Channel NewsAsia reports from Singapore that the government has launched a Green Mark scheme to encourage developers and building owners to come up with environment-friendly buildings. Read More

The world’s freshwater supply is at risk and the question is when and where, not whether, there will be major droughts or shortages that could have a major disruptive effect on business and society. By Joel Makower Read More

GreenBiz founder and environmental blogger Joel Makower's top-ten list of 2004 stories reflects the year’s significant events in the arena of business and the environment -- the forces that shaped how mainstream companies think, and act, on key environmental issues. Read More

The logic of locally focused sustainability strategies is clear -- better suited to place, more responsive to conditions, requiring less energy in transport, and more transparent in its consequences. By Gil Friend Read More

Partnering with the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation, Office Depot is now collecting used phones and rechargeable batteries for recycling at all of its 960 locations in the U.S. and Canada. Read More

Wayne Visser assesses the big picture challenges for companies when it comes to the sustainability agenda and has some suggestions for action. Read More

Office Depot is offering customers who return eligible used ink and toner cartridges to any of its U.S. stores the choice of a free ream of 35% post-consumer recycled content paper or $2.50 on their next purchase of any ink, toner, or fax product. Read More

The new global initiative serves to advance international cooperation on the recovery and use of methane as a valuable clean energy source. Read More

Researchers of the Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan have succeeded in developing an organotin-free substance for ship paint that does not leach out any organometallic compounds into the surrounding seawater. Read More

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has granted Starbucks supply chain member, Mississippi River Corporation, the first-ever approval to use recycled content in food packaging, specifically Starbucks hot beverage cups. Read More