Why Cleantech Investors Haven’t Panicked
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffBy Mindy S. Lubber The short-term blowback from the global financial panic has been pretty logical: A flight to value and safety and reallocation of assets to deal with longer-term risks of the new economy. So what ...
Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria Announced
Friday, October 17th, 2008 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffA coalition of environmental organizations and travel businesses is forming a global sustainability standard for tourism. More travelers are desiring sustainable vacations and more destinations are seeking to lessen the impacts of rising visitor numbers. But ...
Time In the Tank
Friday, October 17th, 2008 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffTake a look: Americans are falling behind -- most of us anyway. We're working longer than ever before to maintain a standard of living that once we took for granted. With respect to gas prices, average Americans are ...
Short-Term Strategies Don’t Work for Wall Street or the Planet
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffBy Mindy S. Lubber The fiscal crisis on Wall Street is a painful lesson in how entire industries can delude themselves into ignoring the most fundamental issues -- in this case, the hidden risks from easy ...
The 3TIER Tour
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffIf I told you that the air in a corporate office building filled with PhD holding climatologist and atmospheric scientists felt positively electrified, you might think I was a little off. But the truth is ...
Charting the Effects of the Financial Crisis
Monday, September 22nd, 2008 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffIt takes more than wind to make turbines spin. In the wake of the financial meltdown, some have wondered about about the broader implications of the disappearance of Lehman Brothers’ carbon trading desk. And the answer to ...
Exports Account For One-Third of China’s Emissions
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffAs Chinese manufacturers feed a growing global appetite for cheap goods, these exports account for a rising share of the country's greenhouse gas emissions, a new study reveals. Exports are now responsible for one-third of China's emissions, ...
“B” is for Beneficial: The B Corporation
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments OffAs small, socially responsible businesses gain attention, some large corporations start to take notice, and in some cases take over (See, for example, Ben & Jerry’s, Tom’s of Maine and Burt’s Bees.) To ...