Energy

Insurers Aviva and Aegon landed at the top of the heap of Europe's 300 largest companies for their low levels of publicly-reported greenhouse gas emissions, relative to their revenue. Rounding out the bottom were KGHM, a Polish mining company, and Sodexo, a food services and management company. Read More

An overview of climate change and energy legislation in major economies, and how to propagate best practices.     Read More

Cloud computing is touted as the green future of computing, but its energy footprint is much bigger than you'd expect. 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

The Smart Grids Technology Roadmap from the International Energy Agency shows how use of smart grid technologies can be expanded, and identifies goals that must be met for widespread adoption of clean technology. Read More

A carbon footprint analysis of its value chain revealed that 40 percent of its overall emissions can be found in its supply chain, while another 40 percent are produced by customer use of its inhalers. Read More

Schneider Electric plans to buy Summit Energy in the second major deal announced this week involving power plays among companies working to make the built environment more energy efficient, smarter and better connected. Read More

The fight against the fight against climate change continues with the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Human Achievement Hour 2011. Read More

The Gulf oil spill is front and center throughout the report, but achievements and future sustainability goals are nearly absent. Read More

The government-backed green business advisory body is going global with plans for a new California office. Read More