Barbara Grady
Barbara Grady is a contributing writer to GreenBiz. She recently retired from Ceres where she was Senior Manager of Communications, leading development of communications strategy and content for Ceres' Investor Network and Ceres' Company Network. She created messaging and opportunities to urge private sector action on climate, provided writing and editing support to executives, interacted with the press and produced newsletters. Prior to her six years at Ceres, she was a senior writer at GreenBiz. Earlier, she was a news reporter for several news organizations including Reuters and the Oakland Tribune and won national, regional and state journalism awards.
What off-grid countries can teach us about clean power
10Power, Sigora Haiti and Greenlight Planet offer lessons from bringing electricity to Haiti, India and sub-Saharan Africa. Read More
Bill Gates' $14 million sees a future in low-carbon plastics
Since the billionaire launched the Breakthrough Energy Coalition last year, you've heard little about his low-carbon investments, until today. Read More
Cargill's Jill Kolling on the Midwest Row Crop Collaborative
The ag giant is teaming up with PepsiCo, Kellogg, General Mills, Monsanto and Walmart. Here's why. Read More
PepsiCo, Cargill, General Mills, others form row crop collaborative for sustainability
They join Kellogg, Walmart, Monsanto and three environmental conservation organizations to support sustainable farming practices on the corn, soy and wheat fields of the Midwest. Read More
Institutional investors to Big Food: Come clean on water risks
Kraft Heinz, Dean Foods, Tyson Foods, Monster Beverage, Fresh Del Monte Produce and 10 other large companies were taken to task for poor water management and disclosure practices. Read More
Arby's serves up its first CSR report; here's the beef
The fast food sandwich chain, under new management since 2013, talks about its efforts to conserve energy and water and contribute to hunger relief, as it dips a toe into corporate social responsibility reporting. Read More
Coca-Cola and its bottlers 'replenish' all the water they use
Can the beverage giant really have a zero water footprint? Read More
AMD and chip-makers' efforts to create energy-efficient microchips
Amid growing awareness of the huge energy appetite of computer processing and particularly high end graphics, computer chip-maker AMD releases a more energy efficient chip — and a study to prove it. Read More
From Kellogg's to Unilever, a quiet revolution in sustainable farming
Midwest row crops, including corn for cereal and soybeans in mayonnaise, are increasingly farmed sustainably. Read More
It's rush hour for urban electric buses
There's an all out push to get more zero emissions buses into the urban core. Along with government incentives, electric bus maker Proterra has opened its patents for transit EV charging stations. Read More
