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Why Regionality is Key to Accurate Resource Consumption Decision Making
There are three things that matter in property: location, location, location. It’s pretty important to environmental sustainability as well. While public awareness of environmental sustainability may...
Patagonia Founder Publishes 'Responsible' Business Book
Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and the company’s head of marketing, Vincent Stanley, have published a book outlining what they believe to be the required elements for doing responsible business....
Analysis Finds US, China Businesses At Risk From Water Stress
Stress on water supplies in key regions of the world – including the US and China - has the potential to limit economic growth by constraining business activities, as well as hampering agricultural...
Run up to SB'12 - Retail With Purpose: How Retail Brands Can Humanize Sustainability
Sustainability at retail can be perceived as being  illogical if not contradictory.  Because according to logic, if the purpose of retail is about promoting only purchase and...
Energy Informatics and the Difference Between Green IT and Green IS
Many practitioners and scholars do not carefully distinguish between information technology (IT) and information systems (IS). For us, the terms are quite distinct, and we believe it is far more...
PepsiCo, Walmart Join Ecosystem Services Initiative in Brazil
The Parceria Empresarial pelos Serviços Ecossistêmicos (PESE), or Brazilian Business and Ecosystem Services Partnership, represents an effort by companies and non-governmental organizations to...
Virgin America, Alaska Airlines, Air France Ranked Top Green Carriers
Virgin America is the greenest overall U.S. airline, followed by Alaska Airlines, according to Greenopia’s latest rankings. The online green directory also published its first ratings of European...
Social Entrepreneurs Take Flight
Twenty or so years ago, while social enterprise was germinating in the not-for-profit sector, “unencumbered” social entrepreneurs began to turn an innovative eye to meet pervasive environmental,...
Run Up to SB'12 - Accelerating Innovation With Human Chemistry
A key element of futureproof brands is innovation. As someone with a particular interest in building tough, resilient brands of the future, I’m always curious how big companies keep their...
PCC Natural Markets Installs On-Site Composting System for Food Waste
PCC Natural Markets (PCC), the nation's largest member-owned grocery retailer, has deployed an on-site "harvester" to turn food scraps into natural fertilizer at its Issaquah, Washington, store. The...
Sunny Delight Converts to CNG in Southern California
Beverage company Sunny Delight has introduced a fleet of compressed natural gas  (CNG) delivery vehicles in Southern California that is expected to lower greenhouse gas emissions and reduce fuel...

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