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BASF Ranked Best European Company for Sustainability Messaging
According to a survey by Dutch internet consultancy Jungle Rating, BASF has done the best job of making its sustainability practices easily accessible and easy to understand; other top-ranking companies include BHP Billiton, Centrica, Novo Nordisk and BP. Read More
Managing Risk in Green Building Projects
The green buildings boom has opened up a wide market for professionals of all kinds to begin working on sustainable projects, but with this boom comes a host of new risks ands expectations that must be considered and managed throughout the project. Read More
Wal-Mart's First Sustainability Report: Just a Gesture or a Just Account?
Although there are the usual opposing viewpoints that surface whenever the greening of the world's biggest retailer is discussed, many are viewing Wal-Mart's sustainability report a good first step on a long road. Read More
Hair and Mushrooms: The Next Big Thing for Oil Spill Cleanup?
An unlikely tool has emerged to help hundreds of volunteers soak up globules of bunker oil spilled from a cargo ship that hit the Bay Bridge earlier this month. Read More
The Six Sins of Greenwashing
Is green marketing just a series of lies? That's one conclusion to be drawn from a new study that examines hundreds of environmental labeling claims and found pretty much all of them wanting, suffering from sins of either omission or commission. Read More
Renouncing the Six Sins of Greenwashing
According to a new report by TerraChoice Environmental Marketing, nearly every green product on the market is making claims that are either inaccurate, inappropriate, or unsubstantiated. Is this greenwash or just plain sloppiness? Joel Makower spoke with Scot Case of TerraChoice to find out. Read More
McDonald’s Restaurant Taps Into Geothermal
A McDonald's franchise currently under construction in Pensacola is incorporating a geothermal heating and cooling pump to harness Earth's steady temperature. Read More
Zero Landfill Waste for Toyota's European Manufacturing Facilities
Toyota's eight European manufacturing facilities have achieved zero-waste to landfill status, and the division has managed to reduce the amount of energy it uses to produce each car, according to its 2007 Sustainability Report. Read More
Going Green to Recruit and Retain Employees
"I have never seen anything equal to sustainability as far as attracting, motivating, and bring people together." - Ray C. Anderson, Founder and Chairman of Interface in AmericanWay Magazine, October 1, 2007 Read More
Fiji Tries to Green Bottled Water with its Carbon-Negative Plan
Battling back against recent bad press about the sustainability of the bottled water industry, Fiji's owners announced a plan to reduce the carbon emissions from its product by 120 percent, more than offsetting total emissions. Read More