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Our continuing look at the biggest trends in sustainable business in 2012 finds that companies are conducting a range of analyses to determine their carbon footprints, water footprints, toxic footprints, energy footprints, land footprints, even paper footprints.
by Joel Makower
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Businesses are starting to realize that climate change is inevitable, so they better start preparing for it.
by Marc Gunther
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During a panel discussion at the State of Green Business Forum in Minneapolis last week, Minnesota's Secretary of State, Pollution Control Agency commissioner and Effect Partners CEO and Founder explored the burgeoning green economy in a state that is known for being one of the most civically engaged in the nation.
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Another look at the biggest trends in sustainable business in 2012 reveal how smart transportation systems of tomorrow may derail some of today's most entrenched social norms -- namely, the rite of passage known as car ownership.
by Joel Makower
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At the 2012 State of Green Business Forum in Minneapolis Thursday, Donco's David Mendelson explained how taking the byproduct from one company and matching it to the raw material needs of another can improve one's environmental footprint -- and the bottom line.
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Our continuing look at the biggest trends in sustainable business in 2012 finds that new technologies and strong financial incentives are raising the profile of what have long been the least sexy of clean technologies: energy efficiency retrofits.
by Joel Makower
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At the State of Green Business Forum in Minneapolis today, Best Buy's Neil McPhail described how energy efficiency and an engaged workforce may combine to become the company's most effective weapon.
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At the GreenBiz Forum this morning in Minneapolis, Tari Emerson, Kohl's director of energy and capital projects, walked through how the retailer has become the nation's largest corporate solar panel owner, and how other companies can get started.
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During the first morning of the GreenBiz Forums, Jon Foley, director of the University of Minnesota's Institute of the Environment, laid out a business plan for the Earth that aims to feed 9 billion people by 2050 while shrinking agriculture's eco-footprint.
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The second in our series of the 10 biggest trends in corporate sustainability in 2012 looks at the many ways, subtle and not-so-subtle, that companies are working to create business value while reducing overall consumption.
by Joel Makower
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In the first of our look at 10 trends that will shape corporate sustainability in 2012, we explore how and why the chief financial officer has become the centerpoint of green initiatives within the enterprise.
by Joel Makower
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Report
The fifth annual edition of research exploring progress made in the greening of the American economy, including essays from Amory Lovins, Jigar Shah and others.
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The fifth annual State of Green Business report, published today by the editors of GreenBiz.com, takes an in-depth look at the data behind the green business movement. For the first time, industry experts including Amory Lovins, Jigar Shah and Gordon Feller, weigh in on the good and bad news.