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Cargill Announces Plans for Biodiesel Facility in Kansas City
Cargill and the Missouri Soybean Association have announced plans for a 40-million gallon-per-year biodiesel plant and 30-million-pound food-grade glycerin refinery adjacent to Cargill's existing soybean processing facility in Kansas City. Read More
GM Opens First-Ever LEED-Certified Auto Plant
General Motors' new Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant has received a gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program -- the only automotive manufacturing plant in the world to receive LEED certification. Read More
The Three Disciplines of Sustainable Management
Running a successful business, as we all know, requires discipline. But running an enterprise that is both successful and sustainable might require an altogether different kind of discipline. Read More
Ask the Green Architect: Mirrors for Lighting; Radiant Heating for Floors; Efficient Exit Signs
Green architect Eric Corey Freed answers your questions on sustainable building performance, materials, and design. Read More
Does Trucost Measurement of Corporate Carbon Footprints Reduce Environmental Impacts?
Trucost ranks the carbon intensity in U.K. portfolios, arguing for overweighting companies with lower carbon footprints to reduce ecological impact while maintaining performance. Read More
How Business-NGO Partnerships Can Transform Markets
For alliances to have real impact, NGOs must been seen as equal partners by companies, argues Shilpa Shah. Read More
The Business of Business is Not Just Business
Professor Gilbert Lenssen answers some key questions about how management education is evolving to teach future business leaders about the value of corporate responsibility. What trends in business will drive the future in management education? Read More
European Vintners to Sell Surplus Wine as Biofuel
European vehicles will be running on distilled French and Italian wine again this summer as the upcoming season's surplus production from European vineyards is turned into biofuel. Read More
Sagawa Express Co.: Accepting the Challenge to Reduce Net CO2 Emissions
As carbon dioxide emissions from the Japanese transportation sector continue to climb, Kyoto-based Sagawa Express is answering the call for a cleaner trucking company. By Kazunori Kobayashi Read More
Why Is Green Building Still So Hard?
It's well past time for eco-friendly design and construction to go mainstream. By Auden Schendler Read More