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- Logistics and Transportation: Key Steps to a Greener Supply Chain
Whether shipping is the key focus of your operations or merely means to an end, there are several ways companies of all sizes can make this element of their supply chains ...
- How the Lodging Industry Can Help the Environmental Movement
Meetings and travel companies are taking a close look at their environmental impact; although the world of lodging has also begun the process, here are seven fundamental ...- The Qualities of a Sustainable Leader
With just about every company addressing or beginning to address its environmental impact, a whole new class of job description is emerging: the sustainability leader, an ... - How the Lodging Industry Can Help the Environmental Movement
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You can't do green design without green materials, and material innovations tend to come from chemists.
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"A New Mindset for Corporate Sustainability," published by six academics from around the world, presents a concept of using corporate sustainability to lead innovation and benefit the environment, society and shareholders.
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What does it cost for a manufacturer to deliver a more sustainable product or package to our retail store shelf and what should the resulting price be to us as consumers?
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A Yearlong Road to Green Certification
Rachel Patterson of San Francisco's Hanson Bridgett law firm offers a snapshot of the year it took her company to become a certified green business.
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Design & Innovation
In this section we explore the ways that designers are just beginning to integrate environmental considerations, harnessing such approaches as biomimicry (designs inspired by nature), cradle-to-cradle (closed-loop production systems involving benign materials), green chemistry (less- or non-toxic alternatives to petrochemicals), and local sourcing (to reduce transport energy use and emission).
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GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- The market for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) will exceed $4 billion in revenues by 2013 and surpass $8 billion in 2015, according to a new report from a leading industry analyst firm.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Some car manufacturers have made gains in reducing chemicals that can be emitted as fumes.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The race to create the infrastructure for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles is on -- the city of San Francisco, state of Tennessee and a slew of automakers and utilities announced separate plans to lay the groundwork for the mass introduction of PHEVs beginning in 2010.
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FARNBOROUGH, UNITED KINGDOM -- Canadian aircraft and rail manufacturer Bombardier is launching a new family of fuel-efficient, single-aisle commercial airliners.
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BRUSSELS, -- Proposals to legislate incentives for green consumerism were introduced this week on international and local fronts with measures before the European Commission and New Jersey lawmakers.
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NEWARK, N.J. -- The six- to 12-month tests involving 24 LED street lights place the Public Service Electric and Gas Company and the cities in which the tests are being conducted among a small but growing number of municipalities and utilities that are exploring application of LED technology to green public lighting.
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BANBURY, UNITED KINGDOM -- In announcing the tender process, the British nonprofit Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) called for trials that demonstrate reduction of packaging or product waste, including food. Funding for as much as 50 percent of costs may be made available to projects that "offer radical improvements in resource efficiency," WRAP said.
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TOKYO, -- Toyota plans to offer solar-powered air conditioning on its next-generation Prius cars, according to the Nikkei business daily, and General Motors is considering a new Chevrolet mini car for the U.S.
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NORTHFIELD, Ill. -- TerraCycle Inc. has joined forces with Kraft Foods to "upcycle" used wrappers from cookies, energy bars and drink pouches into purses, backpacks and umbrellas.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Southern California Edison and DTE Energy are the latest companies to join the U.S. Department of Energy in an attempt to make plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) cost competitive by 2014 and ready for mass production two years later.
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FRANKFURT, -- Daimler will take a tip from BMW and improve fuel efficiency across its fleet portfolio, rather than focus on a select group of models. The company’s BlueEFFICIENCY program will begin with 20 models this year to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and improve fuel economy by 12 percent
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Who’s the most powerful person in the world of green business?
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Energy will dedicate $30 million toward advancing plug-in electric vehicles through a partnership with General Motors, Ford and General Electric. The goals are to make the cars price-competitive by 2014, and ready for mass production by 2016.
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Many people subscribe to the stereotype that being environmentally responsible carries a hefty price tag. A recent leap of faith into offering a new green packaging product, however, revealed that sustainable packaging doesn't always have to cost more.
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Early successes in improving its environmental performance led chemical giant DuPont toward a more ambitious mission to incorporate sustainability into its design processes in order to offer products that deliver benefits for its customers and the planet.
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