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Intuit Helps Small Business Capture a 'Green Snapshot'
Can the company that tamed financial accounting do the same for carbon accounting?
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Does Sotomayor's Judicial Record Raise the Bar?
The coverage of Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court has mostly centered on her personal story. The key test is whether a nominee's judicial philosophy and conduct fall within prevailing norms. So how does she measure up, especially in cases where business intersects with the environment?
(0)Cows Go on a Diet to Save the Planet
A project underway at Stonyfield Farms is changing the food cows eat and finding herds' methane reductions reduced by 18 percent, while also improving cows' health and the quality of their milk.
(0)The Winds of Change Blow Through the Heartland and Beyond
Twenty years after Field of Dreams brought one of cinema's most famous lines to the American consciousness, political and business leaders from the Hawkeye state and beyond are quoting a new variation. Wind farms: If you build them, jobs will come.
(3)Toyota, Coda to Bring New Electric-Powered Vehicles to Market
Toyota will soon begin selling a diesel hybrid lift truck in Japan that cuts fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions in half. Meanwhile, a newly formed company will introduce an all-electric sedan to California in late 2010.
(0)Can a Company Really Care?
There is no shortage of companies that are driven by an ethic of service, whether to their employees, their customers or the planet, but even though caring is good for business, in times like these it can be a challenge to care.
(0)Why the Ethanol Debate Isn't Helping Anyone
Another ugly battle is raging in the ethanol wars. Sadly, while everyone is arguing over whether ethanol is bad, no one is talking about how to make it better. The worst impacts of ethanol occur far from Iowa or Washington in the forests that are burned down to respond to demands for cropland.
(2)Climate Change Pros: Male, Well-Paid and Secure
Professionals in climate change-related fields are more likely to be male, highly educated, well-paid and not worried about losing their jobs, according to a new survey.
(1)Climate Change Pros: Male, Well-Paid, Secure -- and Looking for Love
A recent survey finds that climate change pros are mostly men, well-paid and secure -- and presumably, smooth. How smooth? Well, this is what we think it sounds like when these guys hit the nearest eco bar.
(1)Sustainability Means Economy First, then Environment
The director of MIT's Engineering Systems Division and Center for Transportation and Logistics explores how the economic crisis pushes matters of environmental sustainability to the back burner -- and how it doesn't.
(1)Reader Response from 'Watthead' Defends Big Government
A reader writes back: Blogger Jesse Jenkins, aka Watthead, responds to the post "Beware of Obama's 'Battery Gold Rush' " and argues that more government engagement is essential to spur a clean energy revolution.
(0)The Green Future of the 'New GM'
What to make of this week's bankruptcy filing by General Motors? The beginning of the end? The end of the beginning? A death? Rebirth? Something in between?
(0)Tic Tac's New Packaging: Better, Not Great
The 40-year-old mint is coming out in brand new packaging made out a different type of plastic that, while generally more recycled than the previous plastic used, is still not easily recycled in many areas.
(0)CH2M Hill Engineers Big Changes Through Sustainable Construction
CH2M Hill, an engineering, design and construction firm based outside of Denver, is increasingly turning the world's environmental problems into business opportunities. Mega projects it's overseeing around the world include the 2012 London Olympics, the expansion of the Panama Canal and Masdar City, the zero-carbon, zero-waste new city being built in Abu Dhabi.
(0)Why Being a Green Laggard is Bad for Business
Although there are plenty of leaders in the green business movement, there are just as many, if not more, laggards slow to the game. Here are three bottom-line reasons for integrating sustainability into your company's -- or your clients' -- value chain.
(6)How Will the 'New GM' Affect Plans for the Volt?
With the announcement on June 1 that General Motors will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, hybrid car enthusiast blogs are a-buzz with the fate of the Chevy Volt, a gasoline-electric plug-in hybrid, slated to roll off the assembly line in November of 2010.
(1)Seventh Generation Names Former Quaker Oats Boss as CEO
Chuck Maniscalco, who headed PepsiCo's Quaker, Tropicana and Gatorade business, becomes CEO of Seventh Generation while company co-founder and former chief Jeffrey Hollender steps into a new role as executive chairperson.
(0)M&S to Recycle All Food Waste as Part of Zero-Waste Goal
The U.K.-based retailer reportedly signed a new business contract that will turn all food waste from its operations into compost or energy.
(0)IBM: CSR is Good for Business
IBM has some advice for companies that are tempted to ease up on their commitment to corporate social responsibility during the recession: Don’t.
(0)T. Boone Pickens' Roadmap for Green Entrepreneurs
In an exclusive interview with the billionaire oil-turned-wind power magnate, T. Boone Pickens offers up the six steps to success for any green project.
(7)Don't Believe the Climate Bill Doomsayers
Alarmists in entrenched industry say the energy bill being debated in Congress will harm the economy. But history has shown that industry's resistance to change is groundless and higher standards set by government stimulate economic growth, writes Ceres President Mindy S. Lubber.
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