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John Donahoe, the CEO of the online retail platform, talks about how the company backed into sustainability as part of its business model, how it gathers green ideas from employees, and why 'users' are the new 'consumers.'
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The company's 15 goals embrace everything from advancing global health through medical innovation to pushing sustainability through its supply chain; among its other goals are a 20 percent emissions reduction by 2015.
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In the wake of the horrific tsunami and nuclear meltdown in northern Japan earlier this year, the country has has to very quickly step up its energy efficiency projects, with some notable successes and struggles.
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In BusinessWeek's latest rankings of undergraduate business programs in the United States, the College of William & Mary topped the sustainability list, although most green schools were not top-ranked, and vice-versa.
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The company's new guidelines, issued 20 years after it set terms of engagement focused on compliance in its supply chain, now aim to help the workers in its global supply chains prosper while also protecting the environment.
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Long after the furor over the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's stance on environmental legislation, a spinoff of a regional Chamber aims to share the expertise of its members to help businesses get greener, one step at a time.
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If you're not working from home this week, you should be; Monday marked the kickoff of National Telework Week, five days devoted to encouraging workers to stay home, boosting productivity for their employers while reducing energy and commute costs.
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Lorrie Vogel, the head of Nike Considered, talked about the company's closed-loop ethos, why sustainability has to start from within, and how the company turned 13 million plastic bottles into World Cup jerseys.
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A management consulting firm released a new report outlining the steps any company can take to get on the path toward environmental sustainability. How many of these has your firm already accomplished?
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Two new reports on the impacts of moving to a low-carbon economy show putting money toward energy efficiency, building retrofits and renewable energy projects can create 1.7 million new jobs, significantly more than the same investment in fossil fuel industries.