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Early research results suggest that energy management is far from a top priority for many chief financial officers, yet this area represents a rich area of cost savings at a time when revenue growth for many companies has stagnated.
by Paul Baier
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Most venture capital investors don't have a focus, but Physic Ventures is different. The San Francisco-based venture firm, with backing from corporate giants Unilever, PepsiCo and Humana, invests in "technology-enabled, consumer-facing companies that help people and the environment stay healthy."
by Marc Gunther
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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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'Tis the season for low expectations on climate change and other global sustainability challenges. Yet there's no reason to think our stockings will forever be stuffed with coal.
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Last year’s Copenhagen negotiations recognized that developing countries need financial support. Developed countries made financial pledges, but several decisions must still be made to deliver these resources in the long-term.
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Despite the successes of some prizes in achieving environmental goals, prizes are not a cure-all for every woe, as the results -- or lack thereof -- of the overly ambitious $25 million Virgin Earth Challenge show.
by Dan Saccardi
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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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Many businesses are planning their budgets for 2011, offering a great opportunity to integrate sustainability deeper within your company's operations and culture. Here are some tips to get you started.
by Paul Baier
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As environmental strategy consultants we believe in leveraging market forces to solve our environmental crisis. If financial analysis integrated externalities -- such as pollution, contribution to climate change or biodiversity loss -- then company valuations would reflect their true impact on our economy, net of their impact on our environment.
by Sarah King
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Wells Fargo and GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited have joined forces in a plan to develop more than $100 million in solar projects in the United States by the close of 2011.
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Shares of Tesla continued trading above $24 Monday, less than a week after the electric car maker announced Panasonic would pour $30 million into firm.
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Although solar photovoltaic electricity has reached grid parity in select markets, the high cost of solar has hampered it from becoming a true game-changer. The Rocky Mountain Institute recently convened more than 50 industry stakeholders and outside experts to devise ways to bring solar to scale.<br />
by Kelly Vaughn
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More than a decade ago the U.S. Green Building Counci launched the LEED green building certification program, and since then LEED has certified more than 13,500 green commercial buildings and homes with nearly 60,000 more seeking certification. Today, 42 percent of all LEED-certified homes qualify as low-income housing as part of an effort to make health, green housing more accessible.
by Nate Kredich
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Water scarcity in several U.S. regions poses hidden financial risks to investors in municipal bonds -- the key mechanism for financing the country's water and power infrastructure, according to a study by Ceres and global equity investor Water Asset Management.
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Experts say it will cost $300 billion per year by 2020 to stop biodiversity loss, but the Global Canopy says that we are now only delivering between $36 billion and $38 billion per year.
by Steve Zwick
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The latest round of Newsweek green rankings -- and the financial performance of its top-ranked companies relative to the S&P 500 -- shines new light on the question of whether socially responsible investing is also smart investing.
by Marc Gunther
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Experts predict that a government move to impose a carbon tax through the Carbon Reduction Commitment may actually help make the scheme less complicated.
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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 contracts between universities and the oil sector often fail to provide sufficient academic control and independence, a new report suggests.
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Green real estate has gone mainstream but finding financing for it -- as with conventional property and projects -- can be challenging. The Urban Land Institute Conference offered strategies for pursuing scarce dollars in a tight economy.
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With the phenomenal growth in recent years of the green business sector and of the corporate social responsibility movement, why hasn't there been a corresponding boom in corporate contributions to environmental nonprofits?
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Although the growing momentum of PACE programs has been stifled by the FHFA, it's important to understand the effect of policy-enabled private financing programs on the ecosystem of stakeholders and how those implications will inform future financing efforts.
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How likely is a hurricane strike in New York? According to experts, it's not a question of whether a major hurricane will hit the Big Apple, but when. Perils Specialist Megan Linkin at Swiss Re examines how climate change could affect America's largest city.
by Adam Aston
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Global efforts to address climate change have been in disarray following the failed talks in Copenhagen. But even if all carbon emissions were stopped at once, climate trends would continue to expose local populations to the mounting challenges -- and costs -- of protecting greater property values against weather-related risks.
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As political, business and non-profit leaders gathered in New York recently for Climate Week to network and compare notes on their progress in managing their own carbon emissions as well as working with clients and partners on reducing their carbon footprint, Bank of America released its Environmental Progress Report that detailed delivery of $8.4 billion on our 10-year, $20 billion commitment to address climate change through our lending, investing, products and services and our own operations. Much of that activity focused in two critical areas: renewable energy and energy efficiency.