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The eco-labeling organization's CEO is leaving after 24 years. Here's what he learned about what it takes to nudge buyers toward greener products.
by Joel Makower
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An upstart standard aims to make the oil and gas industry more accountable on social and environmental issues. Can it work?
by Joel Makower
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This week, the eco-labeling group Green Seal celebrates 25 years of trying to transform the marketplace. It’s been a long road, with lots of twists and turns, and more than a few detours.
by Joel Makower
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Can a small group of professionals embed sustainability into mainstream accounting systems? Here's a progress report.
by Joel Makower
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An emerging standard for sustainability standards aims to tame corporate survey fatigue while giving investors the tools to recognize true excellence in corporate sustainability. Can it work?
by Joel Makower
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Running the Sustainability Consortium is not for the faint of heart. Here's a status report on how its new CEO is faring.
by Joel Makower
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After nearly five years of deliberations, the Federal Trade Commission has finally issued <a href='http://www.ftc.gov/os/2012/10/greenguides.pdf'>revised “Green Guides.”</a>
by Joel Makower
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If a company's sustainability impacts showed up on its 10K reports, would it make a difference? A small but influential new group thinks it would level the playing field between leaders and laggards.
by Joel Makower
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A conversation with the head of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, a new organization aimed at requiring material sustainability issues to be integrated into 10K forms by publicly traded U.S. companies.
by Joel Makower
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The latest skirmish in a decade-old battle broke out this week, as chemical and plastics groups challenged the LEED green building rating system. It's déjà vu all over again.
by Joel Makower
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Until now, it's been a truism about sustainable business that there are too many standards and not enough metrics; but a number of organizations are stepping up to fill in the gaps.
by Joel Makower
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Today marks another significant milestone in the development of ULE 880 – Sustainability for Manufacturing Organizations, the company-level standard we’ve been developing in partnership with UL Environment.
by Joel Makower
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We've just reached the halfway point in the public comment period for ULE 880 -- Sustainability for Manufacturing Organizations -- the company-level sustainability standard my colleagues and I helped develop -- so it's a good time to take stock.
by Joel Makower
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Today, the veil of secrecy is being lifted on a project in which my colleagues and I have been engaged for several years: The creation of a global sustainability standard for business.
by Joel Makower