While accepting a humanitarian award from Coffee Quality Institute on May 5, Starbucks Coffee Co. president and CEO Orin Smith challenged coffee industry leaders to help facilitate a coffee economy based on sustainable principles. Read More

Delegates from 133 countries concluded the recent World Ecotourism Summit with the announcement of the Québec Declaration on Ecotourism, a new tool for the international development of tourism practices that prioritize local communities and the environment. Read More

Four years ago, the Shaklee Corporation began a ground-breaking partnership with the nonprofit Climate Neutral Network by developing a unique portfolio of carbon-offset projects that delivered both environmental and socioeconomic benefits in the communities they served. By Kelley Kreitz Read More

Shell Oil Products has announced that it has purchased an equity stake in Iogen Energy Corporation, a Canadian bioethanol technology company. Read More

The Indian government and the United Nations Environment Program have launched a new initiative aimed at accelerating the phase-out of ozone-damaging chemicals across India, which includes a pledge by the country’s top four manufacturers of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) to introduce cleaner production technologies. Read More

Wait a minute, you might say: it’s environmentalism against technology? Positioning environmentalism against technology, however, has its problems. Read More

The banking sector has responded far more slowly than other sectors to the new challenges that sustainability presents. The role of banks in contributing toward sustainable development is, however, potentially enormous. By Marcel Jeucken Read More

Your environmental management questions answered by two veterans of life in the trenches. Read More

The surrealistic rise and fall of Enron has provoked a myriad of governmental investigations into the company’s shocking lapses in ethical behavior. By Peter Asmus and Bruce Piasecki Read More

Herman Miller, Inc., a provider of office furniture and workplace consulting services, has announced that it’s making measurable progress in its efforts to design and manufacture more environmentally responsible products, especially through its Design for the Environment project launched last year. Read More