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All hardware eventually becomes unsuitable for regular use in your organization. From laptops and printers to servers and networking devices, one day they
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Why do some green buildings perform as designed or better, while others might barely make the grade, even if certified? It turns out that even the most sustainably designed, intelligent building is only as smart and green as the people who occupy and operate it.
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A free, open-source and volunteer-driven platform is behind a partnership between Office Depot and New Leaf Paper to let shoppers know exactly where their paper comes from.
by Marc Gunther
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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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Michelle Moore is on a green mission. The federal environmental executive with the Council for Environmental Quality offers an insider's view of President Obama's Green Gov Challenge and government efforts to rein in energy use in a conversation with GreenBiz Executive Editor Joel Makower.
by Anna Clark
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Eben Bayer, the co-founder and CEO of Ecovative Design, extols the natural processes and properties of grass and cows as a way of thinking about the design of environmentally responsible products.
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Despite the well-trod cliché that a journey to sustainability is a marathon and not a sprint, Nike, with its Considered design ethos, shows all the signs of being in it for the long haul.
by Marc Gunther
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From green buildings to e-waste, Martha Johnson regards greening the government's General Services Administration as a serious challenge that can help lead green practices elsewhere in the economy.
by Adam Aston
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Although Seth Goldman says the company is still his baby, the planned full acquisition of the organic tea company will be another interesting experiment in how a smaller company can help shape the values and performance of its much bigger owner.
by Marc Gunther
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As head of the Carbon War Room, Jigar Shah has a gigaton-sized challenge ahead of him; and though he's plenty frustrated at the slow pace of progress to date, but sees some rays of light in getting business on board with major emissions-reduction efforts.
by Adam Aston
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At the State of Green Business Forum in Washington, D.C., Timberland CEO Jeff Swartz talked about how his company strives to embed corporate social responsibility, sustainability and authenticity into their operations and products in a candid, edgy and at times rollickingly funny conversation with GreenBiz Senior Writer Marc Gunther.
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A steady parade of innovators in large and small companies have tried to create more environmentally benign alternatives to plastic; after decades of slow progress, bioplastics are sprouting like weeds.
by Joel Makower
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Live from the first annual State of Green Business Forum in Washington,D.C., the vibe feels more like a two-time championship team than a young upstart.
by Rob Watson
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At the State of Green Business Forum in Washington D.C. today, the TeaEO of Honest Tea announced that Coke has decided to purchase the remaining 60 percent of the company, three years after it bought 40 percent of Honest Tea.
by Adam Aston
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From Starbucks to Walmart, companies have been taking major strides in giving what would normally be waste at least one more go-round on store shelves.
by Joel Makower
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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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Method's Adam Lowry describes how his company's innovations build on making life easier for their customers, and reducing environmental impacts at the same time.
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New Leaf Paper and Office Depot will soon take consumers on a virtual carbon trail of New Leaf's 100 percent recycled paper in hopes of encouraging them to think and act sustainably.
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Water security is becoming a strategic issue as companies increasingly understand how looming crises will affect business operations, from manufacturing to markets.
by Joel Makower
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From logistics to the VP of corporate social responsibility at McDonald's, Bob Langert has been knee-deep in every element of sustainability at the restaurant chain, from phasing out styrofoam to addressing tomato-pickers' rights.
by Marc Gunther
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Jeff Drees, the U.S. president for Schneider Electric, spoke at the State of Green Business Forum in Chicago about how to overcome some of the challenges companies face in boosting energy efficiency and buying into smart grid projects.
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For a company with more than 115 years of history under its belt, Underwriters Laboratories is making big plans for the future, and its environmental wing has set its sites on meeting the market for reliable sustainability certifications.
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Like many other areas of business, travel has its own set of systems; yet in most companies, sustainability has not been integrated into managed corporate travel programs. Here are some ideas on how to think differently about travel and how to better align your company's program with its sustainability goals.
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Revelations of toxics ingredients in consumer products reached a crescendo in 2010, even as companies and governments work feverishly on new, safer alternatives.
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