One month after the new green data center certification opened for business, the company has become the first to earn the label for its RTP data center, with a score of 99 out of a possible 100. Read More

Life cycle assessment (LCA) has come a long way in the past few years, evolving from a niche activity carried out by academics and a few forward-thinking businesses to a mainstream practice talked about publicly by Fortune 500 companies. There is still, however, some confusion about what LCA is, what it's good (and not so good) for, and where it might be headed.  Read More

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

 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

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

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

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 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

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

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