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Krogers, Target and Sodexo offer new goals or updates of their sustainable seafood programs.
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San Francisco's iconic Transamerica Pyramid, a unique silhouette on the city skyline for almost 40 years, celebrates a green building milestone.
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A "nutritional label" for building materials and other measures to bring more transparency to the products that make up a building were unveiled at the U.S. Green Building Council's conventions.
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Each year vendors introduce a new element into the science-fair-on-steroids spectacle of the Greenbuild trade show. Here are highlights of some of the big attention-getters in Toronto.
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There's a difference between a green revolution and a green party, and many in the sustainability movement have been mistaking the latter for the former, Thomas Friedman said at Greenbuild, spelling out a key theme at the event.
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Despite increasing clutter among green labels and products, and an ever-more-worrisome economy, sales of Fair Trade-certified products nearly doubled over last year. What does that say about green consumers?
by Marc Gunther
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Solyndra takes center stage in D.C., policymakers try to stop glass buildings from killing birds, the EPA chief pays a visit to Method, and more are making green headlines.
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The iconic skyscaper, whose green retrofit and refurbishing have become almost as celebrated as the landmark, achieved the certification under Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design standards today.<br />
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The new guidelines from the International Integrated Reporting Committee reflects the changing demands stakeholders put on corporations, with an emphasis on clear and concise green reporting.
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The U.S. Building Council reaches the LEED milestone with more than 1.3 billion square feet of commercial property worldwide now certified under the organization's standards.
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The Navy, DOE and Ag department launch a three-year $510-million-plus project to boost use of advanced biofuels in ships, planes and vehicles, a top clothing retailer in Japan brings its recycling program to the U.S. and Jelly Belly Candy Company taps into high-tech water saving.
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Why companies and organizations like the Carbon Disclosure Project need to add a new energy standard to their scorecards and rating systems.
by Paul Baier
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It will take lots of work and cooperation to build a smart support system to speed and spread adoption of electric vehicles in the United States. The national standards group ANSI tries to get a grip on what exactly it'll involve.
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GE unveils a new $48-million data center that serves its global appliances and lighting business.<br />
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The forerunner of many of today's environmental standards, the ISO 14001 environmental management certification suffers from a widespread perception that it simply provides cover for polluters. What does certifcation really mean today?
by Paul Leavoy
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During a webcast organized by GreenBiz.com this week, representatives from the US Department of Energy and Underwriters Laboratories walked through the details of the just-released energy management standard, and how companies can get on board, quickly.
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The largest bank in the U.S. issues its first CSR report today providing a comprehensive, deeply detailed view of billions of dollars in environmental lending, investments, company projects, and more.
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It's widely agreed that sustainability standards -- from product- to company-level -- are increasingly common and important. But is there a business case for developing and embracing these standards?
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I'm in West Virginia spending a week with 100 super bright-green teens at the Student Climate and Conservation Congress (SC3) for my annual renewal of hope -- and I'm getting what I came for.
by Rob Watson
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The U.S. Green Building Council's streamlined LEED certification for large groups of existing buildings became official this week, and Cushman & Wakefield, Bentall Kennedy and Kohl's are already reporting strong savings from the program.
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The sustainable seafood movement landed two big catches this week with an eco-labeling commitment from McDonald's and a pledge from foodservices and facilities giant Sodexo.
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The program is aimed at ensuring a minimum competancy among professionals in the rapidly growing carbon management market.
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The latest revision of the world's most widely used framework for corporate sustainability reporting provides an opportunity to push for increased disclosure of companies' efforts to reduce their toxic footprints.
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The largest bank in the U.S. sets new goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions and boost green building certification while committing $55 million to help finance building retrofits.
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In Paris neighborhoods, the streets are lined with fresh vegetables stands, fruit stores, butchers, cheese stores. What's striking about these little shops is how local they are -- and it seems to me that we need a lot less urban in the environment and a lot more environment in the urban.
by Rob Watson