The Power of One: Coca-Cola

Bryan Jacob, energy and climate protection manager for Coca-Cola, is in charge of Coke's global effort to reduce the greenhouse gases that are emitted by the company's 10 million vending machines and coolers. Read More

Opportunities and Risks in the New Green Marketing Rules

The astronomical growth of green claims in product marketing -- and the parallel rise in greenwashing -- has led the government to step in and try to tame the wilde west of green marketing. Here's what you need to look out for. Read More

Understanding Water-Related Risks and Opportunities

Concerns about the world’s most precious resource -- water -- are growing, and businesses are increasingly taking note. Many large companies have already experienced disruptions in operations, increasing expenses and other adverse impacts related to water. A new suite of tools called Aqueduct, under development by the World Resources Institute, provides the context to help firms understand, manage and mitigate water risk. Read More

The Power of One: Union Pacific

Mike Iden has spent a lot of time at Union Pacific working on making locomotives more efficient as well as reducing their emissions, including developing new low-emission engines and redesigning containers to reduce drag. Read More

Study Details BPA Exposure From Receipts

 New tests show that simple handling of receipts can transfer as much bisphenol A (BPA) though skin as humans get exposed to from canned food. The tests also found BPA on paper money, hinting that BPA is easily coming off of receipts and onto other items. Read More

7 Technologies Where China Has the U.S. Beat

Energy Secretary Steven Chu explained in clear and forceful terms how China's leadership in energy technologies keeps growing, and is a second "Sputnik Moment" for the United States. Read More

The Power of One: eBay

The company made it relatively easy for Karenina Susilo to get outside the box of her regular job to develop the company's innovative reusable shipping box. Read More

Green Grid Unveils New Metrics for Data Center Carbon, Water Use

The tech industry association is expanding on its ubiquitous PUE formula to help data center owners and operators get a fuller picture of their environmental impacts by measuring the carbon outputs and water use of data centers. Read More

How Starbucks Saves Millions a Year in Energy with LED Lighting

When Starbucks converted the lighting in more than 7,000 of its stores from to LEDs developed for the company by GE, the company ended up saving roughly $4 million per year in energy costs, and proving that LEDs are ready for prime-time. Read More

Nike Shares Environmental Scoring Tool For Product Design

Nike has released a public version of a design tool it created to help its designers make better-informed decisions in the earliest stage Read More