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With two of its more high-profile facilities recognized as green buildings, FedEx Express is making LEED certification a requirement for all new construction. The move by FedEx's cargo airline is the latest sustainability measure to emerge under the rubric of the corporation's EarthSmart program. Read More

The banking giant has undertaken a number of projects to get all 278,000 of its employees on board with the company's sustainability goals. Here are five tips any company can benefit from. Read More

The Empire State Building, the New York City icon undergoing the largest green retrofit in the U.S., is purchasing wind power credits for 100 percent of its energy use in a deal that parties say provides more proof that sustainability can be achieved without paying premium.   Read More

There’s a lot to be said for viewing the year just passed through the rear-view window, from runaway oil wells to crashing hybrids to political stalemate over climate change. Still, there’s much to be hopeful about. Here are 10 stories we published that represent significant, promising developments. Read More

More evidence that corporate sustainability efforts are advancing, despite goverment inaction: Deloitte, one of the Big Four accounting and consulting firms, said this week that it has acquired two sustainability consulting firms, ClearCarbon Consulting and Domani Sustainability Consulting. Read More

Almost every company, large or small, progresses through these five stages on their sustainability journey, and firms that are wondering how to take their sustainability efforts to the next level may benefit from knowing that even the greenest firms have also passed through these stages. Read More

A new report from the Network for Business Sustainability looks at how corporate leaders have succeeded in building their sustainability efforts into the DNA of the company, regardless of who is sitting in the C-suite. Read More

A new file format developed by the World Wildlife Fund is a simple but potentialy paper-saving twist on the PDF: It's literally impossible to print. Read More

Bryan Jacob, energy and climate protection manager for Coca-Cola, is in charge of Coke's global effort to reduce the greenhouse gases that are emitted by the company's 10 million vending machines and coolers. Read More

10 commitments to sustainability from brewers in Britain, including a 67 percent reduction in CO2 emissions by 2020. Read More