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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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While much of the focus on the environmental practices of companies has focused on large corporations, smaller firms, which make up 98 percent of all companies in the U.S., have a key role to play. Although they may individually be small resource users and waste emitters, they cumulatively are a force, environmentally speaking. In this section we highlight ways that small companies can become more environmentally efficient, and the benefits that can come as a result of going green.
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FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- A recent survey by IDC finds that even the smallest businesses are starting to take green initiatives to heart, especially when it comes to adopting IT applications that will make it easier to make their supply chains greener.
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Corporate-nonprofit partnerships around CSR or sustainability goals are nothing new, but recently a trend is taking shape that suggests a major transformation in how groups conceive and enact corporate sustainability practices.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- In the creation of a green economy, a wide variety of occupations throughout the country can become green jobs. A new report looks at just a few jobs that can receive a boost from green investments.
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Seth Goldman, the founder of Honest Tea, says his deal with Coke is a way to remain true to his mission, as well as how socially responsible companies can make a real impact on society.
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Something old is new again. GreenBiz.com, of which I am executive editor, has just relaunched with a new, improved format.
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Brainstorm: Green, Fortune’s first conference on business and the environment, turned out well, judging from the feedback I’ve had since the gathering last week in Pasadena.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will award $1.75 million to 25 small companies to spur development of new environmental technologies through the Small Business Innovation Research program.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- A £24m program to deal with London's commercial and industrial waste has been launched which could see waste companies bid for funding before a 'Dragons' Den'-style panel of experts.
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HAYWARD -- More than 2,500 businesses in this suburb southeast of San Francisco participated in an energy efficiency program that will save one megawatt of energy annually. That translates to roughly $700,000 a year in energy savings.
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LONDON, -- The United Kingdom's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is facing £300 million in budget cuts, and green groups say the government is targeting essential business support programs around waste reduction and climate change.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The amount of plastic, paper, wood and waste recycled by 90 percent of the state's grocers in 2006 was 100 million pounds more than in 2005.
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Small businesses, by their sheer numbers, have the potential to make a huge impact on the environment, and groups organized at the national, state and local level are working to spread sustainability to independent companies that want -- and need -- to go green.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Green collar jobs are high quality, poised for growth and have low barriers for entry, according to a report released last week.
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Working for green businesses is climbing quickly up job-seekers' list of requirements; here are the tricks you can use to make sure you hire employees with both the business skills and sustainability mentality your business needs.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The manufacturer of consumer products made from recycled materials beat nearly 1,000 small businesses for the $100,000 grand prize.
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