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Bainbridge Graduate Institute new one-year certificate programs target the energy, green building and food and agriculture markets.
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Walmart's Personal Sustainability Project program inspired "Green the Team," a new guide on employee engagement from BBMG.
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Enablon launched the public beta version of Wizness at the BSR Conference 2011 in San Francisco Wednesday to help organizations collaborate in the name of sustainability.
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What MBA students learn about sustainability in school often differs from the reality on the ground, according to new research from the World Environment Council and Net Impact.
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A new report chronicles the rise of the chief sustainability officer and examines the best practices of the 29 CSOs working for publicly-traded companies in the U.S.
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Engaging employees may be one of the most challenging aspects of a company's sustainability efforts, but this report from NEEF and GreenBiz Group explores how leading companies are taking engagement to the next level as sustainability becomes embedded into their corporate DNA.
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Georgia gears up for its second annual Telework Week, but a popular corporate telework tax break hasn't been extended beyond 2011.
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Want to engage your employees or customers on sustainability? Companies are finding that gaming -- and a little friendly competition -- can be an effective means of getting people to tune in to your sustainability initiative.
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The Carbon Disclosure Project's Paul Dickinson offers advice on how companies can deploy broadband technologies for telework.
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Telework still isn't taking off in any major way, according to a new study of the remote workforce -- and management resistance is the No. 1 obstacle.
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Atlanta tops the rankings in a recent teleworking report that finds employee demand for a flexible workplace is on the rise.
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The program is aimed at ensuring a minimum competancy among professionals in the rapidly growing carbon management market.
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Global sustainability spending will soar 50 percent to 100 percent between 2011 and 2013, predicted research firm Verdantix.
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Kraft plans to manufacture its famous foods using less water, energy and packaging, the company announced last week. Its European coffee brands have also committed to 100 percent sustainably sourced coffee by 2015.
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Green power, low-carbon employee commuting and energy efficiency are helping the business software giant shrink its carbon footprint.
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Global participants in the second annual Carbon Salary Survey from recruiting company Acre Resources and consulting firm Acona had an average annual salary was $79,000, about $3,000 higher than last year.
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The world faces a shortage of greenhouse gas professionals with the skills needed to meet our current measurement, reporting and verification needs. The problem will likely get worse as climate change programs expand around the world, according to a new report from the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GHGMI), a Washington, D.C.-based training center, and Sequence Staffing, an executive search and staffing firm.
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More than three million U.S. citizens are expected to descend on local parks and schools with brooms, shovels and garbage bags over the next three months as part of the Great American Cleanup, an initaitve of Keep America Beautiful (KAB). Allowing workers to participate in volunteer activities helps to cultivate skills prized by many companies, such as ability to work as part of a team and self-direction, according to KAB's president.
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Professionals in climate change-related fields are more likely to be male, highly educated, well-paid and not worried about losing their jobs, according to a new survey.
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Executives from Net Impact, eBay and Timberland discuss the skills employers find desirable for positions with an environmental or larger CSR focus.
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Businesses must also address societal problems by incorporating sustainability into economic policies and focusing on long-term solutions, according to a panel of experts gathered on the opening day of the Business for Social Responsibility conference.
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From incentivizing carpools and public transit to embracing a remote workforce, companies are learning how successful alternatives to driving alone can offset their carbon footprint and lead to happier, more productive employees.
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(Episode 47) Rachel Patterson of San Francisco's Hanson Bridgett law firm offers a snapshot of the year it took her company to become a certified green business.
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(Episode 44): Frank Marquardt, author of the Green Careers Insider Guide from Wet Feet publications, joins GreenBiz Radio to discuss the paths people take to landing a job related to the environment or sustainability.
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When a company, large or small, decides to assess and improve its environmental performance, having employees on board to support and extend the project can make the difference between success and failure.