Resources

GreenBiz.com’s October 15, 2009 webinar on "The Green Marketing Landscape: Ratings, Labels, and Certifications" yielded far more questions than we had time to answer during the allotted 60 minutes. We've selected questions from among the hundreds asked and submitted them to our three speakers, who graciously provided answers. Read More

 In developing the Living Principles for Design, AIGA's goal was to distill the collective wisdom found in decades of sustainability theories and make it accessible to a broad audience of design practitioners and their clients. They ended up creating this chronology/primer of 30 sustainability visions, principles, frameworks and tools.   Read More

This report from the Social Capital Project and the Topos Partnership aims to explore and outline the ways that individuals can be motivated to take action on climate change issues. Read More

This report highlights the incremental cost of building to meet Enterprise Green Communities Criteria and outlines the long-term benefits of green building methods. Bottom line: Estimated lifetime savings from green and affordable housing exceed the initial investment necessary to create it, the study says. Read More

This report from the Green Grid explores how existing and forthcoming legislation is affecting data center operators in Europe, and how IT professionals can prepare and stay ahead of the curve. Read More

This report from 1e and the Alliance to Save Energy looks at power management practices for servers, and highlights the ways that companies can save significantly on energy costs by monitoring and reducing idle servers' power usage. Read More

Compared to two years ago, consumers today have a greater understanding of the importance of conservation and clean energy but have not moved this awareness into action yet. The challenge for communications and marketing professionals is to make sustainability an economic value. Read More

Researchers at the University of San Diego's Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate and CB Richard Ellis find that people who work in green buildings are more productive and call in sick less often than employees who work in conventional buildings.   Read More

This report finds that unchecked tropical deforestation is a major threat to vital national interests; forest protections offer the most cost?effective way to achieve fast, large?scale reductions in CO2 emissions; and that U.S.?led efforts to incentivize forest conservation would strengthen national security, reduce international instability, and help alleviate global poverty. Read More

This report from ChemSec and Clean Production Action highlights the innovations driven by electronics manufacturers that have removed toxics like bromine and chlorine from high-tech gadgets. Read More