Composters Warm to Plant-Based Packaging
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Most composting facilities accept compostable packaging and products, but many also say a consistent method for labeling and identifying compostable items is needed, according to a survey.
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition, responding to concerns from its members about composters possibly rejecting compostable packaging, surveyed 40 composting facilities across the United States [...]
GreenBiz.com: 10 Years After
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Ten years ago today, GreenBiz.com went from dream to reality, as we “flipped the switch” on the site, making it live for the first time. An image of the site on that day is shown here. (You can click here to view a larger version.)
We’ve come a [...]
HUD Will Use LEED-ND to Select Sustainable Community Grants
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At the Congress for New Urbanism, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced it will use LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) to rate the “location efficiency” of community projects applying for its upcoming sustainable community planning grants (see earlier post). In total, HUD has some $3.25 billion available in grant funds. Shaun Donovan, [...]
Greening Your IT, for Newbies or Experts
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At the end of my talk with IBM’s John Lamb about his book, “The Greening of IT,” and the state of green IT globally, I asked him to walk me through a little thought exercise.
In talking to companies both in the IT industry and beyond, I’m always struck by the [...]
The Three Biggest Myths About Green IT
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The IT world has risen to the environmental challenges of our time in a way that few industries have. Every major manufacturer today offers hardware systems that meet stringent standards for efficiency and sustainable manufacturing. The lead and toxic materials are going away and data centers everywhere are becoming slimmer, [...]
10 Things I’ve Learned About Carbon Footprinting
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As part of the GreenBiz 10 Year anniversary, I was asked to review the progress that has been made in carbon footprinting and carbon accounting during the past decade. In short, we’ve made stunning progress and learned much as a collective industry and community.
10 Green NGOs Businesses Should Know About
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Who are the NGOs that companies turn to most often — and most effectively? To answer that question, we spoke with companies with long experience working with nonprofits, scanned our coverage over the last 10 years, and compared notes. Several NGOs stood out for their efforts to show the business [...]
Battling Climate Change by Changing Behavior
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From smoking cessation to wearing seat belts, behavior change theories and experiences point to three key conditions needed for people, organizations or society to change — having a sense of tension, efficacy and benefits. Bob Doppelt, my colleague at the Climate Leadership Initiative, and I have been working to incorporate [...]
LEED for Commercial Interiors: An intro
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Tenants who green their leased space can earn LEED certification for their efforts. We’ve got 14 tips to help you get started.
Show Me the Honey: Sainsbury’s Hive Network Aids Bee Crisis
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Bees are the buzzing guardians of the food chain — without them, some of our favorite fruits and vegetables (strawberries, almonds, watermelon, and cucumbers, to name a few) would never get pollinated. That realization — along with a deepening of bee crisis – has prompted British grocery chain Sainsbury’s [...]
