The Truth About Green Business
Friday, August 14th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffIn his new book The Truth About Green Business, Natural Logic CEO Gil Friend lays out just how possible it is to run an environmentally-friendly business that provides jobs, serves the community and makes money. This ...
The Truth About Green Business
Friday, August 14th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffIn his new book The Truth About Green Business, Natural Logic CEO Gil Friend lays out just how possible it is to run an environmentally-friendly business that provides jobs, serves the community and makes money. This ...
Take Back Your Time
Friday, August 14th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffTake Back Your Time is a U.S./Canadian campaign that challenges time poverty: the epidemic of overwork, over-scheduling and time famine. The campaign promotes the idea mandatory vacations and of rewarding gains in productivity with time instead ...
Take Back Your Time
Friday, August 14th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffTake Back Your Time is a U.S./Canadian campaign that challenges time poverty: the epidemic of overwork, over-scheduling and time famine. The campaign promotes the idea mandatory vacations and of rewarding gains in productivity with time instead ...
LessCarbonMoreJobs.com
Friday, August 14th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffFind out first hand how a cap on carbon will create a new energy economy with LessCarbonMoreJobs.com, an online tool from the Environmental Defense Fund. In one of the better examples of a Google Maps mash-up, ...
LessCarbonMoreJobs.com
Friday, August 14th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffFind out first hand how a cap on carbon will create a new energy economy with LessCarbonMoreJobs.com, an online tool from the Environmental Defense Fund. In one of the better examples of a Google Maps mash-up, ...
The Green Collar Economy
Friday, August 14th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffThe Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems by Van Jones In possibly the most important American environmental book of the year, Van Jones confronts the challenge of ...
The Green Collar Economy
Friday, August 14th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffThe Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems by Van Jones In possibly the most important American environmental book of the year, Van Jones confronts the challenge of ...
The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
Friday, August 14th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffIn short, The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre is THE database for how businesses across the globe treat their workers. It is an up-to-date guide to more than 4,000 companies and their human rights records, ...
The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
Friday, August 14th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffIn short, The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre is THE database for how businesses across the globe treat their workers. It is an up-to-date guide to more than 4,000 companies and their human rights records, ...
South Korea, A ‘Developing’ Country, Embraces 2020 Emissions Cap, With Important Implications For A Global Deal In Copenhagen
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffThis guest post is by Julian L. Wong and Dan Sanchez at the Center for American Progress. South Korea may not be outdoing the United States’ clean energy commitments yet, but it has just announced ...
World Bank Initiates Carbon Footprint Analysis
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffResponding to pressure from the environmental community and U.S. lawmakers, the World Bank plans to estimate the carbon footprints of its future projects. The Bank, in collaboration with the world's leading multilateral development banks, is creating a ...
Two Steps Forward: Walmart’s Sustainability Index: The Hype and the Reality
Friday, July 17th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffWalmart has just unveiled its new Sustainability Index, a project that's been in the works for more than a year, but which is — finally, after much anticipation and more than a little handwringing by industry, ...
Safe Water At The Base Of The Pyramid: What Works? What Doesn’t? What’s Next?
Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffBy Francisco Noguera IFC recently issued Safe Water for All, a thorough and illustrative report about the opportunities for the private sector in delivering clean water to the base of the pyramid. It sheds light on many ...
Reader Report: Sustainable Brands Conference
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffBy Agnes Mazur Early this June, marketing and advertising experts convened in Monterey for Sustainable Brands '09, where topics discussed ranged from fair trade labeling practices to product life cycle assessment. Among the emerging ideas for securing ...
Climate Debate Overlooks Small Businesses
Monday, June 15th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffAs the United States debates how it should tackle climate change, "Big Business" has generally received the most political attention. In the United States, small businesses employ more than half the private workforce. They provide 80 ...
The Original Urban Farming Company
Friday, June 12th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffYour Backyard Farmer grows veggies in unexpected spots By Raymond Rendleman A small piece of property can go a long way toward feeding a family. But coaxing food from the earth takes both time and know-how, ...
The Original Urban Farming Company
Friday, June 12th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffYour Backyard Farmer grows veggies in unexpected spots By Raymond Rendleman A small piece of property can go a long way toward feeding a family. But coaxing food from the earth takes both time and know-how, ...
Oregon: The Green Jobs Leader
Thursday, June 11th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffBy Eric Hess New study shows Oregon leads in green jobs. Folks in Oregon have been trumpeting the good news all day today -- and rightly so; according to the Pew Charitable Trusts Oregon has the largest percentage ...
The Triumph Of Energy Efficiency: Waxman-Markey Could Save $3,900 Per Household And Create 650,000 Jobs By 2030
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments Off< The energy efficiency provisions in the House energy and climate bill (H.R. 2454) could save $750 per household by 2020 and $3,900 per household by 2030, according to an analysis by the American Council ...