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The banking giant's new commercial banking group focused on clean technology firms will add to the $600 million the company has already dedicated to the market. ...
In releasing its first-ever sustainability data, the U.S. Postal Service shows that it has cut total energy use by 9 percent in the past three years, while making strides in e-waste recycling and...
The Autodesk team announced this week it has devised a new way of setting goals to reduce its carbon footprint. It's called the Corporate Finance Approach to Climate-Stabilizing Targets, or C-FACT...
The company's 2009 sustainability report shows that not only has the company passed the half-way point on its goals, but that its reductions are picking up speed year over year. ...
The director of MIT's Laboratory for Energy and the Environment considers the decisions companies have to make if they want to be sustainable -- and challenges some of the conventional wisdom. ...
With climate scientists warning that greenhouse gas emissions must decline upwards of 80 percent by 2050 to avoid catastrophic climate change, some like Salvatore Gabola are calling for businesses...
Although a recent article on GreenBiz.com questioned the usefulness of the triple bottom line concept, four key insights show how TBL can benefit organizations of any size and in any industry. ...
The pharmaceutical giant set a goal of cutting its water consumption to 40 percent below 2004 levels by late 2011, relative to sales. The company announced Monday its efforts have yielded a 37...
Kraft Foods vowed to increase the amount of Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa beans ten-fold to 30,000 tons by late 2012, to be used in two premium chocolate brands sold in the European and...
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. went from sending 250,000 pounds of solid waste to landfills to becoming zero waste in less than three years. ...
We want environmental sustainability to be a core value -- like quality and customer responsiveness. So how do you instill environmental considerations into every operation of a company? It...
A new report from EIRIS finds that reporting and short-term reduction targets are comparable to global peers, but North American companies lag in third-party verification and linking executive...
You don't necessarily need an expensive MBA or a degree in environmental sciences to learn about social and environmental responsibility. In fact, many could learn from school children armed with...
Between fiscal years 2007 and 2009, P&G reduced its waste disposal by 30 percent, energy use by 11 percent, greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent, and water consumption by 13 percent,...
The U.S. Postal Service unveiled goals to significantly curb its emissions and petroleum use Thursday, a week after President Barack Obama ordered federal agencies to set create action plans to...
Two sets of rankings released in the last week aim to gauge the greening of the nation's colleges and universities. But it's in the gap between the rankings that the most interesting results are...
Hedge fund guru George Soros becomes latest billionaire investor to unveil plans for investing in the fight against climate change. ...
Many existing insurance coverages will be negatively impacted by climate change, such as professional liability, workers compensation, and of course, property insurance. Without some adjustment...
Utility company National Grid began sending energy report cards to 50,000 of its Boston area customers this week, hoping their ability to compare...
Former foes Staples Inc. and the nonprofit Dogwood Alliance are joining forces for a pilot project meant to give landowners in the southern U.S. the chance to earn money by conserving their...
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