Why would a multinational cement company take the bizarre step of becoming a cashew nut farmer in Tanzania? Perhaps it’s because the company can save money and improve its environmental performance while creating hundreds of jobs, addressing local poverty, and boosting relations with local and national government. By Cameron Rennie Read More

A dispatch from the GreenBuild 2003 conference in Pittsburgh, Pa. By Matt Lounsbury Read More

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

How do you define your target consumer? For green marketers, answering such questions may be tough. Columnist Jacquelyn Ottman has some pointers. Read More

India's biggest private sector steel maker, Tata Iron & Steel Co., will spend 2.2 to 2.64 billion rupees (over USD$48 million) until 2006-2007 to help cut energy consumption and emissions, says a company official. Read More

Brad Allenby explores the social factors affecting technological evolution. Read More

Kraft Foods has announced a new partnership with recognized international conservation leader, the Rainforest Alliance, to support the development of sustainable coffee production in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, and Central America. Read More

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

A five-year, $3 million study indicates rainforests can be protected if the pharmaceutical industry establishes Third World laboratories and hires local researchers to look for new medicines extracted from plants that evolved defenses against insects. Read More

Gov. Gray Davis has signed the California Electronics Waste Recycling Act of 2003, which establishes a management and handling program for cathode ray tubes found in computer monitors and TVs. Read More