IBM to Acquire Tririga, Boosting Smarter Buildings Software Platform

As IBM moves deeper into software and solutions offerings, its acquisition of Tririga's facility and real estate management software tool will help IBM expand its Smarter Buildings initiative. Read More

How UC San Francisco Leads the Way on Green Laboratories

Despite the boom in green buildings, finding highly technical spaces like research laboratories designed with sustainability in mind is still a rare occurrence. UCSF, however, bucks that trend with its commitment to LEED labs. Read More

With its First-Ever CSO, UPS Kicks Sustainability Up to the C-Suite

Scott Wicker, the longtime VP of sustainability at United Parcel Service will today be promoted into the C-suite as the company's first Chief Sustainability Officer. Read More

Autodesk and the Future of Sustainable Design

If you start with the premise that many of the solutions to our global sustainability challenges start with design and systems thinking, this software company is emerging as a key player in a sustainable future. Read More

The Cautionary Tale of Destiny USA and Green Bonds

I covered the messy breakdown of the Carousel/Destiny USA project, which was selected as a green demonstration project under the 2004 Green Bonds program. I've also written at length about creating effective green incentives and regulations. For me, the most interesting part of this debacle is what it reveals about a major green incentive program. Read More

Cargill Cuts CO2 Emissions with World's Largest Kite-Powered Ship

Cargill plans to use the world's largest kite-powered vessel to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the shipping its products. Read More

View from the C-Suite: Grainger CEO James Ryan

Ryan discusses the broadening sustainability focus in the heavy manufacturing market, Grainger's catalogue of 8,000-plus "environmentally preferable" products, and how product innovations like automatic paper towel dispensers yield surprising energy, waste and labor savings. Read More

P&G Commits to LEED for Factory in China and All New Facilities

Procter & Gamble has pledged to seek LEED certification for all new facilities in the company's latest move to pursue its recently announced sustainability vision. The consumer packaged goods behemoth made the commitment as it broke ground on manufacturing plant in China. Read More

Maersk Orders 'World's Greenest Container Ship'

The Danish shipping giant has penned a $1.9 billion deal with Daewook for 10 next-generation vessels that can carry 18,000 containers, and which run slower as a way to cut emissions by an expected 35 percent. Read More

Winning the Sustainability Battle, Losing the Carbon War?

As head of the Carbon War Room, Jigar Shah has a gigaton-sized challenge ahead of him; and though he's plenty frustrated at the slow pace of progress to date, but sees some rays of light in getting business on board with major emissions-reduction efforts. Read More