Marc Gunther

GreenBiz.com Senior Writer Marc Gunther is a longtime journalist and speaker whose focus is business and sustainability. Marc maintains a blog at MarcGunther.com. You can follow him on Twitter @marcGunther.

GreenBiz.com Senior Writer Marc Gunther is a veteran journalist and speaker whose focus is business and sustainability.

Marc was a senior writer at Fortune magazine for 13 years. At Fortune, he wrote cover stories about the greening of Walmart; about BYD, the Chinese electric car company backed by Warren Buffett; about Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and the 2008 financial crisis; and about spirituality in the workplace.

Previously, Marc worked for more than 20 years for newspapers including the Paterson (N.J.) News, Hartford Courant, Detroit News, and Detroit Free Press. He is the author of four books, including "Faith and Fortune: How Compassionate Capitalism is Transforming American Business" (Crown 2004) and is creator and co-chair of Brainstorm Green, Fortune's annual conference on business and the environment.

Marc maintains a blog at MarcGunther.com. You can follow him on Twitter @marcGunther.

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Richard Branson Aims to Rock the Boat for Green Shipping GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, March 11, 2010
The billionaire's new NGO, Carbon War Room, puts the global shipping industry's massive carbon footprint under the spotlight, and spread the word about simple ways to shrink its impact. ...
Rwanda Turns to Trapped Methane For Electricity, Growth GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, March 10, 2010
A project that aims to harvest energy from a potentially disastrous situation in Rwanda's Lake Kivu aims to turn risk into reward, and bring much-needed power to a developing economy. ...
Amazing Gadgets for the Poor GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, March 08, 2010
A nonprofit called Kopernik hopes to connect the creators of the low-cost, innovative and life-saving inventions with the people who need them most. ...
Even Houston, the 'Petro Metro,' Loves Electric Cars GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, March 03, 2010
Why on earth would Houston, the city of "drill-baby-drill", the fossil-fuel capital of America, the city whose NFL franchise used to be called the Oilers, embrace the electric car? For...
Why Are Biotech Crops Growing Like Weeds? GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, March 01, 2010
Despite fierce opposition to 'Frankenfoods' in Europe and elsewhere, fields full of genetically modified foods sprouting up around the world. Are GMOs a solution to the food crisis, or another...
Two Cheers for Walmart's CO2 Pledge GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, February 25, 2010
Today, Walmart made its first major commitment to reduce greenhouse gases -- but in typical fashion, rather than set a tough goal that might affect its own growth curve, the company plans to turn...
Unwrapping Quiznos' Greener Packaging GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, February 23, 2010
Quiznos begins its journey down a greener path with today's roll-out of new packaging made from renewable or recycled content that hasn't added any cost to its operations. ...
Nukes: Why Small is Beautiful GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, February 22, 2010
Small nukes are a hot topic right now because three utility companies -- Tennessee Valley Authority, First Energy Corp. and Oglethorpe Power Corp. -- have agreed to work with Babcock & Wilcox...
The Trouble with Wind Power GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, February 18, 2010
By most measures, wind energy has been a great business lately, but its supporters need to be honest about costs as well as the benefits, since both are substantial. ...
Why eBay is a Green Giant GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, February 16, 2010
Can a company dedicated to buying and selling goods thrive while trying to convince people to consume less? eBay and its dedicated green team are working to promote the benefits of buying used...

Making It More Profitable To Leave a Tree Alone Than to Cut It Down GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, February 12, 2010
A coalition of big environmental groups and businesses that include Duke Energy and El Paso Corp. are part of a coalition that wants to use markets to protect the world's forests and curb climate...
Paul Hawken's Winning Investment Strategy GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, February 11, 2010
By investing solely in firms that are top performers on social and environmental issues, and setting the bar very high for which companies make the cut, the "Natural Capitalism" author...
Is Geoengineering Inevitable? GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, February 10, 2010
Long a taboo subject, altering the planet as a solution to climate change is now being talked about openly these days by scientists, environmentalists and policy thinkers. Will it work, and how...
Why Green Business is Like Teen Sex GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, February 05, 2010
Corporate sustainability is like teen sex. Everybody talks about it. Nobody does it very much. And when they do it, they don’t do it very well. Friend and colleague Joel Makower likes to...
'Faith-Based' Economics and the Stimulus Package GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, February 03, 2010
Did the stimulus package jump-start the economy? Will climate regulation create jobs? Are clean energy subsidies an efficient way to curb pollution? Is healthcare spending worth it? And how...
Small Changes Can Drive Big Impacts in Greening Fleets GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, February 02, 2010
When Chris McKenna, who manages a fleet of trucks for Poland Spring, learned that the company’s drivers were racking up as much as 1,400 hours a month of idle time, he saw an opportunity to...
GE and Washington: Too cozy? GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, February 01, 2010
I have been an admirer of General Electric and its CEO, Jeff Immelt ... But I've got a couple of questions that have been nagging at me. First, has GE become overly focused on Washington? Second,...
Siemens' Energy Strategy: Diversify, Diversify, Diversify GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, January 29, 2010
When it comes to the energy, Siemens Energy doesn't play favorites. It has a stake in the coal, nuclear, gas, wind and solar industries, as well as the smart grid and transmission business ... It'...
The Power of Peer Pressure in Combatting Climate Change
By Marc Gunther, January 19, 2010
We can solve the climate crisis with the right tools -- solar panels, wind turbines, electric car batteries, No. 10 envelopes and smiley faces. What? Envelopes? Smiley faces? ...
Green China: Friend or Foe? GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, January 12, 2010
The news is chock full of stories about the widespread greening of China, and although it's great news for the planet, some say it's bad news for the U.S. Is China a competitor or partner, or both...

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Why We Need a Cultural Revolution in Consumption GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, January 13, 2010
No matter how many environmental wins we achieve, the most important change possible is the one that is hardest for businesses and mainstream environmental groups to embrace: Consuming less is the...
Detroit's Annus Horribilis: Have Americans Stopped Loving Their Cars? GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, January 07, 2010
The year 2009 was a terrible year for Detroit, the worst in three decades. Americans bought 10.4 million cars -- 21 percent fewer than in 2008 and a whopping 40 percent fewer than the 17 million...
Why Stewart Brand's New Book is a Must-Read GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther, January 05, 2010
Praise for the book Whole Earth Discipline is remarkable since the book argues that we need nuclear power to combat global warming, we need biotechnology to feed the world and that we need to take...

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