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Honda Is the First Car Company To Disclose All Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Honda Motor Co. Ltd. became the first car company to disclose its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which include emissions from […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

September 7, 2012

Technology

Belgium-Based Ecover Acquires Method to Create Largest Green Cleaning Company

Belgium-based company Ecover, manufacturer of ecologically sound home cleaning products, has recently acquired San Francisco-based cleaning product company Method. This tie-up […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

September 6, 2012

Technology

Can eReceipts Convince Shoppers Electronic Receipts Are a Better, Not Just Greener Option?

The second most annoying thing about shopping, after plastic bags, is the receipts. Well, I’m sure there are other things […]

Raz Godelnik

September 6, 2012

Technology

The Top 10 Bay Area CSR Reporters and Performers

Based in the Bay Area? Consider our upcoming training course in the Global Reporting Initiative – a leading international standard in CSR […]

Raz Godelnik

September 4, 2012

Technology

National Security and Renewable Energy

For almost 20 years after its inception in 1980, Borrego Solar existed as a small enterprise doing one-off residential solar […]

Tina Casey

September 4, 2012

Technology

FirstEnergy Paid Way Too Much to Comply With Ohio's Renewable Mandate

When states enact renewable energy mandates, it’s good for the renewable energy sector. However, allowing energy companies to purchase renewable […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

August 30, 2012

Technology

New Cars in 2025 Will Get 54.5 MPG

In 2025, new cars and light duty trucks will achieve 54.5 mpg thanks to new fuel economy standards finalized this […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

August 29, 2012

Technology

Duane Reade Asks New Yorkers to Decide Which Stores Will Switch to Electric Trucks

Businesses are warming up to the idea of crowdsourcing more and more to help them become more sustainable. Unilever asked […]

Raz Godelnik

August 27, 2012

Technology

Is Renewable Fuels Standard on Biofuel Flexible Enough to Weather the 2012 U.S. Drought?

This post was originally published on the Union of Concerned Scientists in their series on the financial and environmental impacts […]

TriplePundit

August 24, 2012

Technology

Global Sales of Electric Buses Will Quadruple by 2018

With all the excitement over electric cars, it is easy to forget that there is another nascent segment of the […]

Leon Kaye

August 23, 2012

Technology

Four Green Travel Business Best Practices

Businesses spend $230 billion on travel. Traveling to customers and key suppliers is good business, but the challenge is how […]

Bill Roth

August 22, 2012

Technology

You Can't Fly an Airplane With an Algae Pond On It…Or Can You?

United Airlines made waves last year when it became one of the first commercial U.S. airlines to use algae biofuel, […]

Tina Casey

August 22, 2012

Technology

Israel Powering Its Future With Algae Biofuel?

A version of this story originally appeared on NoCamels – Israeli Environment News By NoCamels Team Israel’s scientists are devising a […]

TriplePundit

August 21, 2012

Technology

U.S. Army Deploys LEED Standards to Help Wounded Soldiers Recuperate

Health and wellness have always been key elements in green construction. That’s especially true of health services buildings, and a […]

Tina Casey

August 19, 2012

Technology

TMC Innovation Seeks to Rethink Street Lighting In France and Beyond

LED lighting is becoming better and cheaper, which is a great development for the environment, consumers and of course, municipalities. […]

Leon Kaye

August 17, 2012

Technology

Volvo Dealer Gets LEED Certified: Marketing Tool or Operational Advantage?

It may not matter much to customers in search of a good deal, but one Illinois car dealership has become […]

TriplePundit

August 14, 2012

Technology

Disadvantages of Solar Energy

This post is derived from RP Siegel’s post Solar Photovoltaics: Pros and Cons and concerns photovoltaics specifically. Enough sunlight falls […]

Nick Aster

August 11, 2012

Technology

Advantages of Solar Energy

This post is derived from RP Siegel’s post Solar Photovoltaics: Pros and Cons and concerns photovoltaics specifically. Enough sunlight falls […]

Nick Aster

August 11, 2012

Technology

Public-Private Partnership Brings Solar PV to Denver Affordable Housing

The Denver Housing Authority (DHA) intends to add more than 2.5-MW of solar power to 387 affordable single-family residences by […]

Andrew Burger

August 10, 2012

Technology

SAP Tackles EV Range Anxiety

Sustainability dark horse SAP doesn’t just keep track of its own sustainability performance. The company has let customer demand for […]

jennifer boynton

August 9, 2012

Technology

Community-Owned Solar Power on the Rise in the U.S.

Conditions are right for growth in community-owned solar photovoltaic (PV) projects. With more than 1-MW of community-owned solar garden projects […]

Andrew Burger

August 7, 2012

Technology

Chick-fil-A: Stewards of the Environment?

Last week, we saw an uproar of protests for and against Chick-fil-A, not because of the company itself, but because […]

Jonathan Mariano

August 7, 2012

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The Rise Of The Sharing Economy

Interview: CEO of Carpooling.com on Partnership with Daimler

Last week Daimler made another step to deepen its involvement in the access economy by  partnering and investing an undisclosed […]

Raz Godelnik

July 31, 2012

Technology

The Public Sector Pioneers the Case for Green Building

By Nancy Roberts Government agencies and public utilities often get a bad rap when it comes to innovation: They are […]

TriplePundit

July 31, 2012

Technology

LEED Certification for Commercial Buildings: What It Means And How To Get It

By Danielle Stewart The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification is informally referred to as LEED. A program sponsored […]

TriplePundit

July 30, 2012

Technology

Solar Seniors Help Realize California, U.S. Renewable Energy Goals

California seniors are increasingly helping realize the goals of Gov. Jerry Brown’s clean, renewable energy and energy security initiatives, one […]

Andrew Burger

July 26, 2012

Technology

Ball State Breaks Ground on Final Phase of the Nation's Largest Geothermal Project

These days, much of the discussion on green technologies tends to focus on wind and solar projects and hybrid cars. […]

Samantha Neary

July 23, 2012

Technology

Energy Efficiency Financing: The Absent, Invisible Hand

By Sandra Kwak “How many of you live in a building that has had a deep energy efficiency audit? Do […]

TriplePundit

July 23, 2012

Technology

Dirtt Environmental Solutions: Doing it Right This Time

By Brian Back Those seeking a model of economic growth in a sea of economic uncertainty often cite those gods […]

TriplePundit

July 23, 2012

Technology

Greenpeace Upgrades Apple's iCloud Ratings but Hammers It for Lack of Transparency

If Mitt Romney thinks he had a bad week last week he should check with Apple. First, the company was […]

Raz Godelnik

July 18, 2012

Technology

MGM Resorts Confuses CSR Report with Travel Brochure

At a time when companies are moving towards more transparent sustainability reports that not only trumpet successes, but challenges, some […]

Leon Kaye

July 16, 2012

Technology

With Tea Party on the Right and Occupy on the Left, Is There Room For the Rational Middle?

Gregory Kallenberg, a journalist living in New York, moved back to his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana to make a film. […]

RP Siegel

July 16, 2012

Technology

Ecomagination Builds Big Green Revenues for GE

GE launched its ecomagination project back in 2005 to propel the company into leadership status in the emerging sustainable technology […]

Tina Casey

July 7, 2012

Technology

George Brown College: Creating Collaboration for Health Care

Have you ever gone to your primary doctor, only to be referred to a specialist, and the specialist was clueless […]

Jonathan Mariano

July 5, 2012

Technology

Federal Grants Help Ease Lithium Supply Bottleneck

An expanded lithium plant has officially opened in North Carolina, and that could spell good news for the U.S. lithium-ion […]

Tina Casey

July 2, 2012

Technology

Evergreen Brick Works: Past and Present Working Together for A Greener Future

When I first heard the name Evergreen Brick Works, I thought I was going to be touring a brick factory […]

Jonathan Mariano

July 2, 2012

Technology

How Can Ethernet Empower Innovation?

Earlier this week, Cisco Canada unveiled its Innovation Centre in Toronto.   The Innovation Centre serves both as a showcase and […]

Jonathan Mariano

June 27, 2012

Technology

Cisco: Connecting for Sustainability

You may know Cisco as a company that designs, manufactures, and sells networking equipment.  At a quick glance, it may […]

Jonathan Mariano

June 26, 2012

Technology

Study: Renewables Could Produce 80% of Our Electricity by 2050

This has to be some of the more encouraging news I’ve heard in a while. A report released last week […]

RP Siegel

June 25, 2012

Technology

Kohl’s Ramps Up Investment in Solar Energy 25% This Year

Wisconsin-based Kohl’s Department Stores not only keeps expanding in a rough economy for retailers, it keeps investing in its long […]

Leon Kaye

June 25, 2012

Technology

Green Design Needs Style, Not Just Substance

Can green be beautiful? Logically, it would seem like green and beauty would go hand-in-hand, yet sustainable design is widely considered […]

Andrea Newell

June 22, 2012

Technology

Green Buildings: More Value Than You Can Imagine

By Vreni Hommes The full story of green buildings is still being discovered. Up to now, green buildings have been […]

TriplePundit

June 22, 2012

Technology

UPS Rolls Out Lightweight Composite Trucks In a Move Towards Energy Efficiency

  UPS announced the results of a year long experiment to test five pilot vehicles and gauge whether they could […]

Leon Kaye

June 22, 2012

Technology

The Top 10 Energy Efficient Televisions From a New Number One Rating Agency

With more electronics on the market than ever before and the growing interest in energy efficient appliances, sorting out which […]

Leon Kaye

June 20, 2012

Technology

U.S. Navy Pursues Algae Biofuel

The algae biofuel wars have gone into high boil, as the U.S. Navy continues to press ahead with a major […]

Tina Casey

June 19, 2012

Technology

WHO Declares Diesel Exhaust 'Carcinogenic'

The recent WHO report which declared that diesel exhaust causes cancer was widely picked up by various news media. Diesel fumes […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

June 18, 2012

Technology

Saab's New Chapter: Manufacturing Electric Cars for the Chinese Market

I think I’ve spotted a trend in the car industry – companies file for bankruptcy and come out of it sporting […]

Raz Godelnik

June 15, 2012

Technology

Intel Reduces GHG Emissions by 60% Under 2007 Baseline

Intel, a world leader in computing innovation, has provided public reports on its environmental, health and safety performance since 1994 […]

Samantha Neary

June 14, 2012

Technology

New Air Force-Funded Process Could Make Biofuels Competitive with Fossil Fuels

Last month, some members of Congress voted to squeeze biofuels out of contention for Department of Defense fuel contracts by setting […]

Tina Casey

June 12, 2012

Technology

Are the Greatest Brands in the World Sustainable?

What makes a brand a great brand? And is there something common to all the great brands that differentiate them […]

Raz Godelnik

June 12, 2012

Technology

Vampire Electronics: Fighting Back

Image from Good.is By Jeff Schwartz Everyday we’re surrounded by vampires, electricity vampires that is. While we may not think […]

TriplePundit

June 12, 2012

Technology

Video Interview: Anderson Valley Brewmaster Fal Allen

Read the rest of the series here » We kicked off our Craft Brewers Conference coverage interviewing Fal Allen, Brewmaster […]

CanVan

June 7, 2012

Technology

Energy Transparency Key to Greening Buildings

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

CSRHub

June 5, 2012

Technology

Video Interview: Alaskan Brewing Co's Curtis Holmes

Read the rest of the series here » There are unique operating challenges breweries face when working outside of the […]

CanVan

June 5, 2012

Technology

A Year of Green Progress for the Empire State Building

New York City’s Empire State Building has been an icon of engineering achievement for generations. Now it has reinvented itself […]

Tina Casey

June 4, 2012

Technology

Video Interview: New Belgium CEO, Kim Jordan

Read the rest of the series here » Taking a broad, holistic approach to sustainability, New Belgium Brewing serves as […]

CanVan

June 4, 2012

Technology

Storm Cloud: The Disruptive Force of Cloud Computing

By Sharon Florentine ‘Disruptive’ is a word tossed around a lot in technology circles to describe new innovations and their […]

TriplePundit

June 1, 2012

Technology

Things Are Finally Looking Up for Fisker Automotive

Since Fisker Automotive rolled the Karma, a four-door luxury plug-in hybrid sedan with a price tag of $103,000, off of […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

May 30, 2012

Technology

Why Your HR Department Needs to Drive Green

By Greg Moran, CEO of Chequed.com One way to categorize all organizations would be to determine those who are green […]

TriplePundit

May 30, 2012

Technology

Interview: Plug Power's Fuel Cells Lift Customers’ Products and Profits

Earlier this month, I posted a piece on fuel cell power as part of my series on energy: pros and […]

RP Siegel

May 30, 2012

Technology

Clean Coal Funding Stalls

According to a new report published by the Worldwatch Institute, funding for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects, otherwise known […]

RP Siegel

May 28, 2012

Technology

LED Adoption: The Rocky Path to a Long Awaited Tipping Point

Presidio Graduate School’s Macroeconomics course for Spring 2012, is authoring a series of articles. The articles on this “micro-blog” reflect reactions […]

Presidio Economics

May 25, 2012

Technology

Solar Cogeneration Start-up Adds Cooling Capability to Its Heat and Electricity Portfolio

Capturing and converting 60% of incident solar energy – as compared to the less than 20% for conventional silicon solar […]

Andrew Burger

May 24, 2012

Technology

SAP: 'It's about business'

By Brian Back, Sustainable Industries For those who might live in a bubble, or even just a conscientious, pedestrian-friendly community, […]

TriplePundit

May 24, 2012

Technology

Americans Save $4.6 Billion Every Year Just By Biking

There are obvious environmental and health benefits to cycling, however the financial rewards of cycling are coming to light with […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

May 24, 2012

Technology

What Makes A Building “Green?”

By Danielle Stewart As energy efficient building practices have become mainstream, terms like “green building” and “LEED certified” have become […]

TriplePundit

May 23, 2012

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Energy Options: Pros and Cons

Solar Thermal: Pros and Cons – Part 2: Concentrating Solar Power

The term solar thermal has been used to describe two different types of systems. One is where solar panels are […]

RP Siegel

May 21, 2012

Technology

Our Data: A Sustainable Resource in the Digital Ecosystem?

Presidio Graduate School’s Macroeconomics course for Spring 2012, is authoring a series of articles. The articles on this “micro-blog” reflect reactions […]

Presidio Economics

May 21, 2012

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Energy Options: Pros and Cons

Solar Thermal: Pros and Cons – Part 1: Solar Heating and Cooling

The term solar thermal has been used to describe two different types of systems. One is where solar panels are […]

RP Siegel

May 18, 2012

Technology

Mexico is Rapidly Increasing Wind Power Installations

Mexico ranks 24th in wind capacity and is expected to jump to 20th, according to the Global Wind Energy Council […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

May 17, 2012

Technology

The Carbon War Room's Top 10 Renewable Fuel Companies

This is part three of a three part series introducing the renewable aviation fuel market in partnership with The Carbon […]

TriplePundit

May 17, 2012

Technology

Smart Booth Transforms Lowly Phone Booth Into Solar Powered Community Hub

In the last five years, the capabilities and applications of mobile phones has enormously expanded in a seemingly endless array of […]

Paul S

May 16, 2012