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Healthy, sustainable environments increase productivity.
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Swim, bike, or downward dog? Employees get their choice of athletic activities, plus a more sustainable workplace and commute, at a new corporate campus in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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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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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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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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The concept of a flexible workspace, or hoteling, has been around for some time. But when we implemented this at Sabre Holdings, the question was whether these hoteling principles could be applied to a business like ours. Not only did our employees adapt to the new environment, they began working more closely with each other and ultimately strengthened our competitive position in the fast-evolving travel technology industry.<br />
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Can promoting green initiatives and certifying a green workplace increase productivity? And if so, what is the impact to the bottom line? Studies indicate the answer is yes on productivity, but the challenge is quantifying those gains in relation to profit. HR professionals can help forge those links between green buildings, productivity and the bottom line.
by George Boué
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The 18- to 25-year-olds just entering, or poised to enter, the workforce aren't likely to be satisfied with shared "hotel-style" desk assignments, drab cubicles or windowless spaces that have characterized offices in the past, according to new research that could strongly influence space and energy efficiency strategies in the corporate world.
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In a town where green building is the latest rage among mega resorts and gaming palaces, the Las Vegas Sands Corporation has upped the ante on eco-friendly development and business operations with the launch of a sustainability program for its properties in Vegas and beyond.
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Increasing imbalance is looming between our eagerness for energy efficiency and our nonchalance for inclusion of human factors and the impact that our energy efficiency measures will have on human health.
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Talk about the H1N1 virus is everywhere. Training employees and building occupants on preventive measures and providing tools to sanitize their workspaces are a good start to ward off the flu and colds, but aren’t the full answer.
by John Kennedy
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As the sun began to set on 2009, we asked some of our readers and partners to share their innovations, commitments, and passions for the coming year.
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U.S. Green Building Council closed its annual conference with awards to industry leaders, as the region's convention bureau hailed the estimated 28,000 building professionals who came to town for boosting the local economy by some $30 million.
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Looking to save a little money this fall and winter by turning down the thermostats in your offices? Think again before you fiddle with those temperatures settings. Doing that alone could cost you far more than you save, especially if employees take their workplace comfort into their own hands.
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A near-Herculean effort, Newsweek's new list of the greenest companies in the S&P 500 Index may be imperfect -- and are sure to be debated -- but they may also be the best effort to date to assess the mainstream corporate marketplace in the U.S.
by Joel Makower
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(Episode 90): GreenBiz.com's senior writer Marc Gunther speaks with Eric Gillespie, the CIO of Onvia about how his firm's website, Recovery.org, is helping companies track federal stimulus spending -- and get a slice of the pie.
by Marc Gunther