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White Castle burgers were a staple of my high school years, but I never thought I could actually feel good about eating them. That might change with the companies announcement last week that it plans on replacing its white paper sacks and white corrugated Crave Cases with 100% recycled brown paper sacks and brown corrugated cases. Read More

Businesses are cutting waste and finding new revenue streams by diving into their dumpsters for items that were once hauled away to landfills and can instead be sold for cash. Read More

The Danish Parliament voted in mid-December to force the 1,100 largest enterprises to describe their corporate CSR or socially responsible investments policies, how they've been implemented and the results they've produced. Read More

Companies seeking U.S. Green Building Council LEED Commercial Interiors (CI) certification for their leased office spaces should make sustainability a fundamental part of their site selection process, says Michael Merritt. Read More

IBM's recent campaign goes well beyond mere image -- and beyond green -- to envision a "smarter" world in which problems as wide-ranging as health care costs, energy and resource shortages, climate change, and traffic congestion can be addressed by systems thinking, technological innovation, and computing power. Read More

In December 2008, GreenBiz.com Executive Editor Joel Makower talked with IBM Corporation's Rich Lechner, Vice President of Energy & Environment, and John Kennedy, Vice President of Integrated Marketing Communications, about the company's "Smarter Planet" advertising campaign. Read More

Improvement is a major ingredient in the process of attaining sustainability and has to be part of what every employee does every day — day in and day out, says Robert Pojasek, who offers advice on how to set those targets. Read More

For years it has been quietly stated by knowledgeable professionals that green buildings will attain competitive superiority in a down market where there is a flight to quality. That time has arrived, says green building finance expert Dan Winters. Read More

The third Bioplastics Awards were announced this week, recognizing compostable salad bags, candy packaging and replacements for foam packaging. Read More

Promoting your green efforts can be a precarious high-wire act, but following these guidelines can take the guesswork out of your communications strategy. (Hint: it doesn't involve Kermit the Frog...) Read More