This week's announcement by General Motors that it has joined with more than 30 utility companies across the U.S. to work on issues related to electric vehicles got a great deal of media play. But the coverage only began to scratch the surface of the complexity of bringing plug-in electric vehicles to market in mass quantities.

This week's announcement by General Motors that it has joined with more than 30 utility companies across the U.S. to work on issues related to electric vehicles got a great deal of media play. But the coverage only began to scratch the surface of the complexity of bringing plug-in electric vehicles to market in mass quantities.

I’m heading home from an eight-day, action-packed vacation in Alaska. Hiking, biking and sea-kayaking, I saw snow-capped mountains, the largest ice field in North America, a couple of glaciers, countless bays and rivers, abundant and beautiful wildflowers, salmon swimming upstream, bald eagles, seals, a sea otter, marmots, a porcupine and bears (three!) – all in one corner of the state, the Kenai Peninsula. But what really impressed me was the women.

Jeffrey Hollender, the founder, CEO at Seventh Generation, published a counterpoint to my recent post, How Bad Is Greenwashing, Really?

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One of the great things about the environmental movement is that it provides cover for those of us who are, shall we say, prudent about spending money.

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 employee at any level of an organization who is responsible for making his or her company greener. Here is what it takes to be an effective sustainability leader.

Is greenwashing really as bad a problem as some are making it out to be?

Recently, the Canadian Standards Association updated its guide for making environmental claims.

The easy way to do corporate philanthropy is to write a little check to everyone who asks.