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Is TerraChoice Greenwashing?
The third and latest Sins of Greenwashing report may be as much of a greenwash as the products and companies it is criticizing. Read More
Odwalla Juices Switching to Sugarcane-Based PlantBottle
Odwalla, the juice-making Coca-Cola subsidiary, will switch the packaging for all of its single-serve drinks to bottles made almost entirely of plant-based plastic by next March. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Geneva} Read More
Five Reasons Why Carbon Management Software is the Next Big Thing
As carbon becomes an ever-bigger liability on the corporate balance sheet, carbon and energy management software is poised to be the newest addition to the list of mission-critical enterprise software systems. Read More
John Warner: Building Innovation Through Green Chemistry
Leading up to the GreenBiz Innovation Forum, John Warner, founder of the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry and one of the fathers of green chemistry, talks about how green chemistry syncs up with innovation within companies. Read More
Stonyfield Adds Corn-Based Yogurt Cups
Stonyfield Farm is switching its yogurt multi-packs to corn-based bioplastic and will fund the growth of enough non-GMO corn to equal the amount used in its new packaging. Read More
Lessons Learned from Creating Coke's PlantBottle
Coca-Cola shares the lessons it's learned as it developed and brought to market a plastic drink bottle that's 1/3 plant-based. Read More
Humans Caused $6.6 Trillion in Environmental Damage in 2008
A new report uses data from Trucost to find that the cost of environmental damage equaled 11 percent of Gross Domestic Product, and was 20 percent larger than pension fund losses from the financial crisis. Read More
AVOB Aims to Crack US Market with Free PC Power Management
The French firm hopes to use its experience with France's largest enterprises and a zero-upfront-cost billing model to crack an already crowded U.S. market wide open. Read More
Ben & Jerry's Backs Off 'All Natural' Claims
In the wake of a complaint filed by an advocacy group, Ben & Jerry's will remove the phrase "all natural" on its products that contain partially hydrogenated soybean oil and other questionably natural ingredients. Read More
5 Ways to Grow Revenue with Green Innovation
Bottom-line initiatives are critical to staying viable and competitive while benefiting society and the environment. They’ll grow profits, for a while anyway. But they aren't a path to continued growth or advantage. To consistently grow the bottom-line, sustainability innovation needs to drive the top-line. Read More