GreenBiz Editors

A new report from MIT finds that new, high-tech manufacturing systems use anywhere from one thousand to one million times as much energy as older methods. Read More

PepsiCo plans to use 50 percent less plastic in its half-liter Aquafina water bottles in a move that will save the company an estimated 75 million pounds of plastic each year. Read More

The Accenture Intelligent City Network will help cities and utilities share information and experiences for developing and implementing smart grid technologies. Read More

The telecommunications giant will spend up to $565 million over the next decade on 8,000 compressed natural gas vehicles and more than 7,000 gasoline-electric hybrids. Read More

With milk production accounting for more than 60 percent of the carbon footprint for its chocolate, confectioner Cadbury is teaming up with dairy farmers to trim down that figure -- and a big part of the strategy is putting cows on a lower-fiber diet so that they "burp" less. Read More

The Zero Waste Zone was announced last week through a partnership between local restaurants and the convention center that will divert tons of garbage, food scraps and used cooking oil from landfills. Read More

Thinking of curbing or curtailing sustainability efforts because of the troubled economy? Think again, says a new study by global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney, whose research indicates that firms with "true commitment to sustainability" outperform industry peers in the financial markets. Read More

Coca-Cola Enterprises, the largest bottler of Coke beverages, is more than doubling the size of its hybrid electric delivery fleet and will have 327 green trucks on the road in the U.S. and Canada. Read More

The Danish Parliament voted in mid-December to force the 1,100 largest enterprises to describe their corporate CSR or socially responsible investments policies, how they've been implemented and the results they've produced. Read More

The airline conducted a two-hour flight using conventional jet fuel mixed with fuel based on the jatropha plant. Read More