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Water Works: Rebuilding Infrastructure & Creating Jobs

Want to create 1.9 million American jobs and add $265 billion to the economy? Upgrade our water infrastructure. Read More

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Green Building Operations & Maintenance Manual

Siemens and the group Green Seal produced this free guide. It's intended for public housing authorities but can be used in any building, especially those with high-traffic areas. Read More

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Pollution in Apple’s Chinese Supply Chain

Five of Apple's suppliers have long histories of environmental pollution and dodging regulations, according to a coalition of green NGOs. Read More

Toys R Us Embeds Green Building Elements in Store Expansion Plans

The biggest toy store company in the U.S. outlined an ambitious agenda to open 21 new stores and renovate 23 others by the end of the year. Behind the ballyhooed expansion plans are a series of green building elements for each site. Read More

6 Ways Companies Can Address Their Water Scarcity Risks

Corporate concern about water shortages is on the rise, and there are a growing number of tools available to help companies avoid the physical, reputational and regulatory risks that running afoul of water scarcity can pose. Read More

Sprint Earns Top Grade for Cutting Junk Mail, Using Greener Paper

ForestEthics ranks credit card, telecom and insurance companies on their paper use and policies. Read More

10 Perspectives on the Future of Water

In a fast-moving virtual conference Tuesday, 60 water experts shared their thoughts on the past, present and future of this growing challenge. Here are 10 memorable quotes that caught our attention from the program. Read More

The Water Industry: A Massive Market Bubbles to the Surface

At the H2O Global Water Summit in Toronto last week, world-leading companies and authorities on the coming water crisis assessed the state of the market for water technology. Here are five reasons why you should be watching your water. Read More

Who's Peddling Pulp Fiction in the SFI vs. FSC Forestry Wars?

With this week's news of seven major companies dropping their support for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, a war of words has heated up between SFI and the Forest Stewardship Council, the other wood products certification on the market. Read More

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Makes $150M Green Building Pledge

The company has developed a new green building standard to guide its investment called the Enterprise Sustainable Construction Protocol (ESCP). Enterprise Rent-A-Car expects ESCP could rack up energy and water savings of up to 35 percent. Read More