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Before pursuing the reduced costs and environmental benefits promised by vehicle-to-grid tech, make these careful considerations.
by Elsa Wenzel
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A new alliance of major retailers, including Amazon, is moving forward toward its destination of zero-emission ocean shipping by 2040.
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While e-bike proponents generally talk up the benefits for individuals and commuters, the format also holds substantial promise when it comes to last-mile delivery.
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Here are ways to improve the process.
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With more supply deals and investments in new players, we'll see if the logistics world leader can green up one of the hardest-to-abate sectors.
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Recent research found that 70 percent of consumers surveyed were willing to delay home deliveries by about five days, if given an environmental incentive to do so at the time of purchase.
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From recipes for recommerce to changing packaging ingredients, the retail sector is integral to adoption of the circular economy. Don't expect a cookie-cutter approach.
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Get ready for all-electric heavy-duty big rigs, semi-trucks, box trucks, delivery vans and more.
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The shipping and logistics arm of Brambles promises to make supply chains greener, smarter and more efficient.
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Inside the complex world of decarbonizing e-commerce shipping.
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Ride-hailing drivers strike for higher pay today, have something that the tech world often lacks: empathy.
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Corrugated cardboard is far lighter than wood, plus it simultaneously saves money, reduces carbon footprints and advances zero-waste goals.
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Retailers are reducing waste, but less so when handling billions of returned goods. Optoro aims to rethink and reduce the impacts.
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Why do some green buildings perform as designed or better, while others might barely make the grade, even if certified? It turns out that even the most sustainably designed, intelligent building is only as smart and green as the people who occupy and operate it.
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A free, open-source and volunteer-driven platform is behind a partnership between Office Depot and New Leaf Paper to let shoppers know exactly where their paper comes from.
by Marc Gunther
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Arun Majumdar, the director of Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, lays out the audacious goals and the tough budgetary realities of the U.S. Department of Energy unit that's best known by its acronym ARPA-E.
by Adam Aston
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Michelle Moore is on a green mission. The federal environmental executive with the Council for Environmental Quality offers an insider's view of President Obama's Green Gov Challenge and government efforts to rein in energy use in a conversation with GreenBiz Executive Editor Joel Makower.
by Anna Clark
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Eben Bayer, the co-founder and CEO of Ecovative Design, extols the natural processes and properties of grass and cows as a way of thinking about the design of environmentally responsible products.
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Despite the well-trod cliché that a journey to sustainability is a marathon and not a sprint, Nike, with its Considered design ethos, shows all the signs of being in it for the long haul.
by Marc Gunther
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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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Although Seth Goldman says the company is still his baby, the planned full acquisition of the organic tea company will be another interesting experiment in how a smaller company can help shape the values and performance of its much bigger owner.
by Marc Gunther
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As head of the Carbon War Room, Jigar Shah has a gigaton-sized challenge ahead of him; and though he's plenty frustrated at the slow pace of progress to date, but sees some rays of light in getting business on board with major emissions-reduction efforts.
by Adam Aston
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At the State of Green Business Forum in Washington, D.C., Timberland CEO Jeff Swartz talked about how his company strives to embed corporate social responsibility, sustainability and authenticity into their operations and products in a candid, edgy and at times rollickingly funny conversation with GreenBiz Senior Writer Marc Gunther.
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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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Live from the first annual State of Green Business Forum in Washington,D.C., the vibe feels more like a two-time championship team than a young upstart.
by Rob Watson