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Deirdre Imus's Mission to Green up Toxic Hospitals
By Anna Clark, October 29, 2009
The head of the Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology at Hackensack University Medical Center talks about how she developed and promotes her line of green cleaning products, the lessons all...
Parting the Chemical Curtain with GreenWERCS
By Michelle Mauthe Harvey, October 27, 2009
In May, with very little fanfare, Walmart introduced a new tool known as GreenWERCS that assesses the composition of chemical intensive products -- which amounts to just about any non-food item on...
Nike: From Considered Design to Closing the Loop
By Tilde Herrera, October 19, 2009
Nike's corporate responsibility agenda has evolved from one based on risk and reputation management to being a source of innovation, a change that has yielded not only new products, but a shift in...
How to Design for a Post-Consumption Economy GreenerDesign.com
By Eric Wilmot, September 30, 2009
It's clear our consumption-centered lifestyle has challenged our planet's ability to support us. Our economy doesn't need to be focused solely on spurring consumption. Here's a guide on how to...
The Four Facets of Next-Gen Environmental Design GreenerDesign.com
By Joseph Fiksel, September 28, 2009
Finding a path to sustainable growth will require global collaboration and eco-innovation on an unprecedented scale. To accomplish this, we need to take a fresh look at a business practice called...
Manufacturers Step Up to 'Zero-Impact' Boot Challenge GreenerDesign.com
By Jonathan Bardelline, September 28, 2009
In the latest challenge posed by the editors of Backpacker Magazine to equipment manufacturers, five companies are bringing all their innovations to bear to make hiking boots that tread gently on...

Beyond the Black Cloud: Looking at Lifecycles
By Dave Douglas, November 05, 2009
Looking at the full impact of any type of product or device -- rather than, say, the cloud of exhaust in front of you on the highway -- opens the door to a whole new understanding of how design affects the environment. ...

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The New Normal and the Need for 'Radical Evolution'

Joel Makower, May 18, 2009

GreenBiz.com launches our second annual Greener By Design conference today. The focus this year is on how companies are transitioning to greener product design amid rapidly changing, but still...

Nanomaterials: Why Your Company Should Sweat the Small Stuff

Richard Liroff, September 09, 2009

Nanomaterials are an industrial revolution in a microcosm with the potential to yield extraordinary health, environmental and other global social benefits. But they're substantially unregulated,...

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Diversey Ups Emissions Reductions Investments, Earns Bigger ROI ClimateBiz.com
By ClimateBiz Staff, November 05, 2009
One year after setting a goal to cut corporate emissions by 8 percent before 2013, Diversey CEO today announced the company had already surpassed that target, and upped the goal to a 25 percent...
Green Buildings Continue Impressive Growth, New Market Study Finds GreenerBuildings.com
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UL Environment Validates Eco Claims of LG SteamWasher, LCD TV
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Fleet Managers Swayed by Green Technology Over Brand, Study Finds

Nike Debuts Latest Collection of 'Considered Design' Products
By GreenBiz Staff, November 05, 2009
Nike will debut a new collection of athletic footwear Saturday made with environmentally preferred materials. A portion of revenue from the N7 line will support Native American youth sports...
Cadbury and Sprint to Save Tons of Waste with New Greener Packaging
Next Wave of TerraCycle Products to Come From Huggies, Kleenex Packaging
European Firms Failing to Source Sustainable Palm Oil
Eco-Patents Commons Hits Milestone with Addition of Dow, Fuji Xerox
USPS Carbon Footprint to be 20 Percent Smaller by 2020

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