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With events such as the recurring California wildfires and mudslides, hurricanes Harvey and Maria and Typhoon Hagibis, which have had catastrophic human and economic costs, it is perhaps unsurprising that governments, regulators and investors have started to ask companies to disclose their climate risks, including physical risk.
by Lauren Smart
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Last-mile freight is a major contributor to local air pollution, often in disadvantaged communities. But there’s some good news amidst all this urban doom and gloom.
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More than 350 companies have made commitments to help reverse nature loss and restore vital natural systems on which economic activity depends.
by Joel Makower
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Download a free copy of the 13th annual edition of the State of Green Business to access the key data and trends to watch in the world of sustainable
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What are the key trends and metrics you should know for the year ahead? Join us for the release of the 13th annual edition of State
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Why do some green buildings perform as designed or better, while others might barely make the grade, even if certified? It turns out that even the most sustainably designed, intelligent building is only as smart and green as the people who occupy and operate it.
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Arun Majumdar, the director of Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, lays out the audacious goals and the tough budgetary realities of the U.S. Department of Energy unit that's best known by its acronym ARPA-E.
by Adam Aston
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Michelle Moore is on a green mission. The federal environmental executive with the Council for Environmental Quality offers an insider's view of President Obama's Green Gov Challenge and government efforts to rein in energy use in a conversation with GreenBiz Executive Editor Joel Makower.
by Anna Clark
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Eben Bayer, the co-founder and CEO of Ecovative Design, extols the natural processes and properties of grass and cows as a way of thinking about the design of environmentally responsible products.
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At the State of Green Business Forum in Washington, D.C., Timberland CEO Jeff Swartz talked about how his company strives to embed corporate social responsibility, sustainability and authenticity into their operations and products in a candid, edgy and at times rollickingly funny conversation with GreenBiz Senior Writer Marc Gunther.
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Like many other areas of business, travel has its own set of systems; yet in most companies, sustainability has not been integrated into managed corporate travel programs. Here are some ideas on how to think differently about travel and how to better align your company's program with its sustainability goals.
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How one company is is trying to brush away dentistry's waste and other highlights from the State of Green Business Forum in San Francisco.
by Marc Gunther
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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" dentistry. But that's beginning to change, says Ina Pockrass. With her husband, Fred, a dentist, she cofounded a green dental practice as well as the Eco Dentistry Association.
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Nancy Fell of the Cleantech Open offers seven steps for how to make sustainability a key thread in any business plan, from entrepreneur startups to established businesses.
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Avon's Tod Arbogast offered a look at how chief sustainability officers can identify and manage potential environmental and social business risks before a crisis requires immediate action.
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For Paul Anastas, assistant administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, innovation trumps incremental improvements.
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Much has been written about the digital divide. Adobe is trying to close the gap between technology and under-served communities with its Youth Voices program, an initiative that helps teens realize their power to bring about positive change through digitial media.
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In an interview with BSR Senior Vice President Eric Olson, Clorox CEO Don Knauss described the sustainability journey of a company better known for its bleach than its green cleaning products.
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How to find, and tackle, the right sustainability problems present in products and services.
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The Sustainability Consortium is entering a new phase, according to Kevin Dooley, senior advisor to the Sustainability Consortium and a professor of supply chain management at Arizona State University. In a workshop at the 2011 State of Green Business Forum in San Francisco Wednesday, Dooley gave an overview of the program and offered an update on its progress.
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The statistics on the greening of the Empire State Building are almost as dizzying as the 102-story New York City landmark. And the lessons that can be learned from the efforts by the project partners are numerous as well, Johnson Controls' Clay Nesler told the audience at the State of Green Business Forum in San Francisco.
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What started as a trip across India looking for energy and environmental innovations led to the creation of a energy efficiency platform that provides real-time access to energy use data.
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A renaissance in biology, chemistry and nanotechnology is breeding innovations in technologies that can address environmental problems, such as efficiency or recycling.
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Fireman's Fund, the first company to write insurance policies for horseless carriages and planes, led the industry in widely providing green insurance in the U.S. commercial market. CEO Mike LaRocco talks about the firm's sustainability commitment at the State of Green Business Forum in San Francisco.
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In a 30-minute interview with GreenBiz.com Executive Editor Joel Makower, Newsom, San Francisco's former mayor, laid out his green agenda for the audience of the 2011 State of Green Business Forum taking place today in San Francisco.