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Why cities hold the key — and key challenges — for sustainability

Lem Bingley — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:14:34 +0000

Cities already gobble up most of the world’s resources, so will increasing urbanization bring greater efficiency or simply more consumption?

Materials’ scarcity and rising costs are fuel for a VERGE future

Lem Bingley — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:42:18 +0000

New technologies and emerging business pressures are combining to create an unprecedented era of change, according to speakers at today's VERGE conference.

How your firm can adjust as energy gets more & less carbon-intensive

Ryan Schuchard — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:30:23 +0000

For companies thinking about climate change and energy, what are the implications of two countervailing trends, the rise of energy with lower carbon content, and the concurrent rise of high-carbon energy?

Intel slashes emissions, but misses water and waste targets

Eric Louie — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:12:34 +0000

Intel soundly beat its greenhouse-gas emissions goals, but missed several other targets: It consumes more water and creates more chemical waste than previously, instead of less. Are its new goals more realistic?

Data spurs competition for high-performance buildings

Derek Top — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:00:00 +0000

HonestBuildings.com hopes to jumpstart the commercial-real-estate market by connecting building owners and service providers via data and Web-based tools.

What is the media’s ‘brainprint’ for sustainability?

Jennifer Inez Ward — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:16 +0000

The Global Reporting Initiative has recently come out with comprehensive guidelines on sustainability in the media industry, but will major media companies adopt key measures?

Why curbing agriculture’s climate impacts is a growing challenge

Stephen Russell — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:30:55 +0000

So much uncertainty surrounding how to report agricultural emissions hinders measurement and reduction efforts in the sector, spurring the Greenhouse Gas Protocol to develop industrywide best practices.

How to defeat the massive plug-load monster

Tolga Tutar — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:00:00 +0000

The plug-load threat is emerging like a monster against building energy-efficiency efforts. Here are some easy-to-implement, cost-effective ways to tame loads.

Sustainability through software: Q&A with SAP’s Peter Graf

Jennifer Kho — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:40:01 +0000

In advance of SAP's largest user conference this week, Chief Sustainability Officer Peter Graf spoke with GreenBiz about decoupling emissions from revenue growth, employee engagement and what's next.

UL Environment aims to make buying green easier

Jonathan Bardelline — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:42:32 +0000

The EPD Transparency Brief aims to make product environmental information not only free, but simple to review.