New Motorola Phone Made of Recycled Bottles

The Renew phone, one of the new products Motorola will show off at the International CES, contains recycled plastic, and Motorola is offsetting its CO2 emissions. Read More

Defining Sustainability

There are scores of different terms for something that many of us refer to as sustainability: corporate responsibility, sustainable development, corporate citizenship, environmental sustainability, corporate sustainability and green business. And there are hundreds of different definitions for the terms. Robert Pojasek offers guidance on defining sustainability — and making it operational — in the corporate world. Read More

Air New Zealand Completes Biofuel Test

The airline conducted a two-hour flight using conventional jet fuel mixed with fuel based on the jatropha plant. Read More

Indiana Hospital to Install Green Roof Atop New Tower

Ball Memorial Hospital will plant a 30,000-square-foot green roof on its new $87 million extension called South Tower. Read More

Will Your Data Center Have to Pay a Carbon Tax?

One of the centerpieces of President-elect Obama's energey plan is a cap-and-trade program designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050. That means that enterprise may eventually have a cap put on the amount of greenhouse gases they emit, and would have to pay if they wanted to exceed those emissions. Would that mean you'll have to pay what amounts to a carbon tax for an inefficient data center? Read More

Behind IBM's Quest for a 'Smarter Planet'

IBM's recent campaign goes well beyond mere image -- and beyond green -- to envision a "smarter" world in which problems as wide-ranging as health care costs, energy and resource shortages, climate change, and traffic congestion can be addressed by systems thinking, technological innovation, and computing power. Read More

Japan's Top 8 Emerging Green IT Technologies

The country's leading tech companies showcased their innovations and green strategies at the recent CEATEC electronics show. Read More

A Closer Look at IBM's "Smarter Planet" Campaign

In December 2008, GreenBiz.com Executive Editor Joel Makower talked with IBM Corporation's Rich Lechner, Vice President of Energy & Environment, and John Kennedy, Vice President of Integrated Marketing Communications, about the company's "Smarter Planet" advertising campaign. Read More

Kibbutz Teams Up with Israeli Firm to Create Country’s First Solar-Powered Community

The western Negev's Kibbutz Reim will soon receive the distinction of being the first Israeli community to rely entirely on solar energy as a result of an installation project with the firm Sunday Solar. Read More

Minnesota Lists Car Air Conditioning GHG Leakage Rates

A new Minnesota law that goes into effect Jan. 1 requires automobile manufacturers to publicly report how much of a greenhouse gas their vehicle air conditioners leak. Read More