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Striving for zero impact drives a push for new tech. Here are 6 lessons to help other businesses innovate.
by Peter Vogel
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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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Scientists are developing smart-building materials that can regulate temperatures without air conditioning or heating, potentially cutting energy costs for commercial and industrial buildings.
by Jennifer Kho
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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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The health care giant that's pledged to green its facilities, energy and supply chain now sets a goal to reduce its carbon footprint.
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The industrial sector is responsible for more than 40 percent of the United States' GDP -- and uses one quarter of its energy, almost all from fossil fuels. It's clear this is where the biggest benefits and opportunities lie for a shift to a low-carbon economy.
by Ryan Matley
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Today, improving buildings' energy efficiency is a rapidly growing industry blossoming with new business ideas and models. Here are some ways business can profit.
by Mathias Bell
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Waste Management brings its extensive recycling program for special events to the Farmers Insurance Open and returns to the southwest for a third year to the golf tournament that carries its name.
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How can you have more clouds and greater visibility? It's easy, when the clouds are internet data centers hosting the next generation of energy and sustainability management software
by Clay Nesler
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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 Merced County jail and a nearby juvenile justice facility in California's Central Valley are expected to draw about 70 percent of their electricity from a new 1.4 megawatt solar farm that fans out across 4.5 acres.
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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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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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The hotel chain's vice president of corporate responsibility says green teams have been key to the company's success in making progress on its 2015 sustainability goals.
by Glenn Hasek
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After six quarters of issuing regular sustainability updates, the software giant's senior vice president of sustainability explains how a three-month window into operations helps shape the company's path forward.
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From airlines to ski resorts, climate change -- and the world's attempts to address it -- will have big impacts on tourism-dependent industries and regions. Here are five ways the travel business can get out ahead of the changing climate.
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Sony's progress toward environmental goals, the struggle to reduce use of plastic shopping bags, the Army's work to recycle more than 3,000 tons of contaminated steel made green headlines today.
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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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The first dispatch from this year's crop of EDF Climate Corps Fellows offers three lessons from the hands-on training all 57 fellows received at MIT's Sloan School of Management last month.
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In the first audit of its years-long shift to electronic health records, Kaiser Permanente found that the project has eliminated 1,000 tons of paper waste, 68 tons of x-ray film (and the chemicals to process it) and saves patients millions of gallons of gasoline.
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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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In partnership with Siemens USA, the U.S. Chamber Business Civic Leadership Center honored the California city of San Jose, Raleigh, N.C., and Greensburg, Kansas, with Siemens Sustainable Community Awards, which recognize environmental efforts of American cities.
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Fireman's Fund, the first company to write insurance policies for horseless carriages and planes, led the industry in widely providing green insurance in the U.S. commercial market. CEO Mike LaRocco talks about the firm's sustainability commitment at the State of Green Business Forum in San Francisco.
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For a second year, Waste Management, the title sponsor of the Phoenix Open, brings an array of environmental service innovations to the popular PGA tournament. Dubbed "the Greatest Show on the Grass," the Phoenix Open also strives to be the "Greenest Show on the Grass."<br />
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Fireman's Fund Insurance Company will soon join eBay, Coca-Cola, Walmart and Google as early adopters of Bloom Energy technology with the installation of six of the company's high-tech fuel cells, the insurance firm announced today.