Jeffrey Hollender and the critical need to change the rules

One of the pioneers of green products and sales reflects on where sustainability has been, and where it needs to go. Read More

Beyond BFRs and BisA: The next chemical backlash

How do you avoid the reputational harm and the cost of being associated with the next chemical targeted by health and environmental activists? Read More

New, free tools aim to make palm oil more sustainable

The palm oil industry, accounting for $19.8 billion of exports from Indonesia alone, faces major environmental challenges. New tools could help companies produce it more sustainably. Read More

Why Kimberly-Clark is banking on bamboo

If the company's partnership with a tiny biotech upstart delivers on its promises, it could start sourcing and processing the material at commercial scale in the southeastern U.S. Read More

Target, Delphi roadtest new sustainability SWOT analysis

WRI's new Sustainability SWOT analysis reframes the traditional strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis to focus on environmental challenges. Read More

What ants, termites and bees can teach us about traffic control

Bees, fish and birds can move in concert. So can cars, if we let nature guide our technology. Read More

How IKEA plans to take its buildings energy-neutral

The company says the plan will make it "energy independent" by 2020. Complete neutrality, though, depends on how you calculate the furniture giant’s total footprint. Read More

Industry, government team up for conflict-free mineral markets

Motorola, Nokia and others are partnering with international institutions to bring transparency, certification and income to Congolese mining communities in order to establish a market for these goods. Read More

KFC chickens out on unsustainable packaging

The company's U.K. arm revises policy to exclude suppliers using wood from protected forests. Read More

Small startup brings big data tools to the smart grid

AutoGrid Systems is the newest startup to tackle the big (and unstructured) data smart grid challenge. Read More