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Although improving energy efficiency can be as simple as gathering low-hanging fruit, smart companies will take efficiency projects far beyond the usual suspects.
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A survey by ITT finds that nearly two-thirds of voters and just over half of businesses would be willing to pay more for their water to ensure its quality and availability.
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To create a new green economy, industrial capitalism must destroy itself. Disruptive, radical, breakthrough innovation is needed, on a mass scale. Government isn't delivering the change we need. Can business step up to the challenge?<br />
by Marc Gunther
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Small companies have the nimbleness to achieve radical innovations, but they lack scale. On the other end of the spectrum are large companies that have the scale, but they face the uncertainty of trying to do something that is working in a radically different way.
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The same science that lets brine shrimp stay alive for weeks in the mail is also behind a startup that could change the market for delivering medicine and other perishables.
by Marc Gunther
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With the ambitious goal of making sustainability reporting mainstream for U.S. companies, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has announced it will open a New York-based office.
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IBM and Schneider Electric are joining forces to provide new smarter buildings solutions that combine robust data collection and powerful analytics, enabling owners to better manage energy use at their facilities and obtain greater savings. The partnership was one several announcements about new offerings, software, services and tools from IBM in its Smarter Planet campaign.<br />
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The arrival of the Nissan Leaf and the Chevy Volt in just a few months could become a watershed moment for the auto industry, as well as for the environmental movement. Unlike the Prius, the Leaf and Volt are not aimed at the early-adopter, eco-conscious, well-to-do niche buyers. They are being built for the mass market.
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by Marc Gunther
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When it comes to climate change, consumers want simple and clear ways to buy the goods and services they desire, in a fashion that won't destroy their planet. Legislation that puts the real price of carbon into the economy would be a good step in that direction. But only a step. Brands have to get into the game, too.
by Jeff Swartz