JLL Enrolls Entire U.S. Property Management Portfolio in Energy Star Program

The 330 office buildings in Jones Lang LaSalle's U.S. property management portfolio are now enrolled in the Energy Star program to benchmark and manage energy efficiency, the commercial real estate services firm said. Read More

Introducing … the Green Confidence Index

Today marks the launch of the first comprehensive monthly poll aimed at tracking Americans' attitudes about and confidence in their leaders and institutions, nationally and locally, on the subject of environmental responsibility, as well as in their own understanding of issues and their willingness to make green purchasing choices. Read More

Deutsche Bank's Climate Tracker Ranks National, Regional Climate Policies

The analysis of 270 climate and energy policies at the regional, state and national level finds that investors in firms in a number of countries are at moderate risk from climate change, while only investments in Italy pose the highest risk to date. Read More

FedEx: Pushing the Envelope on Sustainability

When you need to ship a package, how do you choose between FedEx and UPS? Their services are similar, if not identical. Could the companies' sustainability practices come into play? Read More

Large Brazilian Companies Begin Reporting Emissions

Twenty-seven Brazilian corporations, including Walmart Brasil and Ford, voluntarily reported their greenhouse gas emissions publicly earlier this month as part of Brazil's GHG Protocol Program. Read More

New Levi's care tag gives tips to lower jeans'iImpact

Levi Strauss & Co. and Goodwill have partnered up on a new initiative to encourage consumers to reduce the impact of their jeans. The company's new care tag (which rolls out in 2010), online campaigns and in-store messaging gives tips to use less energy and also recommends donating unwanted jeans Read More

Chipotle to Mount Solar Panels at 75 Restaurants, Dell Installs Arrays at Its HQ

Chipotle Mexican Grill is installing solar panels at 75 restaurants over the next year, the company said today, while Dell announced that it has completed a solar project at its headquarters. Read More

All-Hybrid Taxi Fleet Debuts in Sunny Phoenix

An Arizona company began operating today what it is calling the nation's second carbon neutral taxicab service. Read More

Six Key Lessons on Mapping Out a Business Case for Sustainability Initiatives

"Finding the business case" is the holy grail of corporate sustainability professionals, who've sought to demonstrate the commercial benefits of social and environmental initiatives for years. Why is it so hard? Part 1 of this three-part post looks at ways to make the job easier.   Read More

Nike: From Considered Design to Closing the Loop

Nike's corporate responsibility agenda has evolved from one based on risk and reputation management to being a source of innovation, a change that has yielded not only new products, but a shift in the way Nike thinks about doing business, according to Hannah Jones, Nike's vice president of corporate responsibility. Read More