http://greenbiz.com/feed/greenbiz Sustainable Business, Cleaner Production, and the Bottom Line en http://greenbiz.com/news/2008/07/24/vehicle-makers-reduce-chemicals Some car manufacturers have made gains in reducing chemicals that can be emitted as fumes. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 GreenerDesign Staff 26457 at http://greenbiz.com/news/2008/07/24/good-and-bad-agriculture-trends An overview of agricultural concerns warns about what issues need to be focused on today and in the future. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 GreenBiz Staff 26458 at http://greenbiz.com/news/2008/07/24/building-integrated-photovoltaics 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. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 GreenBiz Staff 26466 at http://greenbiz.com/node/26496 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. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Joel Makower 26496 at http://greenbiz.com/column/2008/07/24/gm-and-new-plug-in-infrastructure 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. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Joel Makower 26497 at http://greenbiz.com/news/2008/07/23/climate-change-fight-requires-new-deal-effort A U.K. group is calling for a climate change strategy similar in scale to Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, including a massive investment in renewables and major shake-up of taxation and financial systems. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 ClimateBiz Staff 26380 at http://greenbiz.com/news/2008/07/23/phevs-spotlight 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. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 GreenBiz Staff 26381 at http://greenbiz.com/news/2008/07/22/small-companies-green-it-tools 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. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 GreenBiz Staff 26335 at http://greenbiz.com/news/2008/07/22/more-sp-companies-reporting-csr-progress-study Eighty-six percent of companies on the Standard and Poors 100 Index have corporate sustainability websites, compared to 58 percent in 2005. Roughly half produced a sustainability report last year, 26 percent higher than the 39 companies that issued one two years before. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 GreenBiz Staff 26336 at http://greenbiz.com/news/2008/07/22/green-purchasing-makes-slight-gains TerraChoice's survey of procurement professionals found that green purchasing policies have grown and discovered which issues have increased in importance. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 GreenBiz Staff 26339 at http://greenbiz.com/news/2008/07/22/pew-center-and-toyota-research-communicate-best-practices-energy-efficiency With research by the Pew Center and $1.4 million in funding from Toyota, the project seeks to identify successful energy efficiency strategies among top corporations and share the information in a major public report. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 GreenBiz Staff 26341 at http://greenbiz.com/feature/2008/07/21/new-green-focus-future-mbas Current and prospective business-school students are clamoring for CSR programs in their curricula; Padma Naggapan takes a look a how three traditional MBA programs are responding to this demand in different ways. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Padma Nagappan 26270 at http://greenbiz.com/news/2008/07/21/fuel-cell-cut-emissions-cost-billions A nationwide transition to fuel cell powered vehicles would eventually severely curb carbon dioxide emissions, but will take time and money. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 GreenBiz Staff 26285 at http://greenbiz.com/news/2008/07/21/johnsondiversey-reformulates-floor-care-line The maker of Signature, Johnson Wax Professional and Butcher's said its reformulation of floor finishes has decreased the volatile organic compound (VOC) content of a leading product line, achieving a result more than two years earlier than required by the California Air Resources Board. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 GreenBiz Staff 26292 at http://greenbiz.com/news/2008/07/21/food-firms-pledge-cut-mileage Companies behind some of the biggest brands on U.K. supermarket shelves have pledged to slash the environmental impact of transporting their goods. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Kate Martin 26308 at