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The San Francisco-based startup is using social media to connect drivers with commuters and road trippers needing rides – saving money, helping the environment and sometimes helping customers make new friends.
by Marc Gunther
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Apple's China scandal demonstrates why companies need to do more to ensure the health of factory workers making their products. Here's how some manufacturers are netting returns from investing in women's health.
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by Marc Gunther
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The retail giant takes a stand on sandblasting denim, which can harm garment workers' lungs.
by Jennifer Kho
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John Hellweg, recently retired from General Mills, shares the effort it took to complete a nearly 25-year-long process to turn a waste stream into a fuel source.
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The gaming giant's latest look at its sustainability work highlights its energy-efficiency projects, emissions reductions targets and how it has recovered for reuse more than 100,000 pounds of lightly used soap.
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Caesars Entertainment, the world's most diversified gaming company, doesn't play games when it comes to its commitment to environmental stewardship.
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The major problems uncovered in Apple's -- and the IT industry's -- Chinese supply chain in a series of recent exposes go far beyond Apple to the heart of how companies measure their social and environmental impacts.
by Marc Gunther
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The first in a new series of articles from Interface's sustainability leaders looks at how to overcome the loss of a "leader as real-world superhero," as Ray Anderson was.
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The biotech firm found an unlikely way to significantly cut its costs, while at the same time provide a valuable perk for employees that also reduces emissions.
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Despite the widespread belief that efficiency projects are difficult and/or expensive, the California hotelier shows how truly training and educating staffers on green practicies pays big dividends.
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Can we take Jobs' legacy of fanatical dedication to continual improvement and apply it to business areas like supply chain, workers' rights, and business impacts globally, we will all be living in a better world.
by Kara Hurst
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From three square meals per day in its cafeteria to free shuttles to work to on-site fitness centers, working at Facebook has plenty of benefits -- but those benefits have significant energy costs.
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The annual Commuter Pain study from IBM, which looks at commutes in 20 cities across the globe, finds that public transit use is up and traffic is somewhat down, but commuters are still highly stressed out about their daily grinds.
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The agency today released figures showing how rapid expansion of fuel-efficient vehicles and adoption of alternative fuels are driving down costs and emissions in its operations.
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Conventional wisdom holds that the best way to bring about sweeping culture change is to jettison old ways and jolt the existing culture into a new reality. Management experts offer a different approach.
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Facebook is working very hard to make sure it has the first pick of the best up-and-coming talent on the job market. Part of that strategy is making its offices green, energy-efficient and very comfortable for occupants.
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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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No company approaches sustainability more comprehensively — or more creatively — than the British retailer Marks & Spencer.
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by Marc Gunther
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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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A global survey of more than 750 CEOs finds that perceptions of sustainability's role in business -- and its impacts on business -- vary widely by sector, with some industries far ahead of the laggards.
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Kraft plans to manufacture its famous foods using less water, energy and packaging, the company announced last week. Its European coffee brands have also committed to 100 percent sustainably sourced coffee by 2015.
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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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Companies across all industries are collaborating like never before with stakeholders to get a jump on the next big, smart sustainability idea or avoid the next embarrassing misstep.
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From sustainable supply chains to sustainable brands, a recent gathering at the University of Washington brought MBA students together with business leaders to discuss how to make a good idea a great green solution.
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Sustainability gives Best Buy the vehicle by which it can engage its 180,000-strong workforce and stay competitive, according to CEO Brian Dunn.
by Marc Gunther