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.
US Postal Service Delivers a Smaller Carbon Footprint
The U.S. Postal Service cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 8 percent since 2008, building on longstanding efforts to reduce its environmental impacts. Read More
Kaiser Moves Closer to Small, Smart Hospital Design of the Future
A team of healthcare architects and computer chip engineers, a San Francisco engineering company, and a multidisciplinary design and consulting firm are vying to create the ideal plan for a smaller, smarter, more sustainable hospital for Kaiser Permanente. Read More
Waste Management Takes Two Big Steps in the Composting Business
Waste Management Inc. is investing in the largest composting facility in the eastern U.S. and building a new composting site in Florida -- moves aimed at expanding WM's work in organics recycling and advancing the company's goal to transform its business model. Read More
Schneider Acquires Data Center Service Firm Lee Technologies
Schneider Electric has acquired Lee Technologies of Fairfax, Va., in a move that is expected to buttress Schneider's formidable business in data centers by bringing in a firm that specializes in providing services for the facilities. Read More
Unilever Tops List of Sustainability Leaders
Just months after unveiling its Sustainability Living Plan, Unilever has rocketed to the top of a list of global corporate leaders, according to the latest survey of sustainability experts conducted by the research firm GlobeScan Inc. and the think tank and strategy consultancy SustainAbility. Read More
New Delhi Airport Terminal Achieves LEED-Gold Rating
The vast Terminal 3 at Indira Gandhi International Airport has been awarded a LEED-Gold rating for new construction from the Indian Green Building Council. Read More
Schneider's $268M Acquisition of Summit Energy Tightens EECA Market
Schneider Electric plans to buy Summit Energy in the second major deal announced this week involving power plays among companies working to make the built environment more energy efficient, smarter and better connected. Read More
Baja Fresh Expands Use of Greener Plates, Food Wrappers and Bags
Baja Fresh's initiative to green its restaurant supplies brings recyclable and recycled content plates, food wrappers and bags to the 255 eateries operated or franchised by the chain. Read More
Death of Old-Style Lightbulb Forces Easy-Bake Oven Makeover
The pending ban of traditional lightbulbs, which spurred the lighting industry to introduce more energy efficiency products, has led to the redesign of a classic toy -- the Easy-Bake Oven. Read More
Using the Principles of 'Cowness' to Create Eco-Friendly Products
Eben Bayer, the co-founder and CEO of Ecovative Design, extols the natural processes and properties of grass and cows as a way of thinking about the design of environmentally responsible products. Read More