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The biotech firm found an unlikely way to significantly cut its costs, while at the same time provide a valuable perk for employees that also reduces emissions.
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Despite the widespread belief that efficiency projects are difficult and/or expensive, the California hotelier shows how truly training and educating staffers on green practicies pays big dividends.
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Can we take Jobs' legacy of fanatical dedication to continual improvement and apply it to business areas like supply chain, workers' rights, and business impacts globally, we will all be living in a better world.
by Kara Hurst
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From three square meals per day in its cafeteria to free shuttles to work to on-site fitness centers, working at Facebook has plenty of benefits -- but those benefits have significant energy costs.
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The annual Commuter Pain study from IBM, which looks at commutes in 20 cities across the globe, finds that public transit use is up and traffic is somewhat down, but commuters are still highly stressed out about their daily grinds.
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The agency today released figures showing how rapid expansion of fuel-efficient vehicles and adoption of alternative fuels are driving down costs and emissions in its operations.
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Conventional wisdom holds that the best way to bring about sweeping culture change is to jettison old ways and jolt the existing culture into a new reality. Management experts offer a different approach.
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Facebook is working very hard to make sure it has the first pick of the best up-and-coming talent on the job market. Part of that strategy is making its offices green, energy-efficient and very comfortable for occupants.
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The company's 15 goals embrace everything from advancing global health through medical innovation to pushing sustainability through its supply chain; among its other goals are a 20 percent emissions reduction by 2015.
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No company approaches sustainability more comprehensively — or more creatively — than the British retailer Marks & Spencer.
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by Marc Gunther
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In the wake of the horrific tsunami and nuclear meltdown in northern Japan earlier this year, the country has has to very quickly step up its energy efficiency projects, with some notable successes and struggles.
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A global survey of more than 750 CEOs finds that perceptions of sustainability's role in business -- and its impacts on business -- vary widely by sector, with some industries far ahead of the laggards.
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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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The company's new guidelines, issued 20 years after it set terms of engagement focused on compliance in its supply chain, now aim to help the workers in its global supply chains prosper while also protecting the environment.
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Companies across all industries are collaborating like never before with stakeholders to get a jump on the next big, smart sustainability idea or avoid the next embarrassing misstep.
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From sustainable supply chains to sustainable brands, a recent gathering at the University of Washington brought MBA students together with business leaders to discuss how to make a good idea a great green solution.
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Sustainability gives Best Buy the vehicle by which it can engage its 180,000-strong workforce and stay competitive, according to CEO Brian Dunn.
by Marc Gunther
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Scott Wicker, the longtime VP of sustainability at United Parcel Service will today be promoted into the C-suite as the company's first Chief Sustainability Officer.
by Adam Aston
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Long after the furor over the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's stance on environmental legislation, a spinoff of a regional Chamber aims to share the expertise of its members to help businesses get greener, one step at a time.
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Members of the new platform, called Global Compact LEAD, will work to implement the newly unveiled Blueprint for Corporate Leadership, a roadmap released by the UN Global Compact last year. The LEAD program's new members include Accenture, Intel, KPMG, Newmont Mining Corp., PricewaterhouseCoopers, Symantec, Coca-Cola, Novo Nordisk and Heineken, among others.