Reporting & Disclosure
Sales Rise as Emissions Fall at SAP
Preliminary data shows SAP AG's greenhouse gas emissions fell 4 percent in 2010, a year in which its business software sales grew 17 percent Read More
4 Steps to Build Trust into Sustainability
Research shows CEOs believe consumers trust their companies far less than they believe. This overestimation traps business leaders in a trust delusion that will prevent them from understanding what drives trust and how to address it. Read More
A Photo Tour of Masdar City
This week, I took a tour of Masdar City -- the audacious, carbon-neutral, zero-waste $15 to $20-billion planned development rising out of the Arabian desert. Here's the view from the ground. Read More
FedEx Express Global HQ, Vegas Facility Earn LEED-Gold Ratings
With two of its more high-profile facilities recognized as green buildings, FedEx Express is making LEED certification a requirement for all new construction. The move by FedEx's cargo airline is the latest sustainability measure to emerge under the rubric of the corporation's EarthSmart program. Read More
Deloitte Boosts Green Cred with Purchase of ClearCarbon, Domani
More evidence that corporate sustainability efforts are advancing, despite goverment inaction: Deloitte, one of the Big Four accounting and consulting firms, said this week that it has acquired two sustainability consulting firms, ClearCarbon Consulting and Domani Sustainability Consulting. Read More
Five Stages on the Sustainability Journey
Almost every company, large or small, progresses through these five stages on their sustainability journey, and firms that are wondering how to take their sustainability efforts to the next level may benefit from knowing that even the greenest firms have also passed through these stages. Read More
CEOs Can Embed a Culture of Sustainability Beyond their Departure
A new report from the Network for Business Sustainability looks at how corporate leaders have succeeded in building their sustainability efforts into the DNA of the company, regardless of who is sitting in the C-suite. Read More
The Power of One: Coca-Cola
Bryan Jacob, energy and climate protection manager for Coca-Cola, is in charge of Coke's global effort to reduce the greenhouse gases that are emitted by the company's 10 million vending machines and coolers. Read More
Brewing Green
10 commitments to sustainability from brewers in Britain, including a 67 percent reduction in CO2 emissions by 2020. Read More
Green Grid Unveils New Metrics for Data Center Carbon, Water Use
The tech industry association is expanding on its ubiquitous PUE formula to help data center owners and operators get a fuller picture of their environmental impacts by measuring the carbon outputs and water use of data centers. Read More