Decarbonization

Smart companies have found that eliminating unnecessary packaging and increasing load factor cuts fuel costs, lowers shipping costs per unit, improves asset utilization and reduces emissions. Read More

UPS engineers have lowered fuel consumption of deliver vans by about 40 percent with a prototype vehicle made from rugged, lightweight ABS plastic.   Read More

Kraft plans to manufacture its famous foods using less water, energy and packaging, the company announced last week. Its European coffee brands have also committed to 100 percent sustainably sourced coffee by 2015. Read More

The company has created a new type of modular structure designed to cut the costs and deployment times of powering corporate data centers, designed to take up just four parking spots' worth of space. Read More

Costa Coffee, the Kenco Coffee Company ad Mars Inc. are among the winners of  Rainforest Alliance's Sustainability Standard-Setter Awards for 2011. Read More

Why did General Motors file more clean energy patents last year than any other company? The answer offers a window into the future of vehicles.     Read More

The supply chain director at the world's third-largest apparel company explained in a recent webcast how Philips-Van Heusen works with suppliers to maintain their environmental and social performance. Read More

New York City updates and expands its ambitious green agenda, PlaNYC, as the city's long-term master plan for sustainability celebrates its fourth anniversary. PlaNYC was launched on Earth Day 2007. Read More

Growth can no longer be measured in strictly economic terms. Sustainable growth has become the new goal, and environmental accounting could well be the solution for assessing it. Read More

This week, GreenBiz Group is unveiling a new initiative called VERGE, focusing on the convergence of four technology sectors: energy, information, buildings and vehicles. It represents an exciting new dimension for us, and I’m pleased to share the vision and the plan.     Read More