Walmart and the Sustainability Index: One Year Later
The retail giant’s sustainability dreams don’t appear to have diminished, though it's clear the company has been humbled by the fiendish complexity of all it has set out to do. Read More
Bringing Biomimicry To Cement, Offices and Daily Life
The Biomimicry Institute’s Educators’ Summit came to San Francisco last week, and it was a good chance to hear some important contributors to bio-inspired design and educators who are striving to teach this relatively new subject. Read More
Environmental Impacts from Plastic Production Updated
Information on the energy use, solid waste and greenhouse gas emissions from the production of common plastics has been updated for the U.S. Life-Cycle Inventory Database. Read More
4,000 Ukrainian Cows Power Country's First Biogas Plant
The 4,000 cows at the Ukrainian Milk Company Ltd. near Kiev are doing more than producing dairy products. Their dung is being used to produce energy at the country's first biogas cogeneration plant. Read More
Aligning the CDP and GRI Guidelines
The Carbon Disclosure Project and Global Reporting Initiative are working together to harmonize their respective reporting guidelines, with plans for greater alignment on industry-specific sector questionnaires. Read More
Southern Calif. Gets 1 Million Smart Meters
Southern California Edison has installed more than 1 million smart meters at small businesses and homes as part of a program to bring 5 million smart meters to customers. Read More
5 Ways to Achieve Top Line Business Value Through Sustainability
Will triple bottom line practices and measurements truly become commonplace in business? Perhaps there is another way of looking at this trend given the top-down commitments that CEO’s believe are necessary to create this massive shift in corporate behavior. The point of view is called triple top line. Read More
The Truth About Sustainability Compensation
Although CSR professionals are by and large drawn to their work by passion for the planet, that doesn't preclude fair pay for fair work. Here's how to know what you can expect to earn working in sustainability, and what your peers are making. Read More
Is It Worth Reporting Carbon Emissions to the CDP?
Recently two companies told me they did not see the business case for reporting carbon emissions to the Carbon Disclosure Project because the reporting standards are too "flexible." Read More
The Big Difference Between Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
A misunderstanding of the difference between sustainability versus energy efficiency may not just be slowing the move to sustainability, but could actually be working against the world's green goals. Read More