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Cisco is trying a new approach to reducing its carbon emissions by preparing a carbon rationing scheme that will impose carbon quotas upon each department within its business.
by James Murray
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Working for green businesses is climbing quickly up job-seekers' list of requirements; here are the tricks you can use to make sure you hire employees with both the business skills and sustainability mentality your business needs.
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The U.S. Green Building Council is compiling the top green building educational programs and is looking for classroom courses to support with grants.
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The push for domestic, 'green-collar' jobs is not only fundamental to a successful climate strategy, says Van Jones, but has the potential to provide a greed pathway out of poverty in this country.
by Anna Fahey
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After millions of toys containing lead were recalled, the state sued 20 U.S. toy companies and stores, alleging they knowingly manufactured and sold toys with unlawful amounts of lead.
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We can turn challenges into innovative opportunities to realize triple bottom line advantages by providing today's leaders with knowledge and business skills that encourage new ways of thinking.
by Ron Nahser
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Starting in January next year, the U.S. Green Building Council will allow a third party to administer the LEED Accredited Professional program.
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"I have never seen anything equal to sustainability as far as attracting, motivating, and bring people together." - Ray C. Anderson, Founder and Chairman of Interface in AmericanWay Magazine, October 1, 2007
by David Wigder
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A new report from market researcher SBI finds that the booming green building market will continue its rapid expansion through 2011, more than doubling in size to $4.7 billion in the next four years.
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New research shows that employees want to work at green companies and are happiest at companies with solid corporate social responsibility programs in place.
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Aligning workplace values with personal values is not just good for the planet, it's also good for business. A few simple tricks can help your employees expand your green values.
by Pablo Päster
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HomeStreet Bank will offer an educational series to help small- and large-sized businesses, individuals and homeowners soften their environmental footprint.
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Groups trying to influence the environmental performance of large companies often focus -- with mixed results -- on the top executives. But to understand the mind of the middle manager, who can influence both upper management and lower-level workers, is to understand how to make change happen.
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The latest report from the Aspen Institute finds that courses dealing with the 'bottom of the pyramid' -- markets serving the world's poor -- are growing exponentially in business programs around the world.
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The sustainability bug has bitten entrepreneurs and business leaders of all kinds. It's not enough to just slap a green label on your product or service: so how does the aspiring eco-preneur apply sustainability to his or her practices?
by Anna Clark
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A new course this fall aims to help executives create and enact CSR programs for today's business leaders.
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The healthcare network's new project will allow hospitals and suppliers to share their successes with environmental initiatives.
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Nissan and WWF have chosen 16 college students from schools around the country to receive a cash prize, participate in an environmental summit in Washington, and join a two-week research expedition in Brazil.
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Personal sustainability practices will help Wal-Mart associates improve their own well-being and the health of the environment.
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A team of MBA students from Instituto de Empresa in Madrid took home $20,000 from the Thunderbird School's Sustainable Innovation Summit for their solution to make high-tech health care affordable in developing countries.
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The aluminum giant will send a group of employees on Earthwatch expeditions for the fifth year in a row, giving them hands-on opportunities to conduct field research on climate change and other environmental issues.
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The program, which originally started at San Francisco's New College, trains students in business fundamentals, sustainability, and leadership.
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Lack of incentive and leadership from bosses is causing UK employees to leave their environmental conscience at home, leading to higher energy bills and emissions by companies, according to independent research commissioned by Logicalis.