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(Episode 9): Ron Jarvis, Home Depot's vice president of Environmental Innovations, sat down with GreenBiz's Joel Makower to discuss the progress made and lessons learned during the first half-year of the retail giant's project to promote eco-friendly products. Read More

Public policy, innovative companies, breakthroughs in sustainable design and consumer demand are all converging to reimagine and reshape human habitat, starting in an unlikely place: Chinese gated communities. Read More

New research shows that employees want to work at green companies and are happiest at companies with solid corporate social responsibility programs in place. Read More

With 48 miles per gallon, Toyota's top-selling hybrid takes the lead, even as the company takes some heat from environmentalists about proposed fuel-mileage standards legislation; Honda's Civic Hybrid and the Nissan Altima Hybrid place second and third in the rankings. Read More

General Motors has found success by transforming unwanted waste into millions of dollars padding its bottom line. In this Q & A, GM's Ray Tessier discusses how GM's Baltimore manufacturing plant achieved landfill-free status. Read More

(Episode 7) Dole, the largest fruit and vegetable producer on the planet, has embarked on an ambitious journey to make its pineapple and banana supply chain originating in Costa Rica carbon neutral. In this Q& A, Dole's Sylvain Cuperlier and Rudy Amador discuss the reasons behind the initiative and the first steps the company has taken. Read More

Today, smart marketers are focused not only on whether consumers view their message, but to what extent they engage with it. One definition of engagement is as a measure of consumer involvement with a marketing vehicle. As defined, it implies that engagement should be considered as both a marketing tactic and a metric that can be measured and optimized. Read More

If you are hoping to optimize the efficiency of your data center and cut power and cooling costs, don't remodel your data center or build a whole new one just yet. This step-by-step guide to assessing and analyzing data center costs can help IT managers strategize to maximize efficiency in their current data centers. Read More

Many mistakenly believe hard-disk drives consume the most power but the disk industry has done a remarkable job keeping energy consumption low. Read More

Miller Brewing Co. trimmed carbon dioxide emissions 10 percent per barrel in the last two years and used less water, aluminum and fossil fuels to produce its beer, according to its first Sustainable Development Report released Monday. Read More