Sustainability Indicators: The Simple, Sobering, and Significant

The worldwide interest in sustainability has brought with it a growing and welcome interest in sustainability indicators -- but what to measure is far from obvious. By Gil Friend Read More

Johnson & Johnson Recognizes Environmental Excellence Around the World

As part of the company’s commitment to environmental excellence, Johnson & Johnson recognized 14 of its companies, facilities, teams and individuals that have demonstrated significant progress toward achieving the Corporation’s Environmental Strategic Vision. Read More

Sustainability in Architecture and Design: An Interview with Bert Gregory

BetterBricks talked with Bert Gregory, president & CEO of Mithun, a Seattle-based architecture, design, and planning firm and a national leader in resource sensitive and sustainable design. Read More

Business Ethics Magazine Names 100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2004

Business Ethics, a magazine focused on corporate responsibility, has released its rankings of the largest publicly traded companies based on social responsibility for 2004. Read More

No News Is Good News for Green Buildings

After a decade of fits and starts, the green-building movement is finally nearing its tipping point. One sure indicator, from this journalist’s perspective: Greener buildings are no longer news. Read More

New ‘Climate Group’ Allies Companies with Government, Banks, and Nonprofits

Prime Minister Tony Blair has pledged his support for a new organization dedicated to accelerating the world's response to climate change. Read More

Swiss Re Unveils New Greener Headquarters

Swiss Re has revealed the interior of its new London headquarters -- known to Londoners as the Gherkin building -- to the media. Read More

JP Morgan Chase Deflects Criticism with New Environmental Policies

In the latest in a series of 2004 shareholder proxy successes, JPMorgan Chase has agreed to take steps to increase its emphasis on environmental risk management. Read More

Old Mobile Phones Called Toxic Waste

Two independent studies funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the State of California respectively, reveal that obsolete or non-working mobile phones qualify as hazardous waste even with their batteries removed. Read More

Xerox Employees Mix Innovation, Initiative to Protect the Environment

Some Xerox Corp. employees stopped using plastic spoons and forks in company cafeterias. Others found a way to turn more waste into electrical power to heat homes. And still others devised a process that reduced the amount of water used in a key manufacturing process. Read More