Leslie Guevarra
GreenBiz Group
Leslie Guevarra is a former editor at GreenBiz.com. She has been a reporter and editor online and in print, an associate producer and public affairs program host on television, and a podcaster. Leslie's more than 20 years of news experience includes work at the San Francisco Chronicle, where she served as a deputy managing editor. In addition to the Chronicle, her work has appeared in several other publications and on KTSF-TV in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is currently the communications director for a California state senator.
How Sustainable is Your Valentine's Day Candy?
It's easy to lose sight of sustainability issues on a day that's focused on material expressions of affection, but there are resources gift-givers can use to gauge the environmental impacts of sweets and the firms that make them. Read More
Organic Valley Turns to Solar Windows for Green Power, Energy Savings
The co-op that brought sustainable farming to the dairy industry has adopted the latest twist in solar technology: windows embedded with solar cells that generate electricity and save energy by boosting the benefits of daylighting. Read More
Kraft Achieves Zero Waste at 36 Food Plants Around the World
The company has now reduced its global waste generation by 50 percent since 2005, far surpassing a goal to pare down waste by just 15 percent by 2011. Read More
Siemens, JCI Land $60M in Army Contracts for Green Power, Efficiency
Siemens and Johnson Controls win energy performance contracts from the U.S. Army totaling more than $60 million for solar, wind and retrofit projects to improve efficiency. Read More
What Will It Take to Power the US Military with Green Energy?
Just how much energy does the U.S. military use, what the costs in dollars and the risk to soldiers, and how can they all be reduced? The American Council On Renewable Energy and Advanced Energy Economy are working with the Defense Department to answer those questions. Read More
Adobe's 4-Step Path Toward a Net Zero Energy Balance
Adobe Systems didn't set out to become a net zero company, one that generates or offsets as much energy as it uses. But now that's one of the firm's central sustainability goals, the chief of global facilities told the GreenBiz Forum. Read More
Waste Management Pilot Tests a Next-Gen Green Garbage Truck
With a rotating cylindrical body and a sleek profile, new trucks being test-driven by Waste Management look nothing like garbage haulers of bygone years. Read More
GM to Launch Industry's First Eco-Label for Cars
General Motors' Chevy brand has created a green label bearing environmental data for its cars, starting with the Chevy Sonic. Read More
How Organic Valley Built a Green Brand with Guerrilla Marketing
A company whose products and business model are based on non-traditional thinking requires an equally non-traditional marketing strategy. Organic Valley's Theresa Marquez tells the GreenBiz Forum how the firm pursues its mission. Read More
Kaiser Gets Green Infusion with Safer IV Equipment
Kaiser Permanente is converting to IV bags that are free of the industrial chemicals PVC and DEHP and DEHP-free tubing in the latest major move to green its medical supply chain. Read More