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A just-announced collaboration between the Green Building Certification Institute and the Well Building Institute seeks to marry health, wellness and sustainability in the built environment.
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EDF's Climate Corps will send 51 fellows to 47 companies this summer to further the drive for energy efficiency in business. The fellowship program has grown more than seven-fold since its start three years ago.
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With 500 members in 42 states and 11 countries, the Eco-Dentistry Association has launched a certification program for green dental practices and named its two inaugural recipients.
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Energy efficiency, particularly in buildings, went swimmingly in 2009, in part due to the stimulus package. The outlook for 2010 is likely to be even better since the bulk of the non-bailout stimulus spending will hit the streets this year.
by Rob Watson
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Why should companies worry about carbon management given the lack of a definitive outcome from climate talks in Copenhagen? Panelists from UPS and Motorola shared their firms’ motivations at the State of Green Business Forum in Chicago.
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It's commonly believed that when it comes to energy efficiency and buildings there's some low-hanging fruit -- but going after the rest costs a lot of money. Actually, that's not true, says C. David Myers of Johnson Controls Inc.
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Corporate sustainability is like teen sex. Everybody talks about it. Nobody does it very much. And when they do it, they don’t do it very well. Friend and colleague Joel Makower likes to tell that joke, and it’s as good a way as any to introduce Greenbiz.com’s third annual State of Green Business report.
by Marc Gunther
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China can be a great place for international companies interested in green business. It's a matter of getting to know the right people, adapting to the culture and "getting over your fear of China," says Peggy Liu, the chair of JUCCCE.<br />
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In a lightning-paced presentation, serial innovator Saul Griffith laid out the human and global scope of the climate crisis, as well as where solutions will -- and won't -- come from.
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What happens when green business meets cleantech? When those companies are like Best Buy, Autodesk and Serious Materials, you get firms that align their products and services with efforts to foster sustainability -- and in some cases guide the marketplace toward broader and deeper adoption of environmentally responsible practices.
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The third annual State of Green Business report, released today by GreenBiz.com, tracks 20 facets of green business operations to measure whether firms are moving the needle toward lower-impact and more planet-friendly operations.