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Walmart is one of the first movers in including transportation in its renewables goal. Will your company be next?
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A group of leading tech companies is working with BSR to realize an ambitious vision for the future of the Internet: 100 percent renewable energy-powered.
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Developing nations need cheap, reliable energy or they will turn to coal. But the solutions to ensure a low-carbon future already exist.
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Here are four ways companies -- not just tech giants -- can source low-carbon power for their data centers.
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New guidance from the GHG Protocol on value chain emissions marks an important milestone for companies looking to track the business benefits of emissions reductions.
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<span style='font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;'>These three components can help you evaluate the effectiveness of your supply chain in addressing energy issues.
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The climate conversation has changed. What does your company need to know -- and do?
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For companies thinking about climate change and energy, what are the implications of two countervailing trends, the rise of energy with lower carbon content, and the concurrent rise of high-carbon energy?
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The new metric from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol will be one of the most important sustainability standards of the coming decade. Here's what it gets right.
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Although companies are working hard to improve efficiency in their own facilities, the real potential to cut energy comes from leadership among global supply chains.
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The art and science of carbon footprinting is about to take a step forward with the upcoming release of guidance to help companies measure and manage Scope 3 emissions in supply chains, including products, travel, waste and distribution.
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Russia holds vast potential for business action on climate change and should start to become a higher priority in managers' minds. Doing sustainability work there is difficult, however, because of low awareness, governance obstacles, and slow going in the policy realm, yet these obstacles aren't insurmountable.
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The Carbon Disclosure Project revised its questionnaire this year to make the reporting of indirect emissions more robust, revealing these so-called Scope 3 emissions may be up to 50 times the size of a company's direct carbon footprint.
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While climate science provides evidence of general trends, we are still a long way from predicting specific climate events. In lieu of precise predictions, a key to effectively managing the physical effects of climate change is preparedness: developing literacy, identifying plausible impacts, evaluating priorities, and building resilience.
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Until now, companies have lacked direction on how to report on climate policy engagement. This primer covers what companies are reporting today, what we recommend companies focus on going forward, and how companies can approach reporting on climate policy engagement.
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As 2010 begins, there are looming questions about climate change action, but even amid the uncertainty, there are some clear trends that will significantly shape the business-climate landscape.
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Companies on the leading edge of climate leadership should work with suppliers to improve their carbon efficiency, engage on policy and look beyond climate to other ecosystem challenges.
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The road to a new international climate change treaty is filled with potential twists and turns that will impact how businesses operate in a carbon-constrained economy. Here are some of the developments businesses should monitor through 2009.
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Although a recent report says the warming climate could wipe out skiing entirely in the next century, the ski industry offers examples for how companies in any sector can effectively address climate change.
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With the energy crisis likely to outlast the current economic crisis, investing in on-site renewable energy generation can insulate your company from the shocks, scarcity, and rising prices of energy.
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Given the sheer number of items we purchase, use and throw away every year, it's no surprise that consumer products are the ultimate drivers of carbon emissions. As a result product design is a critical component for companies seeking to address climate change.