Strategy

Avon's Tod Arbogast offered a look at how chief sustainability officers can identify and manage potential environmental and social business risks before a crisis requires immediate action. Read More

In an interview with BSR Senior Vice President Eric Olson, Clorox CEO Don Knauss described the sustainability journey of a company better known for its bleach than its green cleaning products. Read More

The city would continue its environmental initiatives by forbidding phone-book distributors from delivering the Yellow Pages without obtaining prior consent from homes and businesses. Read More

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

Preliminary data shows SAP AG's greenhouse gas emissions fell 4 percent in 2010, a year in which its business software sales grew 17 percent Read More

Research shows CEOs believe consumers trust their companies far less than they believe. This overestimation traps business leaders in a trust delusion that will prevent them from understanding what drives trust and how to address it. Read More

From virtual meetings to recycled packaging, here are 20 things businesses of any size can do to improve their environmental impacts and boost their green cred. Read More

This week, I took a tour of Masdar City -- the audacious, carbon-neutral, zero-waste $15 to $20-billion planned development rising out of the Arabian desert. Here's the view from the ground. Read More

Real estate finance forecasters believe 2011 will be a year to buy back into the real estate market. If their predictions come true, structuring financing for green building and renewable energy projects will still require more legal creativity and effort than financing more traditional projects.   Read More

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