GreenBiz.com</h1> <article> <h1>Companies More Likely Than Ever to Invest in Efficiency Retrofits, Study Says</h1> <p>GreenerBuildings Staff — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:03:33 +0000</p> <p>Seventy-four percent of corporate real estate executives now say they would be willing to pay a premium to retrofit office space they own to achieve sustainability goals, according to results of a new survey by CoreNet Global and Jones Lang LaSalle.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Cartier Taps Green Mining Firm for Responsibly Sourced Gold</h1> <p>Marc Gunther — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:00:51 +0000</p> <p>All too often, behind the glitter of gold are ugly environmental and social costs: Unregulated mines creating toxic wastes, child laborers working under grim conditions, rivers and bays polluted with waste.</p> </article> <article> <h1>SRI Field Continues to Shift with RiskMetrics' Acquisition of KLD</h1> <p>Robert Kropp — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:46:31 +0000</p> <p>The rapidly changing landscape of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) research providers received another major update this week as <a href="http://www.riskmetrics.com/" style="">RiskMetrics Group</a> announced the acquisition of <a href="http://www.kld.com/" style="">KLD Research & Analytics</a>. The acquisition, which has been widely anticipated for a month, follows RiskMetrics' purchase of Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, like KLD a provider of ESG research, in February.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Johnson Controls: The Quiet Company Raises Its Voice and Its Profile</h1> <p>Leslie Guevarra — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:51:57 +0000</p> <p>Though a giant in the buildings and automotive industries, Johnson Controls Inc. was long considered a quiet company — seldom a major presence outside its lines of business. That's changing as the firm increasingly raises its voice and its profile to spread its mantra of "Efficiency Now." </p> </article> <article> <h1>Diversey Ups Emissions Reductions Investments, Earns Bigger ROI</h1> <p>ClimateBiz Staff — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:40:33 +0000</p> <p>One year after setting a goal to cut corporate emissions by 8 percent before 2013, Diversey CEO today announced the company had already surpassed that target, and upped the goal to a 25 percent reduction in the same time frame.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Green Buildings Continue Impressive Growth, New Market Study Finds</h1> <p>GreenerBuildings Staff — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:26:01 +0000</p> <p>The Green Building Market and Impact Report, released this morning by GreenerBuildings.com, measures the beneficial impacts that LEED-certified buildings have on energy, water, worker productivity and more, and charts the growth of the green marketplace in the coming years.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Business Owners Beware: Quick Fixes Can Cost More Than Smart Energy Savings Strategies</h1> <p>GreenerBuildings Staff — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:53:54 +0000</p> <p>Looking to save a little money this fall and winter by turning down the thermostats in your offices? Think again before you fiddle with those temperatures settings. Doing that alone could cost you far more than you save, especially if employees take their workplace comfort into their own hands.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Energy Dept. Shells Out Another Half-Billion Dollars in Stimulus Funds</h1> <p>GreenBiz Staff — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:30:10 +0000</p> <p>A slew of new renewable energy and energy efficiency projects funded by the Department of Energy in the past week adds another $531 million to the stimulus funds already handed out this year.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Will the Financial Meltdown Lead to an Investment Revolution?</h1> <p>Marc Gunther — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:53:59 +0000</p> <p>Not much good has come of the Great Recession, but a recent day-long event showed that investors are at least starting to think more thoroughly about risk and sustainability in their portfolios.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Hotel Guests Need Help Staying Green on the Road, Study Finds</h1> <p>Sookhan So — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:19:36 +0000</p> <p>A study by researchers at Virginia Tech's Pamplkn College of Business finds that even individuals who are resource-efficient at home are much more wasteful when on the road, and stronger education programs are needed to bridge this gap.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Go Slow, Stay Low: A Mantra for a Greener Economy</h1> <p>Stephen Linaweaver — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:07:06 +0000</p> <p>That's generally the advice when learning how to paddle a canoe. It works equally well for companies trying to successfully navigate a sea change from a consumption-based economy to one that puts greater value in sustainability.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Water-Saving Technologies Help Abbott Save 1 Billion Gallons a Year</h1> <p>GreenBiz Staff — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:05:32 +0000</p> <p>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 percent normalized reduction, bringing the company very close to its goal two years ahead of schedule.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Is Simple the New Green?</h1> <p>David Almy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:26:13 +0000</p> <p>The last couple of years were witness to a stampede of product launches featuring green attributes and positioning. Today, however, the marketing herd is currently shifting its attention to a new direction: simplicity.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing</h1> <p>GreenBiz Staff — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:40:20 +0000</p> <p>The study looks at the sustainability performance of 17 leading car manufacturers worldwide between 1999 and 2007, providing a full account of the societal impacts of car production, including issues such as the volume of greenhouse gas emissions from production facilities and the number of work accidents recorded by a company.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Kraft to Increase Purchases of Rainforest Alliance Certified Cocoa Ten-Fold by 2012</h1> <p>GreenBiz Staff — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:07:11 +0000</p> <p>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 North American markets.</p> </article> <article> <h1>A Call to Green Marketers to Unite and Vanquish Consumer Confusion</h1> <p>Michael B. Mercier — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:30:20 +0000</p> <p>A recent study urges marketers to drop buzzwords -- like environmental, green and sustainability -- and focus on tangible benefits. That's a reasonable stopgap, but someone must take the initiative to wipe out the confusion about green terms.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Daimler Subsidiary Achieves Zero-Waste Three Months Early</h1> <p>GreenBiz Staff — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:54:12 +0000</p> <p>Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. went from sending 250,000 pounds of solid waste to landfills to becoming zero waste in less than three years.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Simple Data Center Best Practices Can Cut Energy Use by 20 Percent</h1> <p>Matthew Wheeland — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:30:25 +0000</p> <p>As part of a partnership with The Green Grid, the U.S. EPA made a number of small tweaks to how it managed one of its data centers, and ended up saving $15,000 per year in energy costs as a result.</p> </article> </main></body></html>