GreenBiz Executive Editor Joel Makower wins ASQ Hutchens Medal

The same week as the American Society for Quality meets in Anaheim, Calif., for its annual conference, it awards the Hutchens Medal to GreenBiz Executive Editor Joel Makower. Read More

Costa Coffee, Kenco, Mars Honored by Rainforest Alliance

Costa Coffee, the Kenco Coffee Company ad Mars Inc. are among the winners of  Rainforest Alliance's Sustainability Standard-Setter Awards for 2011. Read More

Mapping Industry's Environmental Impact

The Economy Map charts the various ways major U.S. industries affect the environment. Read More

7 Earth Day Pitches That Made Us Cringe

Don't get us wrong. We're glad that more and more products and services are available these days to help people consume fewer resources, reuse or repurpose the stuff they have, or recycle it. Sometimes, however, these pitches just go too far.       Read More

3M, GE, Sylvania Among Firms Honored with Top Energy Star Awards

One-hundred-eleven companies received Energy Star honors from the U.S. EPA in the annual awards program that recognizes the most the energy efficient businesses in a national program that now has more than 20,000 members. Read More

Even 'Green' Golf Courses Waste Water

Research out of the Canary Islands finds that even golf courses that attempt to reduce the environmental impacts by using reclaimed water for irrigation use as much as 83 percent too much water. Read More

Recycled Cardboard Good For Earth, May Be Bad For Health

Swiss researchers have discovered that toxic mineral oils from recycled newspapers was being absorbed in foods commonly packaged in cartons made from recycled cardboard. Read More

Cargill Cuts CO2 Emissions with World's Largest Kite-Powered Ship

Cargill plans to use the world's largest kite-powered vessel to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the shipping its products. Read More

Caterpillar Achieves 'Zero Waste' Goal at 2 UK Facilities

Caterpillar Inc., the largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, has achieved 100 percent recycling at a manufacturing plant and a major logistics center in England, which have both saved thousands of dollars in costs while working toward a company goal of sending zero waste to landfill.   Read More

IBM Adds Corpus Christi to Roster of 'Smarter Cities'

Corpus Christi has become the latest municipality to enlist IBM's Smarter Cities solutions to ramp up resource efficiency and sustainability efforts. Read More