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The best of live interviews from GreenBiz events. This episode: Heads of sustainability departments Andy Butler and Tom Cleves on how to create actionable change, individually and together.
by Joel Makower
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In this week's episode, cities aspire to 100-percent renewables, how future factories will save energy — and that infamous grid review.
by Joel Makower
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How does a company inspire and empower employees to embrace — and help shape — its sustainability strategy? Cargill created a pretty good recipe.
by Joel Makower
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On this week's podcast: A prelude to the people's march on climate; Silicon Valley finds a fit in sustainable fashion.
by Joel Makower
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Most of those working for large U.S. companies expect their CEO to be vocal about environmental and social issues, according to new research. And when it comes to the issues they care about most, renewable energy trumps immigration.
by Joel Makower
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A steady parade of innovators in large and small companies have tried to create more environmentally benign alternatives to plastic; after decades of slow progress, bioplastics are sprouting like weeds.
by Joel Makower
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From Starbucks to Walmart, companies have been taking major strides in giving what would normally be waste at least one more go-round on store shelves.
by Joel Makower
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Water security is becoming a strategic issue as companies increasingly understand how looming crises will affect business operations, from manufacturing to markets.
by Joel Makower
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Revelations of toxics ingredients in consumer products reached a crescendo in 2010, even as companies and governments work feverishly on new, safer alternatives.
by Joel Makower
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Until now, it's been a truism about sustainable business that there are too many standards and not enough metrics; but a number of organizations are stepping up to fill in the gaps.
by Joel Makower
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It wasn't very long ago that "sustainable agriculture" was the solely domain of the natural foods industry, but 2010 saw all the big players -- including and especially Walmart -- sowing the seeds of a new kind of food revolution.
by Joel Makower
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Although 2010 will likely be remembered as the year of the rebirth of the electric car, green shipping innovations took place also on the land, in the sea and in the air throughout last year.
by Joel Makower
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Environmental issues in developing economies have long been of concern to Western companies, but some issues -- from rare earth metals to palm oil -- are becoming more strategic to companies and countries alike.
by Joel Makower
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The notion of factories without Dumpsters isn't new, but in recent years a number of companies across industries have put "zero waste" squarely in their sights.
by Joel Makower
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During 2010, we saw a steady march of progress, with some of the world’s biggest companies and brands putting a stake in the ground in the name of environmental (and sometimes social) sustainability.
by Joel Makower
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In the first of our series on the biggest trends in green business practices in 2010, we look at the ways the world's biggest consumer brands -- P&G, Unilever, Kraft and others -- have stepped off the sidelines and into the green arena.
by Joel Makower