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Within the growing market for compostable products is one niche — the sports world — with big potential to amplify consumer awareness of waste.
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The global reach of sports is something sustainability advocates can only dream of — and it could help environmental engagement move from exception to societal norm.
by Kellen Klein
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The health care company’s sustainability exec discusses the relationship between health care and the environment, from farmers markets to landfill diversion.
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From Portland to New York City, these destinations make sustainability critical to meeting operations.
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Nike, eBay and others led the charge on designing apps and services that helped to drive change over the past year.
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An updated solution from IBM provides an avenue for corporate money men and women to get more engaged in smart and sustainable management of leased property.
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Food waste isn't a problem generally associated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, but the network of cafes and food service operations catering to VA facilities generates tons of it.
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The chocolate company is joining the many firms that are building landfill-free property portfolios.
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A new network offers help for owners and managers of lodgings who want to make their operations greener -- and learn from others in the business who are in the same boat.
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In the first audit of its years-long shift to electronic health records, Kaiser Permanente found that the project has eliminated 1,000 tons of paper waste, 68 tons of x-ray film (and the chemicals to process it) and saves patients millions of gallons of gasoline.
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The movement to mainstream environmentalism is looking to score a touchdown with the formation of the Green Sports Alliance.
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From green buildings to e-waste, Martha Johnson regards greening the government's General Services Administration as a serious challenge that can help lead green practices elsewhere in the economy.
by Adam Aston
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AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team, diverted 1,750 tons of throwaways from landfill last year, bringing the facility's recycling rate to 75 percent.
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The headquarters of the International Finance Corporation, the World Bank member that provides financing for private sector investment in developing countries, has earned a LEED-Platinum rating, the most prestigious of the U.S. Green Building Council certifications.<br />
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Kohl's Department Stores and hip upcycler TerraCycle are among the winners of the inaugural Edison Green Award Winners, the latest category to be added to the 23-year-old award competition that honors innovative new products and the companies that make them.
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With 140,000 employees around the world, Lockheed Martin launched its Earth Day initiatives a week early and brought the focus of its facilities-oriented internal green campaign to the core of the global security company: its workers.
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A brace of buildings ranging from a highrise to potato chip factory have recently earned LEED ratings.
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The upscale <a href='http://www.kimptonhotels.com'>Kimpton hotels</a> are pursuing <a href='http://www.greenseal.org/'>Green Seal</a> certification for their 50 properties and are already within reach of attaining the goal.<br />
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With 73 skylights, a 40K photovoltaic system, a living roof and dozens of other eco-friendly design elements, the new Michael J. Homer Science and Student Life Center at Sacred Heart Schools has earned the first LEED-Platinum rating awarded under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Schools standards. <br />
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NASA will conduct its first-ever water sustainability forum next week at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and is singling out 10 firms from around the world to showcase innovative solutions to water management.
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With 500 members in 42 states and 11 countries, the Eco-Dentistry Association has launched a certification program for green dental practices and named its two inaugural recipients.
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What happens when green business meets cleantech? When those companies are like Best Buy, Autodesk and Serious Materials, you get firms that align their products and services with efforts to foster sustainability -- and in some cases guide the marketplace toward broader and deeper adoption of environmentally responsible practices.
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Helping one another is really the way things get done green-wise, and the only way we will solve our "you-bet-your-species" proposition of unmanageable climate change. We need to foster "coopetition" where people work together to hit a target.
by Rob Watson
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The Golden State Warriors and The Solar Company are cutting the ribbon today on a solar installation at the basketball team's practice facility — the first in the NBA to be powered with renewable energy.
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The 41-story Marathon Oil Tower has been designated as a BOMA 360 Performance Building for its wide-ranging best practices in areas that include energy, water and waste management as well as green purchasing, life safety and tenant relations.