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Co-Op America: Greening Businesses Large and Small
The second annual Green Business Conference takes place in Chicago this month; in advance of the gathering GreenBiz Radio sat down with Denise Hamler, director of Co-Op America's green business programs, to learn how the world of green business has grown.
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Two Steps Forward
Exxon, the Rockefellers, and the Future of Big Oil
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Corporate America
Fiji Water, tacos and going “green”
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Marketing Green
Reframing Global Warming Across the Political Spectrum
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The Triple Bottom Line
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Carbon Offsets
Offsetting enables companies to look beyond the limits of their operations to find cost-effective emissions-reduction projects. However, many of the internationally recognized mechanisms and rules that allow for companies to count specific offsets are still under development.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Two reports look at the global voluntary and mandatory carbon markets, seeing where growth happened, why and what is in store in the future.
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A cornerstone of the market for Renewable Energy Certificates is the knowledge that RECs have passed muster with independent verifiers like San Francisco-based Green-e. But now that a certified company has fallen out of compliance, Green-e is in the position of having to play hardball to maintain the market's credibility.
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Last week, I had the opportunity to witness a milestone being reached in the effort to fight global warming: officials from 18 states - representing a majority of the US population - signed an agreement at Yale University that committed their states to action on global warming.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- Merrill Lynch launched a full-service carbon offset service Wednesday, with assistance from ICF International, to help companies develop and manage climate-related strategies.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Fiji Water has revealed the carbon footprint of its entire supply chain as well as plans to reduce emissions, reduce materials used and help reforest Fiji.
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BETHESDA, Md. -- Marriott International has committed funds to preserve a 1.4 million acre rainforest in Brazil and has announced new and expanded environmental goals for its hotels and supply chain.
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As one of the most common ways to improve their environmental impact, many companies embrace carbon offsets without fully understanding them. What happens to the money spent on offsets, and how does it affect the environment now and in coming years?
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LONDON -- JPMorgan has acquired ClimateCare and plans to integrate the carbon offsetting company into its Environmental Markets group. The companies will invest in large-scale carbon emissions reduction projects and trade the resulting carbon reduction credits in the voluntary and compliance markets.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Sensing an opportunity to expand markets and boost its brands and image, the global wine industry plans to explore the calculation of its carbon footprint.
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Last year, air travel and transport emerged as major contributors to global warming. Airlines and shipping companies are exploring a range of potential solutions in the face of legislation underway in Europe. Is it even possible for planes to be friendly to the skies?
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Federal Trade Commission is updating its green advertising guidelines a year before schedule because of the growing wave of environmental marketing claims. Its first target: carbon offsets.
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Although some argue that it's a step in the right direction, utility companies offering personal carbon offsets to customers won't result in the massive behavioral changes needed to fight climate change, and may even harm the cause.
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LONDON, -- Voluntary carbon markets are growing at breakneck pace, but could be stymied by a lack of credibility and other factors, according to a new report.
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The band will participate in a carbon dioxide emissions offsetting program that will eliminate pollution equivalent to 36 million average car miles, or about what the band, and its fans, have produced on the road over the past 15 years.
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ClimateBiz expert Dr. Mark C. Trexler tackles your questions on managing climate risk.
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