How Starbucks Took the Lead on LEED

When the coffee giant announced its goal to get all of its new stores LEED-certified starting this year, it was the culmination of an effort to address its biggest environmental impacts. Read More

Gartner's Magic Quadrant Tracks the Evolution of E-Waste Disposal

"Out of sight, out of mind" is no longer a viable IT asset disposition strategy, and a definitive taxonomy from research firm Gartner spells out which firms are best able to meet companies' needs for secure, responsible electronics recycling. Read More

Greenwash-Free Products More than Double in Latest 'Sins' Report

As many as 4.5 percent of consumer products can truthfully make green claims -- up from just 2 percent in 2009 -- according to TerraChoice's latest 'Sins of Greenwashing' report. Surprisingly, big box stores may be the best place to shop for green goods. Read More

Technology Can Save Feds $1T in 10 Years

A report from the Technology CEO Council has found seven initiatives -- from green data centers to paperless offices -- that will create billions of dollars a year in savings at the federal level. Read More

Floating Islands: Using Garbage to Clean Polluted Water

A small company based in rural Montana has big dreams for using post-consumer plastic waste to restore fish populations, sequester carbon, remove water pollution -- and create unlimited amounts of new waterfront property. Read More

Parking Lots to Do Double Duty as Water Heaters, Chillers

Long derided as a waste of space and a symbol of sprawl, the heat energy in the pavement in your lot could soon be used to heat hot water or be used in absorption chillers to provide cooling. Read More

Bridging the Gap in Biodiversity Finance

Experts say it will cost $300 billion per year by 2020 to stop biodiversity loss, but the Global Canopy says that we are now only delivering between $36 billion and $38 billion per year. Read More

Odwalla Juices Switching to Sugarcane-Based PlantBottle

 Odwalla, the juice-making Coca-Cola subsidiary, will switch the packaging for all of its single-serve drinks to bottles made almost entirely of plant-based plastic by next March. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Geneva} Read More

eBay's Latest Green Deal: 'Instant Sale' Electronics Trade-In

With a new initiative to take back and reuse or recycle unwanted, outdated or broken gadgets, eBay hopes to both expand its business and make a dent in the mountain of e-waste created every year. Read More

The Latest CDP Results Reveal the Rise of Scope 3 Reporting

The Carbon Disclosure Project revised its questionnaire this year to make the reporting of indirect emissions more robust, revealing these so-called Scope 3 emissions may be up to 50 times the size of a company's direct carbon footprint. Read More