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A handful of companies in high-growth Asia currently are valuing their employees as assets -- rather than expenses or liabilities -- and reporting on them in their financial statements.
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What does it take for a major bank to make a major environmental commitment? Why would it do that?
by Joel Makower
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Cloud computing could redefine the way we think about business ethics and sustainability. Here's how the cloud could affect two of our biggest sustainability challenges: climate change and human rights.
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In the first of our look at 10 trends that will shape corporate sustainability in 2012, we explore how and why the chief financial officer has become the centerpoint of green initiatives within the enterprise.
by Joel Makower
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Vickie Tillman, the soon-to-be-former head of sustainability at The McGraw-Hill Companies, has realized over the years that the CFO is critical to sustainability at any company. Here's what they need to know to make it work.
by Ann Goodman
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The head of sustainability at the company behind the New York Stock Exchange talks about the internal and external steps needed to make the market greener, as well as navigating the risks of a potential merger with another exchange.
by Ann Goodman
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The Internet, shale gas technologies and Google search engine all had their origins in research funded by the U.S. government. These are just a few examples, and show why now is exactly the wrong time to stop supporting cleantech innovation.
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It's an understatement to say that the business opportunities and benefits of sustainability and innovation practices have been well established. So how do we get investors to place a financial value on green business practices?
by David Abood
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Google's renewable energy investment leader discusses what it's like to be responsible for major capital investments at a company that could reshape how the world gets its power.
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Los Angeles leads the nation on green jobs creation; Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal released list of Top 25 Environmental Firms, Auto industry enjoys green jobs growth, and more.
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A new study finds that the president's plan to make existing buildings more energy efficient could also create more than 100,000 green jobs at the same time.
by Meg Waltner
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Global sustainability spending will soar 50 percent to 100 percent between 2011 and 2013, predicted research firm Verdantix.
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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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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
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Over the past two weeks, the Obama Administration has unveiled policy proposals affecting green real estate that have left me cheering in one case and gravely concerned in another.
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Members of the new platform, called Global Compact LEAD, will work to implement the newly unveiled Blueprint for Corporate Leadership, a roadmap released by the UN Global Compact last year. The LEAD program's new members include Accenture, Intel, KPMG, Newmont Mining Corp., PricewaterhouseCoopers, Symantec, Coca-Cola, Novo Nordisk and Heineken, among others.
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New rules require federal agencies to sign leases only in energy efficient buildings, which is good news for landlords at green properties, companies that specialize in energy efficiency improvements and the green job market.
by Andrew Burr
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Green stimulus investments are among the most cost-effective ways to spend the Recovery Act dollars and create jobs.
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Although economists and the media tend to pick big, bold numbers like job creation to measure the state of the economy, there are more telling indicators -- and what they're telling us isn't good.
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Investors and U.S. policymakers face a historic choice: Invest in energy infrastructure now or wait for economic recovery. Certainly, the world faces serious challenges to both capital markets and the global economy as the effects of the financial crisis unfold, but this is not an “either/or” issue. Investing in clean energy infrastructure is a business and environmental necessity that we cannot afford to postpone.
by Jigar Shah
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Research suggests even more can be done to stimulate investment in Los Angeles startups, with one area -- cleantech -- poised to lead the way if spurred by entrepreneurial drive and public policy.
by John Paglia
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While BP had made its way into a number of socially responsible investment portfolios, Domini Social Investments always excluded the now-tarnished firm. Here, Domini's managing director explains how companies can be considered "responsible."
by Marc Gunther
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Like most big problems, climate change will require big solutions, and will make smart companies big money. No financial institution has done more to promote investment in climate change solutions than Deutsche Bank.
by Marc Gunther
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We need to tie compensation to sustainability performance in every company, across every sector, and ensure the incentives deliver tangible performance improvements in order to effectively deal with today's global realities: a changing climate, rapidly emerging economies, and the expected arrival of some two billion additional humans.