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How HP achieves leadership in sustainable product footprinting at a fraction of the cost

In addition to HP’s commitment to designing more sustainable products, the company is also committed to transparency and disclosure about the footprint of their products.  This case study outlines how HP developed a science-based and data-driven platform for product footprint assessments to guide product designers, meet and demonstrate compliance to powerful standards like EPEAT, and help customers identify reliable energy savings. Not only did their rapid LCA tool result in better products, it delivered an estimated $1 million in savings and hundreds of hours of time. Read More

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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

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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