Innovation

biomaterial market

Navigating the fast-changing landscape of bioplastics and biomaterials

June 7, 2019

From sugar to flax to algae, entrepreneurs and multinationals are racing to cultivate plant-based solutions meant to downplay the world's dependence on single-use plastics.

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How Novozymes and Intel use citizen scientists

May 30, 2019

By Heather Clancy

Who better than to help scale applications than the people most likely to benefit from them?

Steelcase's Laurent Bernard on how human-centered design can reimagine social innovation

May 27, 2019

By Joel Makower

The best of live interviews from GreenBiz events. This episode: How the largest office furniture manufacturer in the world is fostering sustainable change.

Compressed air systems can be an invisible drain on industrial energy consumption

Is your factory paying for energy that evaporates into thin air?

April 25, 2019

By Sarah Golden

Sensors and analytics from startup LightApp are sniffing out deep energy savings in factories and production settings.

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How the transportation sector can work more effectively with Departments of Transportation

April 9, 2019

By Julie Lorenz

It's about connecting the DoTs.

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An air conditioner powered by outer space and help from the sun

January 30, 2019

By Sara E. Murphy

Stanford researchers are testing a way to cool buildings without fossil fuels, while generating electricity at the same time.

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7 ways startups can collaborate more successfully with utilities and corporates

December 20, 2018

By Ramsay Siegal

Entrepreneurs prize nimbleness. Established companies emphasize stability. Here's how to harmonize those two agendas.

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What if Apple and Tesla joined forces to help us take down climate change?

December 18, 2018

By Susan Gladwin

Facing each other in a suburban shopping mall, the two innovative retailers share everything and nothing.

Kara Hurst of Amazon, Del Hudson of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Cyrus Wadia of Nike and Joel Makower of GreenBiz at VERGE 18

What the circular economy's early days look like for Amazon and Nike

October 19, 2018

Billions upon billions of products and consumers served.

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Can we innovate our way out of this mess?

October 16, 2018

By Joel Makower

There's power in asking such questions — and creating the conditions for them to be thoughtfully considered.