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Addressing Transparency Expectations in the Metals and Mining Sector

Are you a material supplier concerned with increasing demands for sustainability performance data? Or, are you a manufacturer wondering what raw materials suppliers are doing to demonstrate their sustainability performance? Here’s an article that looks at supplier transparency through the lens of the Metals and Mining industry. Broad lessons can be drawn about next steps for suppliers and the state of supply chain engagement for manufacturers.   Read More

13 companies sowing solutions for food resilience

Big Data is among the most fertile approaches to address food scarcity and waste. Here are some intriguing examples of how it's being applied. Read More

How startups are disrupting utility data aggregation

Until now, the commercial real estate industry has been one of the least touched by technology innovation. Read More

12 disruptive innovators in the energy business

From Comverge to Vestas, these innovators have the capacity for creative destruction in the energy sector. Read More

How Apparent aims to catalyze a cleaner, smarter grid

Can a technology upstart headed by Google employee No. 35 disrupt the market for renewable energy? Read More

TSO Logic aims to take data center energy wizardry to non-techies

This company seeks to simplify metrics for data centers. Can its new console rewrite the rules for energy reduction outside the tech world? Read More

Obayashi's living laboratory for green building

Tokyo's Technical Research Institute holds one of the highest possible Platinum ratings for existing building operation. Now, it's going for net zero. Read More

5 solutions to the world's energy, food and water troubles

On World Water Day, breathtaking challenges for sustaining the future come into focus. The good news? Real solutions exist. Read More

How to fix the 10 worst wastes of water

Nike, Coca-Cola, Levi Strauss and Microsoft are working to curb water-guzzling practices in textiles, bottling, irrigation and beyond.  Read More

BMW, SAP drive research on connected car services

By 2015, nearly 50 percent of vehicles will integrate with in-dash or smartphone applications for everything from smarter parking to better route planning. Read More