La Quinta Hotel Renovations Recycle 30 Tons of Carpet
When La Quinta Inn & Suites made recent renovations at five hotels, it chose to replace its carpet with Cradle to Cradle certified, 25 percent recycled content carpet from Shaw Hospitality Group, which allowed La Quinta to recycle its old carpet through Shaw's carpet reclamation program for free. Read More
Six Keys to Running an Efficient Green Business
A new study from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change identifies the practices that separate the most efficient companies from the rest of the pack, and finds that firms are embracing energy efficiency as a core corporate strategy. Read More
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