A study that looks at sustainability from an employee productivity level rather than a financial level, finds that productivity goes up as much as 40 percent if workers perceive that their job is for the greater good. Read More

Although the growing momentum of PACE programs has been stifled by the FHFA, it's important to understand the effect of policy-enabled private financing programs on the ecosystem of stakeholders and how those implications will inform future financing efforts. Read More

Making healthy choices available to employees in all environments -- whether they are at home or at the office -- can make a big difference in supporting healthier lifestyles and individuals. Companies, from high tech to retail and banking, can also integrate healthier food into cafeterias and vending machines, start their own farmers markets or deliver “farm boxes” to workers. Improving food on any corporate campus will lead to healthier, more loyal and more productive employees. Read More

Today, Stonyfield Farm, the organic yogurt company, is unveiling a new packaging solution: A yogurt cup made from corn. It's not the first revolution in yogurt cups, or the first packaging innovation made from corn. But Stonyfield's journey to today is a case study in sustainability, innovation, persistence, and systems thinking that I think is worth sharing. Read More

 Starbucks is using New York City as a testing ground for recycling its ubiquitous coffee cups. If successful, it could mean the 3 billion cups it uses each year go to the recycling bin instead of landfill. Read More

 Stonyfield Farm is switching its yogurt multi-packs to corn-based bioplastic and will fund the growth of enough non-GMO corn to equal the amount used in its new packaging. Read More

Small businesses are hard-pressed enough to stay afloat in the best of times, but as sustainability becomes central to business survival, here are five lessons companies of all sizes are learning about the shift to sustainability. Read More

With the release of a newly ratified standard on energy efficient ethernet, Broadcom has released a line of products that meet the new standard as well as make older equipment compatible and capable of saving 70 percent of energy used. Read More

Global equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has expanded its money-saving environmental management initiative in Europe and Australia, bringing another five companies into the Green Portfolio Program.   Read More

 Coca-Cola shares the lessons it's learned as it developed and brought to market a plastic drink bottle that's 1/3 plant-based. Read More