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Erratic weather can raise the public's view on climate change, but leading firms also should promote the business benefits of putting a price on carbon.
by Doug Miller
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's inaugural Climate Leadership Awards go to IBM, San Diego San & Electric, SAP and UPS, as well as Gene Rodrigues, a director at Southern California Edison.
by Robert Kropp
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Walmart in particular marks a big leap forward, coming up from 15th place three months ago to land in third place. Generating green power on-site -- where Walmart is the second-biggest green power creator -- is what helped move the retailer up.
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The second annual awards recognizing leaders in real-world greenhouse gas emissions reductions today announced the 18 firms that are in the running for this year's awards, to be announced at COP17 in South Africa on December 3.
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Although a healthy debate is generally a good thing, a debate at the COMMIT forum earlier this month -- on whether or not CSR practices are good for the bottom line -- missed the point in three key ways.
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A new report from Two Tomorrows tries to pierce the veil of greenwash claims and identify which companies are best adding value and stability to their brands with their sustainability efforts -- and which are likely to disappoint in the long term.
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The third annual tally of the greenest corporations in the United States and the world brings an overhauled methodology to the list and finds a new U.S. leader, with IBM replacing Dell in the top spot, and HP holding its second place rank.
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The banking firm, the guiding force behind the Empire State Building's sweeping retrofit, the mayor of New York are honored by the U.S Green Building Council.
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In saying that we don't need to sacrifice our safeguards to create more jobs, and in calling for a race to the top rather than the bottom, the president tonight laid out a comprehensive, pragmatic and green solution to our economic crisis.
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This summary of a recent conversation between Stewart Brand and the Nature Conservancy's Peter Kareiva explores how green influence has been on the decline for the last 40 years, and how green can get its groove back.
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The VP of sustainability at the consumer-goods giant talks about the power of collaboration, the difficulty of changing individuals' behavior, and why Americans in the shower is one of the biggest environmental hurdles Unilever faces.
by Adele Peters
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Global sustainability spending will soar 50 percent to 100 percent between 2011 and 2013, predicted research firm Verdantix.
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When Nike first began incorporating sustainability into its business practices, the risks and opportunities we grappled with seemed distant indeed, even non-existent to most businesses. Fifteen years later, the risks and opportunities that businesses face from environmental and social challenges are more obvious than ever.
by Sarah Severn
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Today, Walmart made its first major commitment to reduce greenhouse gases -- but in typical fashion, rather than set a tough goal that might affect its own growth curve, the company plans to turn up the pressure on its thousands of suppliers to reduce their emissions.
by Marc Gunther
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The U.S. General Services Administration has created the new position of Chief Greening Officer in a bid to move forward President Barack Obama's federal sustainability agenda. It also said Monday it has moved its Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings to the Office of Governmentwide Policy.
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A group of companies and nonprofits that includes Nike, Starbucks and Ceres launched a virtual coast-to-coast race Tuesday in a bid to create momentum for passing U.S. climate change legislation.
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The League of Conservation Voters highly praised U.S. President Barack Obama for superlative work to foster clean energy and curb climate change during his first year in office -- and then gave the nation's chief executive a B+ for his efforts.
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Everybody’s got one, but some years even our loved ones — not to mention our bosses — fail to ask. But we did.