Technology Can Save Feds $1T in 10 Years
A report from the Technology CEO Council has found seven initiatives -- from green data centers to paperless offices -- that will create billions of dollars a year in savings at the federal level. Read More
Floating Islands: Using Garbage to Clean Polluted Water
A small company based in rural Montana has big dreams for using post-consumer plastic waste to restore fish populations, sequester carbon, remove water pollution -- and create unlimited amounts of new waterfront property. Read More
Parking Lots to Do Double Duty as Water Heaters, Chillers
Long derided as a waste of space and a symbol of sprawl, the heat energy in the pavement in your lot could soon be used to heat hot water or be used in absorption chillers to provide cooling. Read More
Bridging the Gap in Biodiversity Finance
Experts say it will cost $300 billion per year by 2020 to stop biodiversity loss, but the Global Canopy says that we are now only delivering between $36 billion and $38 billion per year. Read More
Odwalla Juices Switching to Sugarcane-Based PlantBottle
Odwalla, the juice-making Coca-Cola subsidiary, will switch the packaging for all of its single-serve drinks to bottles made almost entirely of plant-based plastic by next March. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Geneva} Read More
eBay's Latest Green Deal: 'Instant Sale' Electronics Trade-In
With a new initiative to take back and reuse or recycle unwanted, outdated or broken gadgets, eBay hopes to both expand its business and make a dent in the mountain of e-waste created every year. Read More
The Latest CDP Results Reveal the Rise of Scope 3 Reporting
The Carbon Disclosure Project revised its questionnaire this year to make the reporting of indirect emissions more robust, revealing these so-called Scope 3 emissions may be up to 50 times the size of a company's direct carbon footprint. Read More
Five Reasons Why Carbon Management Software is the Next Big Thing
As carbon becomes an ever-bigger liability on the corporate balance sheet, carbon and energy management software is poised to be the newest addition to the list of mission-critical enterprise software systems. Read More
TAIPEI 101 Sets Sights on LEED-EBOM Platinum Rating
Seeking superlative green building recognition, the owners of TAIPEI 101 are shooting for platinum certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards for an existing building. Read More
JCPenney: The Quiet Green Giant
The vice president of CSR at the retail giant takes the mystery out of the Fortune 500 company's sustainability strategy -- and why JCPenney seems to lie low on sustainability even it's ranked as one of America's greenest retailers. Read More