What Will It Take to Power the US Military with Green Energy?

Just how much energy does the U.S. military use, what the costs in dollars and the risk to soldiers, and how can they all be reduced? The American Council On Renewable Energy and Advanced Energy Economy are working with the Defense Department to answer those questions. Read More

Why Google Invests in Clean Energy

Last year, Google invested more than $900 million in clean energy projects. But does it have an energy policy? Does it need one? Read More

3 Ways Carbon Management Software Firms Can Capture the Market

From big players like IBM and SAP to smaller startups like C3, vendors of energy and carbon management software have a big challenge to capture a slice of the broad demand for companies of all sizes. Read More

Want to Sell a Green Product? Don't Call It Green

In a wide-ranging conversation with GreenBiz Executive Editor Joel Makower today, the co-founders of Method explained why a company created with environmental responsibility written into its DNA would distance itself from the green label. Read More

Adobe's 4-Step Path Toward a Net Zero Energy Balance

Adobe Systems didn't set out to become a net zero company, one that generates or offsets as much energy as it uses. But now that's one of the firm's central sustainability goals, the chief of global facilities told the GreenBiz Forum. Read More

Tesco Considers Dropping Carbon Footprinting Labels from Products

The supermarket is 'reviewing options' about its use of Carbon Trust carbon labeling following a disappointing take-up of carbon labelling by other retailers. Read More

The 6 Biggest Trends in Sustainability Reporting

At the GreenBiz Forum in New York City, E&Y offered a preview of the results of a recent survey of trends in sustainability reporting from 24 different sectors. Read More

Waste Management Pilot Tests a Next-Gen Green Garbage Truck

With a rotating cylindrical body and a sleek profile, new trucks being test-driven by Waste Management look nothing like garbage haulers of bygone years. Read More

Is This the World's Best 'Greenest Companies' List?

Despite having long been skeptical of the ability to create any meaningful ranking of the world's most sustainable companies, I'm impressed by the list that was just put out by the Canadian magazine Corporate Knights. Read More

GM to Launch Industry's First Eco-Label for Cars

General Motors' Chevy brand has created a green label bearing environmental data for its cars, starting with the Chevy Sonic.   Read More