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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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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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The Empire State Building, the New York City icon undergoing the largest green retrofit in the U.S., is purchasing wind power credits for 100 percent of its energy use in a deal that parties say provides more proof that sustainability can be achieved without paying premium.<br />
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IBM and Schneider Electric are joining forces to provide new smarter buildings solutions that combine robust data collection and powerful analytics, enabling owners to better manage energy use at their facilities and obtain greater savings. The partnership was one several announcements about new offerings, software, services and tools from IBM in its Smarter Planet campaign.<br />
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EDF's Climate Corps will send 51 fellows to 47 companies this summer to further the drive for energy efficiency in business. The fellowship program has grown more than seven-fold since its start three years ago.
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Why should companies worry about carbon management given the lack of a definitive outcome from climate talks in Copenhagen? Panelists from UPS and Motorola shared their firms’ motivations at the State of Green Business Forum in Chicago.
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Corporate sustainability is like teen sex. Everybody talks about it. Nobody does it very much. And when they do it, they don’t do it very well. Friend and colleague Joel Makower likes to tell that joke, and it’s as good a way as any to introduce Greenbiz.com’s third annual State of Green Business report.
by Marc Gunther
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China can be a great place for international companies interested in green business. It's a matter of getting to know the right people, adapting to the culture and "getting over your fear of China," says Peggy Liu, the chair of JUCCCE.<br />
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What happens when green business meets cleantech? When those companies are like Best Buy, Autodesk and Serious Materials, you get firms that align their products and services with efforts to foster sustainability -- and in some cases guide the marketplace toward broader and deeper adoption of environmentally responsible practices.