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Finance

New USGS Report Clouds the Future of Gas Drilling in the Marcellus Shale Formation

The U.S. Geological Survey has just issued a new report on the amount of natural gas in the Marcellus Shale […]

Tina Casey

August 30, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Benefit Corporation Passes California Assembly, Sent to Governor

This post has been edited since it was first published Benefit Corporation, a new way form of corporate entity that purports […]

Jonathan Mariano

August 30, 2011

Finance

Green Scissors Report Suggests $380 Billion in Savings by Killing Subsidies and Spending

Sometimes, changing current methods of doing things has an economic gain. In a groundbreaking report released by Green Scissors, a […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

August 30, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Putting the Power to Conserve Energy in Consumers’ Hands – Through Technology

By Neil McPhail SVP, Best Buy; Board Member, Alliance to Save Energy The TV in your living room, the computer in […]

TriplePundit

August 30, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Walmart Takes Another Step Towards Food Sustainability

It appears that retail giant Walmart is ready to take another step on its sustainability journey. Sources within the food […]

RP Siegel

August 29, 2011

Finance

Thriving Microfinance Sector Strengthens Colombia's Economy

Bakeries, food and clothing vendors, stalls, stands and restaurants, consumer electronics shops, barber and tailor shops, taxi and bus drivers, […]

Andrew Burger

August 29, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Dunkin' Donuts Runs on CSR, Slowly but Surely

I don’t consider myself a big Dunkin’ Donuts fan. When I lived in Delaware I used to go there only […]

Raz Godelnik

August 29, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Major Retailers Show that Disaster Management is an Integral Part of CSR

Disaster management is rapidly becoming a very important area of CSR. Although some natural disasters strike very suddenly and the […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

August 29, 2011

Finance

What is a Conscious Leader?

By Jeff Klein The short answer: A Conscious Leader is someone who leads with Conscious Awareness. As I outlined in […]

TriplePundit

August 29, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Smart Grids Could Reduce Impact of Hurricanes Like Irene

Boyd Cohen, Ph.D., Co-Author, Climate Capitalism Writing this last Saturday afternoon, the nation and the world are warily observing the […]

boyd

August 28, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Sustainability, the CFO’s Job: Three Key Issues

Making the business case for sustainability, at least on Americans’ side of the pond, has fallen on deaf ears in […]

Leon Kaye

August 26, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Mobile Unlocks the Future of Local

By Gracen Johnson A collision of forces – cultural, ecological and economic – have provided fuel for the go-local movement […]

TriplePundit

August 26, 2011

Finance

Legacoop Cooperative in Bologna, Italy Empowers Worker-Owners

This post is the first in a series of articles by Jeffrey Hollender on cooperative businesses models, specifically from Mondragón, […]

jhollender

August 26, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Quality vs Fluff: Building Blocks for GRI Report Assessments

Ed Note: Check out a 3p sponsored GRI Certified Training course in Sustainability Reporting to get trained by the author of this […]

ISOSGroup

August 25, 2011

Finance

We Must Put a Price on Carbon: EU to the Rescue Again?

Boyd Cohen, Co-author, Climate Capitalism Many public policy gurus and economists will tell you that if we truly want to […]

boyd

August 25, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Gaps (and Milestones) in Gap's Recent CSR Report

On Monday Gap Inc. released its fifth social and environmental responsibility report. This report includes the company’s accomplishments in 2009-2010, […]

Raz Godelnik

August 25, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

California Schools Allowed Plastics Industry Edits to Textbooks

How far will industry groups go to protect their interests? A recent exposé by California Watch shows that some will […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

August 25, 2011

Finance

Introducing The Da Vinci Index: Biomimicry and Economics

  During an event at the San Diego Zoo Biomimicry, Dr. Lynn Reaser of the Fermanian Business & Economic Institute […]

Jonathan Mariano

August 25, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

The Surprising New Force Cleaning Up the Plastic Industry

The following is part of a series by our friends at CSRHub (a 3p sponsor) – offering free sustainability and […]

CSRHub

August 24, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Are Thorium Reactors the Carbon-free Answer?

Let me make one thing clear from the outset. I have never been a proponent of nuclear power plants. I […]

RP Siegel

August 24, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Shell's Response to Recent Oil Spill Lacks Transparency

You would think that after the BP Deepwater Horizon Spill last year, oil companies would have learned to deal with […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

August 24, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Corporate Philanthropy: The Business Case

Is there a business case for corporate philanthropy?  The Conference Board’s Matteo Tonello, in an academic article also posted on […]

Leon Kaye

August 23, 2011

Finance

Bibliotaxi Transforms Cabs into Local Libraries

On a survey published earlier this year by NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission, 31.3% of the respondents picked the Taxi […]

Raz Godelnik

August 23, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

The Plastic Disclosure Project

Everybody is familiar with ‘The Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ which is present in the North Pacific gyre, one of the […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

August 23, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

First Offshore Wind Farm in Texas Waters, Not Cape Cod

Shame on us, liberalistas. We let Texas beat us to the punch. Instead of getting behind Cape Wind (code name […]

Scott Cooney

August 23, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Can Protests Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline?

With a revolution in Libya grabbing headlines and the president on vacation, you might be forgiven for being unaware of […]

Nick Aster

August 22, 2011

Finance

Fracking, Risk and Investment: NY Attorney General Adds Fuel to the Fire

Investors are growing increasingly wary of fracking, a method of natural gas extraction that involves pumping a chemical brine underground […]

Tina Casey

August 22, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Should Nike be Applauded for Beating Adidas on the Greenpeace Detox Challenge?

Last Wednesday was a red letter day for Nike. First, the company accepted the Greenpeace Detox challenge, beating Adidas in […]

Raz Godelnik

August 22, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

"Green Builds Business" is Restoring Jobs, the Economy, and the Environment

America is searching for a path that will restore jobs, the economy and our environment. The Green Builds Business program […]

Bill Roth

August 22, 2011

Finance

Key Indicators: Who is Calling for More Conscious Awareness in Business?

By Jeff Klein In my post last week on Conscious Awareness, I defined that concept as “a process of recognizing […]

TriplePundit

August 22, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Cognitive Dissonance in Luxury Brand CSR

A forthcoming Journal of Consumer Research study claims that when brands exhibit inconsistencies, consumers find it hard to swallow proclamations of social responsibility. […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

August 19, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Maine Commits to Reduce Oil 30% by 2030

Maine may anchor New England, but its rugged terrain and fiercely independent streak would lead some visitors to think that […]

Leon Kaye

August 19, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

How One School District's Solar Array Raises Student Test Scores

Getting an education in America isn’t getting any easier. Battling steadily declining budgets, cut programs, and teacher layoffs, public school […]

Tom Schueneman

August 19, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

HopStop Includes a Carbon Calculator to its Services

I always thought that GoogleMaps was one of the coolest things when it came to finding your way. As a […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

August 19, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Coming up: Green Initiatives Conference, Ft. Lauderdale

Business leaders and academics alike have hailed Sustainability as the next mega-trend in business much the same way that “JIT” […]

TriplePundit

August 19, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Learning from American Petroleum Institute's Fake Twitter Campaign

Social media has become a popular engagement tool for both companies and organizations. So far the examples we had of […]

Raz Godelnik

August 18, 2011

Finance

Collaborative Consumption Gains Traction

Some of us (ahem) have lived long enough to remember when collaboration was not all that radical a concept, in […]

Bill DiBenedetto

August 18, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Sustainability in Capital-of-Excess, Monaco

By Martin Melaver Monaco on a Friday night. Lamborghinis parked like cheap Vespas in front of the casino, cruise-boat tourists […]

TriplePundit

August 18, 2011

Finance

Can Hawaii Achieve a Steady State Economy?

By: Kainoa Casco Can we?  As Hawai’i’s own Barack Obama said it, “Yes we can!”  Why? Because we need to. […]

TriplePundit

August 18, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

When Paying it Forward Pays: Image Microsystems’ CSR Case Study

By Ian Edwards For companies committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR), there is a belief that all those good deeds will be […]

TriplePundit

August 18, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Ford, Disney, IBM, Bombardier, KRAFT to Discuss Supplier Engagement

By: Cora Ng International Business Leaders head to New York this October to share experience in supplier engagement. The ‘How […]

TriplePundit

August 18, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Why Trader Joe’s Needs to End Food Waste

By Jeremy Seifert I recently started a national petition on Change.org asking Trader Joe’s to eliminate its food waste, and […]

TriplePundit

August 18, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Shareholder Resolutions Receive Record Levels of Support in 2011

You may have not noticed , but the 2011 proxy season is practically over. In the past, most companies would […]

Raz Godelnik

August 17, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Light-Bulbs, Responsibility and the Demise of the Common Good

In a move truly reflective of how bizarre American political life has become, there really was a bill sponsored by […]

RP Siegel

August 17, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Green Chemistry: A Sustainable, Highly Produced Future?

TriplePundit and I were recently invited to a “virtual conference” sponsored by Dow Chemical.  The “Future We Create” love-fest was […]

Leon Kaye

August 17, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Why We Should Put a Price Tag on Ecosystem Services

A recent article in the New York Times about the work Stanford University biology professor Gretchen Daily is doing in […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

August 17, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Using GRI to Compare Apples to Apples in Sustainability Reporting

Ed Note: Check out a 3p sponsored GRI certification in Sustainability Reporting to get trained by the author of this […]

ISOSGroup

August 16, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Would Candidate Michele Bachmann Approve Her Own Record on the EPA?

It’s never boring with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) around. I’m sure both fans and non-fans of the Republican presidential candidate […]

Raz Godelnik

August 16, 2011

Finance

Sirius XM's Customers Crowdsource Their Response to Channel Changes

There’s a disturbance among listeners of North America’s satellite radio service. Last Tuesday, without warning, monopoly satellite radio provider, Sirius […]

Phil Covington

August 16, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Nissan Leaf Will Power Homes in Japan

This week, automaker Nissan  announced a two-way charging system that will allow the new all-electric Nissan Leaf  to not only […]

RP Siegel

August 15, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

'Locally Produced' Defined Differently by Major Grocery Chains

The local food movement has come a long way from what started out as a fringe fraction of the population […]

Lesley Lammers

August 15, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Coca-Cola’s Best Practices for Aligning with Healthy and Sustainable Customers

You know Coca-Cola. But do you? What consumer doesn’t recognize the distinctive red and white Coca-Cola logo as the most […]

Bill Roth

August 15, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

"Conscious Awareness" in Business

By Jeff Klein “Conscious Awareness” is a powerful tool for transcending unconscious patterns. It fosters an expanded perspective and openness […]

TriplePundit

August 15, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Photo Essay: Diamond Mining in Sierra Leone

By Jesse Finfrock & Rachel Lichte Sierra Leone is a country at a crossroads. Decades of resource exploitation and a […]

TriplePundit

August 15, 2011

Finance

Ray Anderson: Our Captain, Our Captain

By: Martin Melaver Ray Anderson, founder and chairman of Interface, Inc., author of two books on sustainability and a tireless […]

TriplePundit

August 12, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Getting Poachers to Give Up Their Guns in Zambia

This post is a condensed version of an article in the August issue of The Solutions Journal By: Dale Lewis […]

TriplePundit

August 12, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

AHA!: A Best Case Example of Sustainable Storytelling

In the past year or so, there’s been a lot of buzz about the power of storytelling for businesses. Sometimes […]

Paul S

August 12, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Puma Responds to Greenpeace Detox Campaign

About a month ago, Puma, one of the world’s leading clothing brands, was asked by Reuters if the company would […]

Raz Godelnik

August 12, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Iowa's Message to Republican Presidential Hopefuls: Wind Power Works

Wind power works in Iowa: the Hawkeye State is the first to generate 20% of its electricity from wind power, […]

Andrew Burger

August 12, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Walmart Donates $500,000 Towards Urban Wildlife Protection

Urban wildlife conservation is a growing branch of conservation ecology with good reason. Due to increase in human encroachment on […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

August 12, 2011

Finance

Can Innovation Lead Us to Growth (and Happiness) With Less Consumption?

I recently came across an article called, “How Can Innovation Decouple Growth and Consumption” I was intrigued by this as […]

RP Siegel

August 11, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Award Winning Advertising for Burt's Bees Makes CSR Cool

Burt’s Bees started off as a company that uses all natural, organic products and has long been identified as a […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

August 11, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

A Soup Company and a Sporting Goods Manufacturer Walk into a Bar…

This post is part of a series of articles from 2011 EDF Climate Corps fellows. For more information on the […]

TriplePundit

August 11, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Tips for Successfully Working With Metrics and Reporting

By: David Jaber Many CSR professionals struggle with setting benchmarks, measuring progress toward goals and evaluating past performance. But it […]

TriplePundit

August 10, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Deadline on CA Supply Chain Transparency: Does Your Company Need to Act?

By: Dave Pedersen Justice Louis Brandeis famously wrote:  “Sunlight is the best disinfectant.”  Inspired by this quote, California SB657 (“The California […]

TriplePundit

August 10, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

In the Face of Regulatory Uncertainty, “Clean Coal” Teeters as Solar, Wind Carry On

This seems to be “clean coal” week on my beat.  “Clean coal” appears to be teetering on a knife edge […]

RP Siegel

August 10, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Discussing Peak Resources High in the Swiss Mountains

By: Piotr J?drzejuk Sooner or later we will run out of our natural resources. And, before real scarcity hits, resource […]

TriplePundit

August 10, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Conflict Mineral Legislation Sends Mining Companies into Overdrive

Mining is incredibly harmful from both an environmental and social stance. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, rebel groups and government […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

August 10, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Reducing Energy Waste Over a Computer's Full Lifespan

We have partnered with Microsoft to run key findings from a recent white paper entitled The IT Energy Efficiency Imperative […]

Microsoft

August 9, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Why the U.S. Debt Crisis is Just the Tip of the Melting Iceberg

Boyd Cohen, Climate Strategist As many of this column’s readers know, I am from the U.S. and have lived in […]

boyd

August 9, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Plastic2Oil to Convert Waste Plastic to Fuel

JBI, Inc., developer of a patent pending Plastic2Oil ‘plastic-to-oil’ technology, will be converting waste plastic by-product from a Rock-Tenn Co. […]

Andrew Burger

August 9, 2011

Corporate Responsibility

Timberland Sets a New Bar With CSR Portal

Did you ever go to a company’s website, trying to learn a thing or two about their environmental performance or […]

Raz Godelnik

August 8, 2011