More and more businesses are increasing their awareness of water use by conducting audits to better understand their use and to establish more efficient routines. This makes us vulnerable to higher water costs as water scarcity becomes an issue. Reducing your water consumption now will decrease immediate costs and will lead to an increase in future profits.
Determining your organization’s water footprint not only allows you to track your corporate sustainability indicators, it serves as a stepping stone for calculating and reducing your product’s water footprint as well.
Sustainability as an essential element in return on investment is increasingly on the minds of the suits sitting in the executive suite, but there’s still a way to go on that score.[read more]
By Wes Muir, Director, Communications, Waste Management The days are longer, kids are out of school and beach season is...[read more]
Update: Starbucks offers a 10-cent discount in all of their stores in the U.S. and Canada to customers who...[read more]
There's a show out there called, "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!" Some of you may have...[read more]
Environmental Defense Fund and Ashoka are organizing three upcoming Green Innovators Unconferences in Boston, Silicon Valley and Austin. The...[read more]
Tackling the issue of e-waste is one of the greatest challenges facing end users and the electronics industry when it comes to environmental and social responsibility. UPS has responded by building an e-waste disposal supply chain that can serve as a model for other large corporations looking to cost-effectively reduce e-waste.[read more]
Most Ethics classes would have you believe that an ethical dilemma is a choice between two seemingly right things...[read more]
Shell managed to settle out of court the long-running lawsuit charging it was complicit in the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Nigerian activists but local and international social justice and environmental organizations are continuing to push for greater corporate social and environmental responsibility in the midst of a West African oil rush.[read more]
It's no secret that the very existence of “big box” stores that plant themselves in giant parking lots to...[read more]
For years, Patagonia has established itself as one of the strongest leaders of sustainability within the business community. Although...[read more]
"Waste-free products from waste-free facilities" The zero waste vision has been gaining steam lately. One of the most important...[read more]
Timberland is a pioneer in corporate sustainability, corporate social responsibility or however you describe a business that cares about people...[read more]
WNSF West Coast Summit Explores the Convergence of Businesswomen, Technology and Sustainability Silicon Valley’s businesswomen gathered on Thursday, May 21,...[read more]
Although my meager investments have taken a nose dive lately (whose haven't?), there's one extra detail that still consistently bugs...[read more]
Ever thought of starting your own business? I’m sure many of you have, but did you consider, in your...[read more]
The sustainability movement touches every company, incluing the folks that wrap factory-farmed beef products and feed them to the...[read more]
At a time when consumer trust is very low, companies will need to earn trust to thrive. An extensive study...[read more]
Industry leading business software systems SAP AG appears to be doing more than just "talking the talk" when it comes to environmental sustainability. It just unveiled a new 200,000-square foot addition to its Newton Square campus and announced that it's looking to acquire a fast rising carbon/greenhouse gas emissions enterprise software developer.[read more]
Companies who want to become leaders in sustainable change now have a new evaluation tool called Sustainable Futures 09. Created...[read more]
Ray Anderson, founder and Chairman of Interface, gave the keynote address this morning at the Sustainable Industries Economic Forum. Anderson...[read more]
Tri-State Energy has a lot of ground to cover. The Denver-based energy co-op is responsible for generating baseload power to...[read more]
The Onion does it again... happy Friday....[read more]
Out of the depths of a painful recession comes solutions for creating a more efficient built environment and sustainable economy.[read more]
Last week I read a post on Environmental Leader about Microsoft slashing their CSR PR budget in favor of...[read more]
5 Earth Day Pitches that Failed For all the earth day haters out there, Green-Biz has a nice feature on...[read more]
The Evolution of a Responsible Enterprise The sustainability guru, Bob Willard, developed the very useful Sustainability Continuum to describe the...[read more]
This is the second in a series of posts about incorporating sustainability into your business model by sustainability expert...[read more]
$6.60 Solar Cooker Wins Financial Times Climate Change Contest The Kyoto Box won the Financial Times Climate Change Contest and...[read more]
