A focus on efficiency helps Ford pull away from the Detroit pack. Executive Sue Cischke explains how. In the long history of U.S. automakers, green strategy and profitability have rarely gone hand in hand –until, that is, Henry Ford’s great-grandson…
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Why a Former GE CSO Is Taking the Plunge to a Water Startup | GreenBiz
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After more than two decades working his way up the ranks at GE, Jeff Fulgham took a hard look at his past achievements in the water business, and looked out ahead its future prospects. Worsening water shortages and rising water…
Panel moderating – Clean Energy Connections: The Energy-Water Nexus | Solar1.org
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Energy-Water Nexus Clip #5 from Solar One on Vimeo.
Meet the Change Makers: The New Pepsi Challenge | OnEarth
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Bringing sustainability to the soda and snack food aisles Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of OnEarth Q&As with business leaders who are transforming their industries. Since the days when Pepsi challenged Coke to a long-running public taste-off, the cola wars have…
Carbon War Room Aims to Cut the Barriers to Building Energy Retrofits | GreenBiz
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The Carbon War Room today launched a new consortium that aims to cut through the Gordian knot of barriers that has made it tough to finance commercial building retrofits. In the process, the groups involved hope to pick off billions of dollars…
Pink Hats Build a Gold Tower: Inside Avon’s New LEED Gold HQ | GreenBiz
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In fitting out its new U.S. headquarters in midtown Manhattan, Avon Products Inc. required that contractors — from electricians to wall board hangers — hire as many women workers as possible. In the process, the 125-year old cosmetics company set a record…
Is it fair for RAND to ask whether biomass co-firing can beat CCS on cost? | Global CCS Institute
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I came across a tidbit in a recent RAND technical report, Near-Term Opportunities for Integrating Biomass into the U.S. Electricity Supply. While the focus of the bulk of the 187-page report, commissioned by the US Department of Energy, is biomass,…
Patagonia Takes Fashion Week as a Time to Say: ‘Buy Less, Buy Used | GreenBiz
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In a novel bid to lower the environmental impact of its products, outdoor-gear maker Patagonia is telling its customers to “Buy less, buy used.” To make it easier for them to do so, the Ventura, Calif.–based outfitter set up an online marketplace…