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.
From AeroFarms to Syngenta, ag tech sowed new solutions in 2015
Sensors studied water conditions in the field. Cloud-based data helped optimize harvests. These companies broke new ground. Read More
Novozymes: Integrating the world's climate goals into a business plan
The biotech giant has built its business strategy around keeping global warming down and delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals. Read More
Reducing food waste to reduce emissions and hunger
With rotting food emitting 3.3 gigatons of greenhouse gases while 800 million people in the world remain hungry, efforts to donate food are piling up. Read More
Google, thinkstep, Flux and their database of building materials' enviro impacts
Here's why a new open source database of 100 commonly used building materials could change your workplace. Read More
Banks shift billions and billions into clean energy
Clean energy financing to the tune of $150 billion by Goldman Sachs, $100 billion by Citi, $62 billion by Wells Fargo — is starting to add up to real money. Read More
SunPower targets commercial market with new solar play
SunPower hopes its turnkey commercial solar product will reduce installation bottlenecks. Bed Bath & Beyond is an early customer. Read More
Building a Microgrid in a day to power VERGE
Engineers from SunPower, PrimoWind, All Power Labs, PG&E and Spirae built a renewably-powered microgrid to supply all the electricity the VERGE 2015 conference will need. Read More
Trash 2.0? Nike, Carnival cruises and wading through waste data
Waste management is getting a 21st-century makeover with data analysis for large corporations to use in pursuing waste reduction. Read More
Businesses dig in to Sustainable Development Goals
Fresh off Climate Week, CEOs of 10 food companies talk of "a turning point," and press government to move now. Read More
6 banking giants demand strong COP21 deal, pricing carbon
JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citibank, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley call for a strong global climate deal, recognizing cost of carbon. Read More
