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Sponsored: This article explores solutions for the shipping industry, businesses and consumers to reduce environmental harm and support positive change.
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Central Hudson Gas & Electric's two-year plan includes building microgrids and increasing community solar.
by Elisa Wood
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Recent winners of the VERGE 25 awards nail down what's driving change in sustainability and technology in 2013, 2014 and 2020.
by Elaine Hsieh
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Puma designs a new line of biodegradable and recyclable products to be among the first to meet C2C criteria.
by Judith Nemes
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The automaker has announced an audacious plan to funnel two-thirds of its investments for the next five years into an 'ecological restructuring,' resulting in ever-cleaner vehicles.
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Recent advances in materials design -- partly inspired by the evolution of the human body -- make possible passenger vehicles that get 240 miles per gallon. Here are three steps that the industry can take for a smoother transition to the low-carbon economy.
by Greg Rucks
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Since its debut two years ago, the WorldFirst Formula 3 race car has garnered accolades, spawned research projects and proved it could drive wheel-to-wheel with its conventional Formula 3 counterparts.
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These fruits and plants contain cellulose, which can be processed into tiny nano fibers that reinforce plastics used in automotive manufacturing. In addition to its renewable nature, the material is extremely strong and lightweight.
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The first of designer Jim Kor's urban electric vehicles will be completed this spring, one step closer to bringing a solar-powered and easy-to-maintain vehicle to markets worldwide.
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Philips, Osram Sylvania, and GlacialTech Inc. are among the firms recently introducing products for an LED market that's expected soar in the next decade. New research forecasts that LEDs will account for almost half of a $4.4 billion market for lamps in the commercial, industrial and outdoor stationary sectors by 2020 -- and the rivalry is heating up among lighting companies trying capture the lion's share of the business.
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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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Business has officially entered The Age of Sustainability, and businesses that don't figure in sustainability aren’t likely to survive. Here’s a look at the reasons why as well as pointers on how your company can adapt to the change.
by Mahesh Pethe
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Organizers of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics deserve only a bronze medal for environmentalism, according to a Canadian green group.
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Sustainability has become the touchstone of the entire discussion about the relationship between business and the society it serves. It is a global issue, with an impact in every country, and every community.
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Nike has brought its footprint for greenhouse gas emissions back to 2007 levels and reports progress in other climate and energy areas, but has revisited its carbon neutrality goals and no longer purchases carbon offsets, the firm says in its latest corporate responsibility report.<br />
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Cree Inc., Dow Chemical Company, GE, CalStar Products and Serious Materials are among the more than 100 firms receiving $2.3 billion in tax credits for cleantech manufacturing that's expected to create thousands of U.S. jobs while producing advanced technology and equipment to generate, efficiently use and manage energy.
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<a href='http://www.thefordstory.com/'>Ford</a> unveiled its next-generation Focus today at the <a href='http://www.naias.com/'>2010 North American International Auto Show</a>, where the company showed off its best bet for making deeper inroads into the market for fuel-efficient -- as well as efficiently made -- compact cars.
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That's Muhtar Kent, the CEO of Coca-Cola, on the right. On the left is a polar bear. I caught up with Muhtar Kent at COP15, where he was one of a few Fortune 500 CEOs to show up in an effort to influence the climate talks.
by Marc Gunther
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The other day, I took a spin around your nation’s capital in what is being touted as the first affordable electric car that will find its way onto America’s roads: It’s the Coda.
by Marc Gunther
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Soupy Sales once challenged the kids who watched his TV show to "show me a pink car and I'll show you a pink carnation." The challenge at the recent LA Auto Show was to size up the right green car for my family amid a range of choices.<br />
by John Davies
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It's clear our consumption-centered lifestyle has challenged our planet's ability to support us. Our economy doesn't need to be focused solely on spurring consumption. Here's a guide on how to design for a post-consumption economy.
by Eric Wilmot
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Finding a path to sustainable growth will require global collaboration and eco-innovation on an unprecedented scale. To accomplish this, we need to take a fresh look at a business practice called Design for Environment.
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The company developed a mobile phone-based program that details the greenhouse gas emissions from daily commuting; employees testing out the tool changed their commute habits to cut emissions by 30 percent.
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The key to Steelcase Inc.'s business sustainability practices -- and its design strategy -- lies in its approach, says Angela Nahikian, the company's director of Global Environmental Sustainability. That approach may come as a surprise to some people who have tracked this industry leader and its nearly 100-year history of innovation. Nahikian tells GreenBiz Radio about her company's outlook and the concept of "radical evolution."