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The Business Case for Environmental and Sustainability Employee Education

This report from the National Environmental Education Foundation offers case studies, best practices, next steps and resources for companies that want to boost employee engagement and save money through sustainability education. Read More

Bacardi Cuts Emissions by 20K Tonnes, KPMG Reports 7 Percent Drop

Bacardi Ltd., the world's largest privately held spirits company, cut greenhouse gas emissions 9.2 percent in the last fiscal year by increasing efficiencies and the use of renewable energy, while KPMG LLP shrank its carbon footprint in the U.S. by reducing air travel, use of electricity and waste. Read More

KKR Extends Green Program to a Fifth of Global Portfolio

Global Equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) has extended its money-saving environmental management program to 20 percent of its portfolio, including two companies located outside the U.S. Read More

Why Green Business is Like Teen Sex

Corporate sustainability is like teen sex. Everybody talks about it. Nobody does it very much. And when they do it, they don’t do it very well. Friend and colleague Joel Makower likes to tell that joke, and it’s as good a way as any to introduce Greenbiz.com’s third annual State of Green Business report. Read More

How to Use 12 Principles of Permaculture to Grow Sustainable Organizations

How many times have you felt stymied in helping yourself and your colleagues advance toward a common goal in a sustainable way because of commitment, communication patterns or other reasons? Permaculture offers a powerful system of sustainable design that can help. Read More

Getting Real About Measurement: How to Size Up the Triple Bottom Line

As businesses become increasingly strategic about sustainability, using metrics to measure and manage social, environmental and economic impacts has become standard practice. But how companies use that data to guide their activities varies significantly. Read More

The Green Business Decade in Review

As we view the whatever-it's-called decade in the rearview mirror, it's tempting to assess what's transpired since the good old days of Y2K to see how far we've come — and how far we haven't. Read More

How Should Wealthier Nations Help Poorer Ones Combat Climate Change?

Assisting poor countries now and in the future in adapting to climate change must be a top priority.   Read More

A Night at Hamlet's Castle: Much Ado About … What?

Will a climate agreement by any other name smell as sweet? Read More

Post Office's First Sustainability Report Charts Agency's Green Path

In releasing its first-ever sustainability data, the U.S. Postal Service shows that it has cut total energy use by 9 percent in the past three years, while making strides in e-waste recycling and energy intensity. Read More