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A Clarion Call to Insurers

Sandy Hauserman — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:04:00 -0700

The insurance industry should view two recent climate change stories of significance as a clarion call to action. Ignoring the risks could one day open up a flood of legal troubles for the industry.

The Nexus of Climate Change and Human Rights

Ryan Schuchard and Nicki Weston — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:02:00 -0700

The intersection of climate change and human rights is an emerging issue for global companies as climate change mitigation, adaptation and its direct effects impact human rights in the communities where they operate.

Climate Change Will Cause Shipping Delays, Higher Insurance Losses, Report Says

ClimateBiz Staff — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:50:00 -0700

While some have trouble imagining what the worst impacts of climate change will look like, the effects are apparent today and projected to get dramatically worse if nothing is done to rein in greenhouse gas emissions. For the business community, this means shipping delays, more insured losses, constrained energy supplies and a decline in some tourism-based activities.

Insurers Need to Address Climate Change By Building Windmills, Not Walls

Sandy Hauserman — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:11:00 -0700

No industry stands to gain or lose more from climate change than the insurance industry. Yet it has dragged its heels in response when it should be adapting to the changing winds by reducing its impacts, educating its clients, employees and the public, and offering its input to policymakers drafting climate change regulations.

Growing Interest in the Climate Change Dividend

Judith Nemes — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:55:00 -0700

Investors are flocking to companies providing climate change products and services, but it isn't always easy for privately-held businesses to tap the stream of investment dollars.

Carbon-Intensive Mutual Funds to Become Big Losers: Report

ClimateBiz Staff — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:25:00 -0700

Carbon-intensive mutual funds will become big losers in a carbon-constrained economy because a price on emissions will increase the cost of doing business for the companies in their portfolios, according to Trucost, which ranked the country's largest funds based on their carbon footprints.

Reading the Tea Leaves of Evolving Climate Change Policy

Tilde Herrera — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:49:00 -0800

Ryan Schuchard from Business for Social Responsibility talks to GreenBiz Radio about the events businesses need to monitor over the next nine months as climate change policy develops on the national and world stages.

Executive Bonuses for Making the CO2 Cut

Anne Moore Odell — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:00:00 -0800

Executives’ compensations are already beholden to shareholders and their companies’ financial performances. Now more executives are also seeing incentives tied to how well their companies meet environmental goals and carbon budgets.

Study: Two-Thirds of Data Centers Face Critical Power Shortages

Preston Gralla — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:12:00 -0800

Going green with a data center is no longer merely good public relations, or just a money-saving project. It's about to become imperative for a corporation's survival. That's the inescapable conclusion of a recent study that predicts nearly two-thirds of data centers will run out of power capacity by 2011.

BD+C Sustainability White Papers

Leslie Guevarra — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:00:00 -0800

Building Design+Construction offers free downloads of its series of white papers on sustainability. The nine-chapter 2008 series "Green Buildings + Climate Change" can be downloaded in its entirety or by chapter.

Business Solutions in a Tough -- but Still Green -- Economy

Kevin Moss — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:00:00 -0700

Cynics say that corporate sustainability strategies are all very well when times are good. But, they ask, how long will firms continue these policies now that the financial downturn affecting us all bites harder? Actually, it becomes more, not less important, argues Kevin Moss, head of corporate social responsibility at BT Americas.

Best Buy Looks to Reduce GHGs While Doubling Revenue

ClimateBiz Staff — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:00:00 -0700

Best Buy plans to reduce emissions 8 percent per square foot by 2012 in a bid to cut its environmental impacts without sacrificing future growth.

How to Navigate the Green Seas

Tilde Herrera — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:00:00 -0700

GreenBiz.com Executive Editor Joel Makower discusses his new book, "Strategies for the Green Economy: Opportunities and Challenges in the New World of Business." He offers three keys to help companies assess how well they are doing and answer the question: How good is good enough?

Pursuing Climate Initiatives While Weathering Hard Times

Eric Olson — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:00:00 -0700

During tough times, strategically managing sustainability efforts, such as those related to global climate change, require a bold and aggressive approach. What should you do? Better yet, what are some things you can do to reduce the likelihood of facing this situation again?

Climate Change Will Impact Cash Flows: McKinsey

ClimateBiz Staff — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:00:00 -0700

International efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will drastically impact company valuations -- for better and for worse, depending on the industry, according to new research from McKinsey and Co.