UPS to Offer Per-Package Carbon Offsets
The company also launched a new contract service to calculate the carbon footprint of individual customers' shipping activities. Read More
10 Key Questions That Focus Suppliers on Sustainability
Why is there so much emphasis on lagging sustainability indicators? There are a number of widely used performance frameworks that use leading indicators to foster the long-range thinking that is so important in the world of sustainability. Read More
Apple Becomes Latest Company to Abandon U.S. Chamber Over Climate
In what is rapidly becoming the trend of the moment, Apple has become the latest company to leave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over the Chamber's opposition to climate change legislation. Read More
Ray Anderson: Radical Industrialist
The founder of Interface shows how being a tree-hugging environmentalist and the head of a thriving, $1-billion a year carpet company don't need to be mutually exclusive Read More
IBM's Data Center Remodel Saves 98 Percent of Costs, Boosts Capacity 8x
In an hour-long webcast, IBM vice president Steven Sams showed how putting the company's own technology to work on overhauling its Lexington, Ky., data center highlights the potential of energy efficient IT projects. Read More
CPC Launches $1B Green Financing Initiative for Retrofits
The Community Preservation Corporation is a key player in a new public-private partnership that will provide $1 billion in construction and mortgage loans for energy efficient upgrades and property retrofits of as many as 15,000 affordable multifamily rental and coop buildings in New York. Read More
How to Design for a Post-Consumption Economy
It's clear our consumption-centered lifestyle has challenged our planet's ability to support us. Our economy doesn't need to be focused solely on spurring consumption. Here's a guide on how to design for a post-consumption economy. Read More
Are 12 Steps Enough to Get to Sustainability?
A management consulting firm released a new report outlining the steps any company can take to get on the path toward environmental sustainability. How many of these has your firm already accomplished? Read More
Steelcase and Whirlpool Emerge as Sector Climate Leaders
When it comes to addressing climate change, including measuring and reducing its carbon footprint, Whirlpool leads the pack in the large appliance sector, according to a new analysis. Similarly, Steelcase leaves other furniture makers in the dust for sharing its efforts to measure climate change impacts with the public and setting clear goals to reduce its energy use and emissions. Read More
Nike Quits Chamber of Commerce Board Seat Over Climate Policy
Nike resigned its position on the board of directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Wednesday, the day after a small group of investors began urging the company to withdraw from the group over its opposition to climate change legislation. Nike will remain a member, but said it will evaluate its membership going forward. Read More