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.
Molson Coors Finds a Sustainability Strategy at the Bottom of a Glass
Other companies talk about their environmental footprint. At Molson Coors, the sustainability message is conveyed by a "beer print" -- the positive and negative impacts the company can have on the people and the environment. Here's the story behind it. Read More
IBM Earns Kudos for 27 Green Data Centers in Europe
Essentially, IBM won the recognition by eating its own cooking. The firm applied some of the key solutions it markets for energy efficient data centers to its facilities in Europe. Read More
Hyundai Draws Up Plans for New $150M Green Headquarters in US
The Korean automaker's US operations are working with the Gensler architectural firm on a design for a new headquarters complex that's to be built to LEED-Gold standards in Southern California. Read More
Maersk Tests Algae-Based Biofuel in Cargo Voyage to India
Maersk is testing a range of algae-based biofuel blends aboard a container ship headed to India as part of a project with the U.S. Navy. Read More
Hilton Offers a Deep Look into Its LightStay Sustainability System
As of this month, the more than 3,750 properties that are part of Hilton Worldwide are participating in the company's LightStay sustainability management program. Christopher Corpuel, Hitlon's green guru, tells GreenBiz how they made it happen. Read More
Siemens Powers Merced County Lockups with 1.4 MW Solar Farm
The Merced County jail and a nearby juvenile justice facility in California's Central Valley are expected to draw about 70 percent of their electricity from a new 1.4 megawatt solar farm that fans out across 4.5 acres. Read More
Volvo's App for Greener Commutes Wins Sustainability Award
An app created by Volvo employees who wanted to shrink the carbon footprint of their commutes has been named the most environmentally friendly project for 2011 by tech magazine CIO. Read More
North Face's First CSR Report Reveals Green Goals, Early Progress
After working quietly to set sustainability goals and begin pursuing them, The North Face is now detailing its trek toward a greener supply chain and operations. Read More
Hilton Gives Gently Used Furnishings a New Life with Good360
Hilton Worldwide has found a new way to give its surplus and gently used items a second life. Read More
What's the Greenest Way to Dry Your Hands?
It's a question that bedevils facility managers. Dyson commissioned a study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to look into the matter --and Kimberly-Clark Professional is raising a question of its own about the report. Read More