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What to make of the 20 most-read stories among the 2,350 (or so) articles and blog posts we ran during 2009? It's hard to make head or tails of them.
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As the sun began to set on 2009, we asked some of our readers and partners to share their innovations, commitments, and passions for the coming year.
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With an annual increase of 2.4 percent per year, jobs in a wide number of green areas have far outpaced employment rates in other industries, according to a new study by Next 10.
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Office Depot, whose annual Green Guide is a compendium of the nearly 2,200 greenest products the retailer provides, has added a new dimension to its campaign to be the working world's top supplier of eco-friendly office products.
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GreenBiz.com and Green Impact have partnered to release a new report, "Green Teams: Engaging Employees in Sustainability," that includes 10 tips on how to support and guide Green Teams.
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San Francisco businesses and residents have composted more than 620,000 tons of food and other scraps since 1996 through the city’s green cart program, whose processed material is now used at almost 200 Northern California vineyards and farms.<br />
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Companies large and small, and in every industry, still hold on to a number of surprising misconceptions about the risks and rewards of implementing sustainability practices. Here's how to dispel those myths.
by Vijay Kanal
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Although a recent article on GreenBiz.com questioned the usefulness of the triple bottom line concept, four key insights show how TBL can benefit organizations of any size and in any industry.
by Mark McElroy
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Several approaches have been developed to enable companies to meet their responsibilities of environmental stewardship, social equity and well being, and community economic vitality to stakeholders. But implementation is often a top-down exercise that employees and suppliers view as unfunded mandates delivered by a heavy hand.
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Smart companies that pursue zero waste are also taking us closer to an industrial system inspired by nature, where there's no such thing as garbage. Lipton's employees and management have developed just such a system in Suffolk, Va.
by Marc Gunther
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The founder of Interface shows how being a tree-hugging environmentalist and the head of a thriving, $1-billion a year carpet company don't need to be mutually exclusive
by Marc Gunther
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In an hour-long webcast, IBM vice president Steven Sams showed how putting the company's own technology to work on overhauling its Lexington, Ky., data center highlights the potential of energy efficient IT projects.
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A management consulting firm released a new report outlining the steps any company can take to get on the path toward environmental sustainability. How many of these has your firm already accomplished?
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A near-Herculean effort, Newsweek's new list of the greenest companies in the S&P 500 Index may be imperfect -- and are sure to be debated -- but they may also be the best effort to date to assess the mainstream corporate marketplace in the U.S.
by Joel Makower
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In the year since the global financial crisis began making headlines, the public and policymakers alike still hold on to a fundamental mistrust of and anger at corporate leaders. Here are six ways companies can rebuild those bridges.
by Aron Cramer
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In these uncertain and cash-strapped times, how do you convince customers that buying green is smart and profitable? We asked four companies for their tips on selling the real value of green products and services.
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The 2009 Black Book of Outsourcing Vendors takes a look at which firms offer the strongest environmental initiatives for companies looking to delegate business operations to third parties.
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In 2008, Pitney Bowes diverted 7,523 tons of materials from landfills or incineration, such as plastic machine-covers, cardboard, foam and film packaging, wooden pallets, steel, aluminum, copper and electronics, according to its 2008 Global Corporate Responsibility report released Monday.
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Navigating the process of finding Recovery funds and bidding on projects can be a complex and time-consuming process for business owners. Based on information provided by the General Services Administration, we created an interactive map that shows where these recovery funds have been appropriated across the U.S. and a couple of its territories.
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Are you looking for a way to refocus your work efforts on sustainability practices but don't want to brave the job market? Joining -- or starting -- your company's volunteer green team is a great step in the right direction.
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Danny Kennedy, CEO of Sungevity, speaks about his experience as an entrepreneur working with local governments in Green Jobs training programs.
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(Episode 90): GreenBiz.com's senior writer Marc Gunther speaks with Eric Gillespie, the CIO of Onvia about how his firm's website, Recovery.org, is helping companies track federal stimulus spending -- and get a slice of the pie.
by Marc Gunther
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Two new reports on the impacts of moving to a low-carbon economy show putting money toward energy efficiency, building retrofits and renewable energy projects can create 1.7 million new jobs, significantly more than the same investment in fossil fuel industries.
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Building retrofits, green jobs and public transit are the three keys to making the country's cities more sustainable, and although many cities are getting underway with these projects, much progress is needed quickly, according to a new report from Living Cities.
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Chris D'Avignon's green job story shows how the threads of work history, business skills, and a growing personal commitment to doing things better led him to build a business that is creating more green jobs daily.