At Sustainable Brands, our zero-waste goal isn’t just about proving that we’re walking our talk – it’s about leading by example. While we are always looking for new ways to improve, our goal is to all but eliminate our...

Happiness doesn’t have to cost us--and it could save us. Hunter Lovins on a meeting of heads of state and major thinkers who tried to find a way to shift our focus from GDP to human well-being. http://bit.ly/L6Vn0a

Hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" has been associated with water contamination, global warming-causing air pollution, health problems, falling property values and even earthquakes. Each year fracking pumps billions of gallons of water and chemicals deep underground under high pressure to force o

For several years Kohl’s Department Stores has issued separate shareholder reports on social responsibility and sustainability efforts. This year marks the company’s first formal, comprehensive social responsibility report.

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A division of the World Bank has acquired a stake in cocoa trader Armajaro Trading to support sustainable farming practices and improve traceability within its supply chains.

As Harvard Business Review states, “sustainability is not a burden on the bottom line; it’s the touchstone of innovation. Only those companies that make sustainability a goal will gain competitive advantage.”[ii] In the next...

What's business if not value creation? Take something that doesn't cost very much, add value, and create a profit. It's only natural that many businesses do so using natural resources like land, trees, water, air, and fossil...

Today the Ford Motor Company announced huge successes in cutting waste at its factories and has pledged to ramp up those efforts in the coming years.

What should be fundamental is that Integrity defines the individual. In order to be effective, managers must cultivate their "corporate garden". Change is not resisted in this context and the group generates a platform which is...

Is the timing right for cost-effective energy storage? Is change too fast for utilities and power generators, or not fast enough for energy entrepreneurs and investors? Join us on May 8 and get valuable answers to the jigsaw puzzle of questions regarding the where, how, why, and at what scale of

With the recent passing of the JOBS Act into law, crowdfunding that allows people to be actual investors in and gain financial rewards from companies as participants is set to become legal in the US. As the SEC irons out the...

Environmental rights advocates risk harassment, torture and even death, simply for standing up for the Earth. Reports of injustice perpetrated against environmentalists may sound like medieval tales of brutality, but these horror stories are taking place today in countries all around the world. A

The Power of Data to Drive Sustainability 0 Comments Sustainability is the next business megatrend. Especially relevant will be the ability to harness and analyze real-time data in the era of big data from and throughout an...

Railroad history dates back to the 1550’s in Germany where horse drawn wagons or carts moved along railed roads consisting of wooden rails. Modern rail...

While this is the first city-wide mandate involving green roofs, Toronto's decision follow's in the footsteps of other cities, like Chicago and New York.