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What business needs to do about carbon in the post-400 ppm era

Helen Clarkson — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:36 +0000

With carbon dioxide levels past the 400-ppm threshold, risks to businesses are looming even larger, driving the needs for faster, and bigger, action.

Buildings move faster toward net zero

Molly Miller — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:15 +0000

At last week's Living Future conference, engineers and architects discussed designing and operating buildings that achieve net zero energy use.

ICYMI: Hectares of sustainable food news, ESG pro profiles & more

Matthew Wheeland — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:13:15 +0000

It's a research-heavy week here at ICYMI HQ, with studies detailing everything from profiles of ESG professionals to solutions for sustainable cities.

Some light in clean tech investing, despite the gloom

Dan Seif — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:54 +0000

The vast majority of clean energy investment not coming from VCs is actually a positive indicator for the maturation of clean energy markets.

Can you survive the 5 tectonic shifts to the business landscape?

Anna Clark — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:50 +0000

In this Q&A, the author of "The Upside of Down" shares how his concept of societal resilience can help companies prepare for change.

Adidas Group scores big with sustainability venture capital fund

Elizabeth Turnbull Henry — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:00:01 +0000

Footwear company's greenENERGY Fund invests in a portfolio of efficiency projects that target a strict 20 percent annual return on capital.

VERGE Boston: How ARPA-E creates the future of energy

harrystevens — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:04:19 +0000

Cheryl Martin, deputy director of the Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy talks energy innovation at the 2013 VERGE conference in Boston.

Boston becomes latest city to order building energy benchmarking

Minot Frye — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:27 +0000

Large commercial and residential buildings must report annual energy and water use, but aren't required to act on the results.