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Medium-duty trucks, a mainstay for American fleets, produce more than 80 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. Environmental Defense Fund and PHH Arval are now offering fleet managers a...
This white paper from Environmental Defense Fund and fleet management company PHH Arval lays out strategies for reducing emissions from medium-duty trucks, which are responsible for more than 80...
The latest industry rankings from Tomorrow's Value Rating looks at fossil fuel firms and finds that, despite solid leadership in innovation, the 10 largest companies are failing to take action on...
The nonprofit launched the Industry Innovators (i2) project today with charter member companies Amtrak, Ben & Jerry's, Clif Bar, REI, Shaklee and Timberland, each of whom received Climate...
The U.S. General Services Administration has created the new position of Chief Greening Officer in a bid to move forward President Barack Obama's federal sustainability agenda. It also said Monday...
A new report argues that axing tax breaks for carbon-intensive industries, curbing spending on road expansion and improving public sector energy efficiency could cut the country's national debt by...
Although the U.K.'s 100 largest companies are making headway toward the country's climate change goals as a whole, its most carbon-intensive industries are lagging with emissions reduction targets...
In discussions with our clients and other observers at the Copenhagen climate change conference, I have heard many quote some variation of the following: COP15 is not a climate change negotiation...
When you peel back the onion to see what is really going on, you learn that there is a vibrant and critical movement in the business of climate change whose momentum cannot be stopped -- the only...
Business leaders taking part in the first half of the climate conference know they can take practical steps that deliver emissions much more rapidly than broad targets set by policy makers. ...
Fuel switching and a shift to renewable energy allowed health care company Abbott to cut its coal and oil consumption by 15 percent last year across its global operations, relative to 2006 levels...
When it comes to addressing climate change, including measuring and reducing its carbon footprint, Whirlpool leads the pack in the large appliance sector, according to a new analysis. Similarly,...
In the latest sign that China takes the threat of global warming seriously, Chinese business executives with close ties to the government have launched a voluntary market in Beijing to buy and...
What concrete actions are firms taking to tackle climate change in 2009? The CEO of the Carbon Disclosure Project offers the first in a series of sneak peeks at the forthcoming annual report. ...
This report details how French wine production is a climatically sensitive endeavor -- and shows that it is at great risk from environmental change. ...
The energy sector has to failed wake up to the threat posed by extreme weather, water shortages and rising temperatures, according to a new report. ...
Companies need to understand how looming carbon costs will impact their future profitability compared to their competitors in order to gauge how much can be passed on to customers without...
JohnsonDiversey sells products in more than 175 countries but has put in place a series of projects that will cut logistics-related greenhouse gas emissions by a quarter while allowing the company...
San Francisco has adopted what may be the country’s first county food policy that aims to improve access to healthy food while supporting local agriculture and reducing shipping-related greenhouse...
Tesla’s plans to build a $57,400 all-electric sedan will move forward now that the company has secured $465 million in federal loans. Tesla, along with Ford Motor Co. and Nissan North America,...
In the just-published State of Green Business 2010 report, we take an extensive look at the data behind the move toward making mainstream businesses greener.
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This eighth annual Clean Energy Trends report takes stock of the sector against the...
This book from Seventh Generation's Jeffrey Hollender and Bill Breem equips people with...
This white paper from Environmental Defense Fund and fleet management company PHH Arval...
Julie Corbett, founder of Ecologic Brands, the company that developed a new paper-plastic...
This report from the National Environmental Education Foundation offers case studies,...
Senior Writer Marc Gunther sits down with Jeff Horowitz to discuss Avoided Deforestation...
In 2010, we're bringing our acclaimed State of Green Business Forum to San Francisco and Chicago, digging in to the research in the annual State of Green Business report to discover recent trends in green business and hear from industry experts about what the future will hold. Read all our coverage of the events here.
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