel Makower
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You'd already guessed it … but now it's official: The U.S. has been in recession since December 2007. Leanne Tobias offers her prescription for a green cure.
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FoodServiceWarehouse.com launches its Going Green Program today for restaurant operators interested in meeting LEED standards, or scaling back operating costs at a time when rising energy and food prices are threatening profit margins.
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Proposals to legislate incentives for green consumerism were introduced this week on international and local fronts with measures before the European Commission and New Jersey lawmakers.
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Getting your business certified green has many benefits, but as companies are discovering, the simple act of choosing which program opens up a world of complications.
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The Review added a green dimension to its ratings system after it found that 63 percent of college applicants surveyed said they would value having information about a college's commitment to the environment and that such data could affect their choice to apply or attend a school.
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Unite the Union released the report 'How Green Is My Workplace?' on Monday with a list of recommendations aimed at improving workplace environmental performance, including statutory rights to access environmental data.
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Fujitsu Limited wants to help boost energy efficiency at IT facilities throughout the world with the launch of its Green Infrastructure Solution service, which is designed to cut emissions and energy use by as much as 50 percent.
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Legion Paper, the nation's largest supplier of fine art paper, has converted its Moab offices to rely solely on wind power through Rocky Mountain Power's Blue Sky program.
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Small and medium-sized businesses around the world have seen energy costs rise faster than healthcare, payroll, rent and equipment, according to an IBM poll released this week. Most, however, are increasingly turning to green IT systems to help.
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HP's largest deployment of its Dynamic Smart Cooling technology delivered a 20 percent reduction in cooling power consumption upon startup at its Bangladore, India, data center. When fully optimized, it should yield a 40 percent savings. <br>
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All businesses should evaluate their operating processes and incorporate practical environmental measures, according to Dell Inc.
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Gartner Inc. predicts the vast majority of U.S. data centers will face serious disruptions in the coming years as more midsize and large users shift toward data center hosting. IT managers also can expect to pay to hefty energy bills that are in line with the expense of hardware infrastructure.