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In recent years, green leadership companies now view environmental issues not merely as a cost, but as a source of business value. In some companies, environmental challenges and constraints have become a source of innovation -- a catalyst for new products and services, and even new business models, that address environmental concerns while creating new business opportunities. This section explores how business can benefit and inspire innovations.
The startup Aquacue offers a look at the innovations that landed it among the 10 enterprises showcased at NASA's LAUNCH: Water, the first in a series of forums on proposed solutions to...
Despite the economy, and despite the slow progress on environmental issues from many businesses, real change is beginning to take hold among a few exceptional companies. ...
This book from Seventh Generation's Jeffrey Hollender and Bill Breem equips people with the tactics, models, and mind-sets they need to compete in a world where consumers now demand that companies...
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 new Bloom Energy Server was touted far and wide last week as a game-changing fuel-cell device. We talked to some of the first owners of 'Bloom Boxes' to find out why they made the $700,000...
At a much-buzzed event yesterday on eBay's campus, Bloom Energy unveiled its Energy Server, fuel cell generators that could change the shape of how companies and municipalities get their energy....
After many years of operating in separate worlds, sustainable business practices and green technology are finding common cause for the greater good. ...
Geoengineering may be the only solution to our myriad environmental crises, but that doesn't mean the world should rush into it headlong. Jamais Cascio, the co-founder of Worldchanging and a...
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...
The CEO of OPower talks to GreenBiz.com senior writer Marc Gunther about how a simple smiley face can get energy hogs to become energy misers, and how utilities are seeing the light in using...
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...
Since its founding six years ago, the Presidio Graduate School has been at the forefront of sustainability business education, and Seyed Amiry, the head of the school, talks about the future of...
As the sun began to set on 2009, we asked some of our readers and partners to share their innovations, commitments, and passions for the coming year. ...
If all of the finalists’ proposed businesses were realized, they would save more than one trillion gallons of water annually. ...
Throughout these last two weeks it is clear that there is a tremendous amount of innovation happening as business -- both alone and in concert with governments and NGOs -- develops new technology...
The world will not be able to mitigate the impact of climate change without advanced clean technologies. Although technology is not the only solution, it is a critical element in the fight against...
Better Place CEO Shai Agassi is aiming high in his goals to bring affordable, zero-emission, plug-in electric vehicles to the masses; although skeptics think it's more talk than action, there...
Following on the release earlier this year of a report outlining how information technology can enable a low-carbon future, the Climate Group this week launched a project to keep the IT industry...
Although the overall scene in Denmark was somewhat subdued as everyone reflected on the first week of negotiations, a panel highlighting business solutions to climate change yielded a sense of a...
Soupy Sales once challenged the kids who watched his TV show to "show me a pink car and I'll show you a pink carnation." The challenge at the recent LA Auto Show was to size up the right...
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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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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