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Here's how the multinational has strived to tackle waste, emissions, chemicals and more.
by James Murray
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Footwear company's greenENERGY Fund invests in a portfolio of efficiency projects that target a strict 20 percent annual return on capital.
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How can your company obtain its share of local, state and federal energy benefits? Learn how here.
by Bob Zak
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The company talks more about why it's setting a zero emissions goal for its offices and factories by 2040, and how its sustainable sourcing goals could have a big impact on the way cocoa is grown.
by Marc Gunther
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At VERGE London, speakers discussed how the convergence of energy, information, transportation and building technologies is impacting cars, buildings, cities, energy and more. Check out the Twitter chatter from attendees during the event.
by Jennifer Kho
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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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The Princeton Review, Sierra Magazine, and the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education have teamed up to promote a new tool that makes it free and relatively easy for any education institution to report its environmental impacts.
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As of this month, the more than 3,750 properties that are part of Hilton Worldwide are participating in the company's LightStay sustainability management program. Christopher Corpuel, Hitlon's green guru, tells GreenBiz how they made it happen.<br />
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The first class of 14 companies have signed up for the new WindMade label, making a big bet that shoppers will seek out products made in factories powered by wind energy.
by Adam Aston
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The company's CEO is leading a drive to convince businesses and individuals that solar energy makes sense -- today.
by Marc Gunther
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Putting energy management systems in place in its manufacturing facilities was one of several steps that have helped the beverage maker earn the highest score ever recorded by The Carbon Trust.
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From bring corporate tax dollars back to the U.S. to shoring up our crumbling infrastructure, ideas like Connecticut's Green Bank are starting to gain traction in Washington -- and not a moment too soon.
by Ron Pernick
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During a webcast organized by GreenBiz.com this week, representatives from the US Department of Energy and Underwriters Laboratories walked through the details of the just-released energy management standard, and how companies can get on board, quickly.
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The largest bank in the U.S. issues its first CSR report today providing a comprehensive, deeply detailed view of billions of dollars in environmental lending, investments, company projects, and more.
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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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Widespread adoption of solar power faces a number of tall hurdles, but the biggest of which may not be technological at all; instead, it's dealing with the complexity of 25,000 different local governments and utilities setting policies.
by Sam Newman
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The resort-casino in Reno, Nev., has invested nearly $10 million in switching over to geothermal heating for its 2 million-square-foot complex -- and the ROI means they're looking to dig even deeper into renewable energy.
by Adam Aston
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The home-improvement retailer has become the latest company to take steps to speed adoption of renewables and grow the market for clean energy, in homes as well as businesses.
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One-hundred-eleven companies received Energy Star honors from the U.S. EPA in the annual awards program that recognizes the most the energy efficient businesses in a national program that now has more than 20,000 members.
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As a retailer focused on building and construction products, Grainger is in a pivotal position to help reduce the impacts of millions of businesses at once. The company's head of sustainability explains how green has evolved at Grainger and how its customers are helping take it to the next level.
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The industry association that represents roughly 34,000 pubs and brewers in the U.K. has laid out 10 sustainability commitments that cover emissions, water use, renewable energy and others, including some goals that double the U.K. government's own targets.
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General Electric Company plans to invest $432 million in the next four years to establish four design and manufacturing centers for energy efficient refrigerators in the U.S. and create 500 jobs in the process.
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In the newest campaign against the social network's new data center in Oregon, Greenpeace has created a short animation mocking the company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.
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The combination of retrofit, accelerated tax depreciation and carbon tax risk analyses needs to become an integrated part of portfolio assessments. Whether a portfolio includes millions of square feet, or a series of small facilities, it invariably has untapped values in these areas. As Richard Locke said of sustainability, "You pull a thread and everything comes together."