Adapting to Climate Change: A New Frontier for Business

Despite a steady transformation of business attitudes on climate change, businesses have been relatively slow to address one global warming challenge: adaptation to the physical impacts of climate change. A new report from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change offers a screening process companies can use to assess climate-related physical risks. Read More

TerraCycle: Worm Poop and So Much More

(Episode 38): Tom Szaky, CEO of a company that made its name selling fertilizer made from worm castings, talks to GreenBiz Radio about making the greenest possible products from other people's trash, turning the production cycle on its ear, and other ways that companies can design products that turn waste into gold. Read More

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The Economics of LEED for Existing Buildings for Individual Buildings

The Leonardo Academy surveyed LEED-EB certified facilities to find out what LEED-EB criteria has low or high costs. Read More

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State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2008

Ecosystem Marketplace and New Carbon Finance look at where the voluntary carbon market is at and how it got there. Read More

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Quantifying Sustainability

The American Institute of Architects sees how the three main green building ratings systems compare point-by-point with its criteria for what it says a green building system should include. Read More

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Craft a Green IT Action Plan

This report, made available specially to GreenerComputing readers by InfoTech, explains how to create an overall green IT plan. Read More

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Wood Products and Carbon Protocols

This report from Dovetail Partners looks at how the storage of carbon within wood products and the low energy and fossil fuel intensity of wood products has been ignored by policy analysts. Read More

Dr. Bronner Files Lawsuit Over Organic Claims

Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps filed a lawsuit this week against several competing personal care brands alleging the companies, such as Estee Lauder, Juice Organics and Stella McCartney CARE, are misleading consumers with false organic labeling. Read More

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Trends in Trademarks 2008

The 2008 Dechert LLP Annual Reports on Trends in Trademarking highlights increases in green-themed trademark applications filed in 2007. Read More

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Biomimicry Design Portal

This is an early prototype of the Biomimicry Database, the final version of which is scheduled for release in 2008. Read More