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The Sustainability Handbook: The Complete Management Guide to Achieving Social, Economic, and Environmental Responsibility
A one-stop resource for the basics of sustainability, across the board, at corporate, academic, government and non-profit organizations. Read More
The Convergence of Science, Technology, and Nature
Brad Allenby writes that business interests have long worked to speed the creation, adoption and dispersal of new technologies into the economy; with the increasing global concern over climate change, they're also encompassing landscapes, biological operations and whole ecological systems, but to what end? Read More
Best Buy Launches Consumer Electronics Recycling Grants
The electronics retail superstore will offer grants to municipal and nonprofit organizations to help them develop new ways for consumers to recycle electronics. Read More
Lean Manufacturing, the Environment and the Bottom Line
Harnessing the productivity of lean manufacturing -- which emphasizes using the lowest-cost, highest-efficiency practices -- can also dramatically reduce waste and pollution. Here are some benefits of dealing with the '8th Deadly Waste.' Read More
The Business Case for a Chief Sustainability Officer
As the world grapples with environmental crises, businesses need holistic leadership to fundamentally reinvent how we approach sustainability. Rick Walker makes the case for the Chief Sustainability Officer. Read More
Ecosystem Challenges and Business Implications
This issue brief, created by the World Resources Institute, explores six environmental challenges and discusses their implications for business and examples of corporate responses. Read More
A Vocabulary for Sustainable Business
Trying to convey complex subjects -- like sustainability or global warming -- are critically important, but immensely difficult using the vocabulary we've developed. Nathan Shedroff, a graduate of the Presidio School of Management's Sustainable MBA program, offers some ideas to overcome these obstacles. Read More
The Business of Saving Water
Benjamin H. Grumbles writes that EPA's WaterSense program helps drive the water-efficiency market by identifying products that meet the program's high water-efficiency and performance criteria. Read More
Shareholders Call Out Ten Worst Climate-Changing Companies
A new list cites the companies in energy, finance, insurance and retail that have done the least to address the risks posed by climate change. Read More
Cross Cutting Effects of Chemical Liability from Products
This report details the risks and opportunities from toxic chemicals in products manufactured by companies across industries. Read More