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Greenwashing is Only Getting Worse
Yes, many businesses are taking green to heart, but even those corporations that are leading the charge are still conducting toxic business as usual behind the scenes. Read More
The Water-Saving Toilets of the Future
Most likely, you're currently dumping about a gallon of drinkable water down the sewer each time you flush. These new-fangled low- and no-flow toilets sidestep the behavior-change obstacle by making water conservation a no-brainer. Read More
Tropicana Shrinks Juice Boxes Due to Orange Crop Failure
Tropicana is shrinking its most popular size of orange juice by five ounces due to freezes in January that put the squeeze on orange crops. Read More
4 Keys to a Successful Sustainability Strategy
If you're of the mind that the global economy is an Energizer battery that will simply go, go, go -- without needing outside attention -- think again. Read More
Nike's Sustainability Journey: 15 Years and Going Strong
When Nike first began incorporating sustainability into its business practices, the risks and opportunities we grappled with seemed distant indeed, even non-existent to most businesses. Fifteen years later, the risks and opportunities that businesses face from environmental and social challenges are more obvious than ever. Read More
4th Annual Green Building Survey
This survey of more than 1,600 design and construction professionals in the U.S. charts their latest perceptions and practices regarding green building -- and compares them to attitudes and activities before and during the Great Recession. Read More
How to Embed Sustainability Into Your Company's DNA
"The 21st Century Corporation: The Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability" makes the business case for why companies should be rethinking their corporate structures, processes and performance, while also offering advice and case studies of how companies are putting these practices to work. Read More
How Cisco's Packaging Diet Saves $24 Million a Year
The technology giant has implemented three best practices as part of a sustainability pilot project that are netting huge savings in materials and transportation costs as well as waste management. Read More
IBM Achieves First Full Phase-Out of Toxic Compounds
IBM has eliminated from its chip manufacturing processes the use of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), two compounds found to be bioaccumulative and persistent. Read More
Finding the Greenest Companies in Silicon Valley
Tech companies, in California and across the world, are among the highest-ranking firms in a new sustainability assessment. But while some of these companies are strong on initiatives, the industry lacks systematic, holistic approaches to greening. Read More