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What happens when ESG and DEI meet the Great Resignation and the climate crisis — amid a pandemic?
by Joel Makower
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Cricket farms, edible chairs, buildings as butterfly habitat. Can a renegade group of designers reinvent our wobbly world?
by Joel Makower
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The best of live interviews from GreenBiz events. This episode: Innovative author Janine Benyus on how biomimicry and “the genius of biome” can fight rising emissions.
by Joel Makower
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In this week's episode, a GreenBuild recap, how Canopy's founder is winning converts on deforestation and why island microgrids are essential.
by Joel Makower
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In this week's episode: Michelin, GM halt deforestation; a G20-approved guide to disclosure; and the troubling new math on carbon reduction.
by Joel Makower
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On this week's podcast: A trip to a California almond orchard to find out what bees mean for Häagen-Dazs, and a report from the first annual Climate Day at the Natural Products Expo.
by Joel Makower
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On this week: Holmes Hummel on taking the energy revolution to the utilities of the heartland. Can the conservative case for climate action thwart the Trumpocalpse?
by Joel Makower
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Step behind the sustainable business headlines with the GreenBiz 350 podcast: A Greenbuild dispatch, Walmart's green evolution and Toyota's future vision.
by Joel Makower
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The founder of the green building movement shares how he views the industry he helped create, and his wish list for what needs to happen next.
by Joel Makower
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The "net positive" movement heralds promising change for buildings, water and products. But it needs to move beyond the buzzword.
by Joel Makower
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How does technology convergence change the nature of cities and suburbs, and how we live, work, travel, play and shop? A new report says innovation is coming to a neighborhood near you.
by Joel Makower
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The latest skirmish in a decade-old battle broke out this week, as chemical and plastics groups challenged the LEED green building rating system. It's déjà vu all over again.
by Joel Makower
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While national governments are struggling with economic and policy gridlocks, cities are become the proving ground for green technologies, and fertile territory for the burgeoning green economy.
by Joel Makower
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This week, GreenBiz Group is unveiling a new initiative called VERGE, focusing on the convergence of four technology sectors: energy, information, buildings and vehicles. It represents an exciting new dimension for us, and I’m pleased to share the vision and the plan.
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by Joel Makower
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I had expected the conference to be a showcase of how, when green goes mainstream, good intentions and high standards give way to the lowest common denominator of the mass market. Happily, I was wrong.
by Joel Makower
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The vision: green rooftops, not just as gardens, but as urban agriculture hubs for herbs and edible greens, grown in renewable energy-powered greenhouses, allowing city dwellers to grow and sell food locally.
by Joel Makower
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Wal-Mart's gathering of 400-plus CEOs, held earlier this month, showed that it has learned a key lesson: Being a greener business isn't just about being more efficient or increasing sales. It can be an engine for innovation in products and packaging, even delivery systems.
by Joel Makower
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The World Water Tool aims to help companies evaluate and address water risks and impacts in their operations and supply chains in order to minimize risks.
by Joel Makower
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Although the legal world still revolves almost entirely around dead trees, a new partnership aims to encourage law firms to more efficiently use paper, energy, and other resources.
by Joel Makower