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Following a few foundational principles, green banks can boost financing for climate priorities while remaining financially viable and not creating housing debt owners can’t repay.
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Hearts, minds and markets are convincing some investors to divest oil and gas holdings.
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Frontline communities have been underrepresented and underserved in climate resiliency efforts to date, mirroring their underinvestment in the investment field as a whole.
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Companies that ignore water issues in communities do so at their peril, according to Lori Llewellyn, CDP managing director.
by Elsa Wenzel
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Public companies are leading in three interlinked areas: environmental sustainability, corporate social responsibility and people sustainability.
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Treasury resources are a largely untapped source of capital for social impact investments and can significantly expand the reach and capabilities of community finance organizations.
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Sponsored: To solve the climate crisis, accelerating education and digital equity for women and girls may be the best place to start.
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The workforce of the future has identified a culture of health as a key factor in career decisions, and investors are increasingly aware that good health is smart business.
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Giants including BP and Shell with major investors have published net-zero principles to follow, but what constitutes a credible plan?
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Communities of color have been shown to have about 25% higher energy burdens than white Americans. These programs can change that.
by Lacey Shaver
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With investment capital for small business drying up, what's an entrepreneur to do?
by Anna Clark
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Supermajors are acknowledging write-downs, which pose threats to investors — but new standards could help them get on the same page.
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Plus, we mull the week's biggest news, including Microsoft's bold decision to raise its internal carbon fee to $15 per metric ton.
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Among those featured: Beautycounter CEO Gregg Renfrew and Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp.
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The latest report from Five Winds International to be published by GreenBiz.com examines the activities of retailers to determine if they are taking significant steps to increase the number of greener products on their shelves.
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Companies in the greater Miami area can win a $4,000 greening package as part of an effort to raise awareness about green office practices among small and medium businesses.
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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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It's commonly believed that when it comes to energy efficiency and buildings there's some low-hanging fruit -- but going after the rest costs a lot of money. Actually, that's not true, says C. David Myers of Johnson Controls Inc.
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Although there are many benefits from investing in and working within metropolitan areas and inner cities, much of the information about opportunities is fragmented and scattered.<br />
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The Chicago area has seen growth in its green economy and exciting action around services for new and small businesses, but hurdles still remain as companies, non-profits and other groups look for resources and funds.<br />
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At the State of Green Business Forum last week in San Francisco, a panel of industry experts explored how radical transparency -- whether driven by companies themselves or their customers -- is reshaping the world of green marketing.
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Corporate sustainability is like teen sex. Everybody talks about it. Nobody does it very much. And when they do it, they don’t do it very well. Friend and colleague Joel Makower likes to tell that joke, and it’s as good a way as any to introduce Greenbiz.com’s third annual State of Green Business report.
by Marc Gunther
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As the parade of progress marches inexorably forward, a growing number of innovations have a distinctly green tinge, significantly reducing material, chemical, water and energy inputs.
by Joel Makower
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What happens when green business meets cleantech? When those companies are like Best Buy, Autodesk and Serious Materials, you get firms that align their products and services with efforts to foster sustainability -- and in some cases guide the marketplace toward broader and deeper adoption of environmentally responsible practices.