The Four Facets of Next-Gen Environmental Design

Finding a path to sustainable growth will require global collaboration and eco-innovation on an unprecedented scale. To accomplish this, we need to take a fresh look at a business practice called Design for Environment. Read More

The Green Cloud: Hype or Reality?

Positioned at the top of Gartner's Hype Cycle, cloud computing is among the hottest trends in IT right now; but is it just another fad, or is the future of green computing practices? Read More

Apple: We're Coming Clean on the True Cost of Green

Plenty of technology and IT vendors tell you they're the greenest companies on the planet. Apple, though, recently updated its Web site to reveal in great detail exactly where its greenhouse emissions come from --- and to provide information about the the environmental impacts of its products. Read More

Walmart Digs In Deep to the Sustainability Index

In a wide-ranging and in-depth 90-minute conversation with Joel Makower, Rand Waddoups, Walmart's Senior Director for Sustainability explores the knowns and unknowns driving the retailer's Sustainability Index. Read More

Walmart Sustainability Index Means Big Business

Oct. 1 marks the official start of the first phase of Walmart's Sustainability Index, which offers both a huge business opportunity for suppliers and a potentially huge environmental business for the bumper crop of consulting and accounting firms springing up to help them navigate the journey. Read More

Technology, Population, Consumption and Green Building: The Long View

Most of us in the design and construction industry share the widespread belief that technology can rescue us from any challenge we face. But we must understand that technology alone won’t be enough to avert catastrophic changes in the earth. Read More

Fleet Emissions Benchmarking: How Does Your Company Stack Up?

To help firms benchmark their fleets, EDF recently surveyed the 300 largest in the U.S. and Automotive Fleet & Leasing Association members. EDF released survey results today and provides a way for others to see how their fleets measure up. Read More

UPS to FedEx: We're Greener Than You

With their neck-and-neck scores in Newsweek's new green rankings, the two shipping companies' ongoing rivalry continues to heat up. Read More

Who's Invested in Newsweek's Least-Green Companies? (Maybe You)

One aspect of Newsweek's just-released rankings of 500 leading companies' environmental policies and performance is to view the list from an investor perspective. Specifically: Who are investors in the worst-ranked companies? Read More

FPL: America's No. 1 Wind Power

FPL doesn’t attract much attention, but with 2008 revenues of more than $16 billion, about 39,000 megawatts of generating capacity, and more than 15,000 employees in 27 states and Canada, the company has become a leading generator of low-carbon energy. Read More