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It's easy for a business to make green claims without really getting greener. Here's how to do the right thing.
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Day 1 at GreenBiz Forum New York shows that business is striding forward — with more innovation to come.
by Marc Gunther
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The registry for environmentally preferable electronics now includes imaging products along with computers and monitors.
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It’s time for a new approach that incorporates changing attitudes towards car ownership.
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Environmental groups and large companies -- such as McDonald’s and Walmart -- are collaborating to improve the way beef is produced.
by Marc Gunther
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If the company's partnership with a tiny biotech upstart delivers on its promises, it could start sourcing and processing the material at commercial scale in the southeastern U.S.
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U.S. businesses have big opportunities in home lighting and heating, where CFLs, LEDs and heating oil-to-natural gas conversions are poised for growth.<br />
by David Wigder
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The sharing economy, exemplified by collaborative consumption-based companies like Getaround and Airbnb, are often touted as signposts on the path to a greener future. But it turns out it's hard to know if these are actually greener business models.
by Brad Bate
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Peter Glatzer, a Hollywood producer and the co-founder of SHFT, discusses how to reinvent the messages the media send about green living, not beating the public over the head with eco ideas, and why environmentalism has become anathema.
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The recently announced planned ban on plastic shopping bags in L.A. is creating a ripple effect across the manufacturing and retail industries.
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At VERGE London, speakers discussed how the convergence of energy, information, transportation and building technologies is impacting cars, buildings, cities, energy and more. Check out the Twitter chatter from attendees during the event.
by Jennifer Kho
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While corporations pour millions of dollars into sustainability policies and initiatives, consumers remain skeptical.
by Ory Zik
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The CEO of the car-sharing company RelayRides discusses the collaborative consumption economy, partnering with GM, and just what it means to share your car with strangers.
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Do consumers in emerging economies spend more responsibly? Those consumers seem to be doing the most to reward businesses that support societal causes, according to a recent survey.
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Dow Chemical faces an uphill battle to convince consumers that its latest agriculture project is eco-friendly. But the company's past history, the role of herbicides in farming and strong resistence from environmental groups are presenting significant hurdles.
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Consumers say they want green products, but sales of cleaner cars and household products remain small. Companies such as GoodGuide hope to help consumers make a bigger difference.
by Marc Gunther
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A new wireless-industry group -- including Sprint Nextel -- hopes that a new set of standards could boost the market for used cellphones and reduce the number that end up in landfills.
by Jennifer Kho
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How do teams in the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL stack up in their sustainability efforts? Maybe better than you'd expect, but they're still mostly out in left field.
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At Social Media Week in New York City, two recently sprouted startups joined two innovative established companies to talk about how to harness the power of gaming for the greater good.
by Adam Aston
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A deal brokered this week between the world's two largest markets for organic foods provides mutual recognition to each region's organic certification, lowering barriers to expanding a $50 billion market for organic food sales.
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New energy efficiency standards proposed by the Department of Energy this week would cut the vast amounts of energy wasted by appliances that aren't even in active use.
by Meg Waltner
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Innovations -- even ones leading to the most sustainable products of their fields, like Cascades' new Moka recycled TP -- sometimes fail not because of any inherent fault of their own, but because they're launched at the wrong time.
by Marc Stoiber
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Although it's a festival of excess in many ways, Super Bowl XLVI, taking place this Sunday, reveals how far the NFL -- and pro sports in general -- has come in considering and trying to reduce their environmental impacts.
by Anna Clark
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John Donahoe, the CEO of the online retail platform, talks about how the company backed into sustainability as part of its business model, how it gathers green ideas from employees, and why 'users' are the new 'consumers.'