Admit it, everyone loves a little KFC. Now you can feel better about eating it thanks to KFC’s new, reusable sides container. Both the red lid and clear base are made from polypropylene, which has the smallest carbon footprint...

Free registration for the Sustainable Brands 2012 Livestream. Morning & evening plenary sessions will be streamed on Tuesday June 5th through Thursday June 7th.

Walmart held their seventh annual Sustainable Packaging Expo in Rogers, Arkansas earlier this month. The event drew about 200 exhibitors and 2,000 participants.

Goldman Sachs announced on Thursday it plans to invest $40 billion of its own and its clients’ money in renewable energy projects over the next decade. There are some good reasons why this announcement should be praised and not...

Last week in a very interesting article on HBR Blog, Prof. Gregory Unruh of Harvard claimed Apple has a reactive CSR strategy, which he described as the Little Dutch Boy Strategy. In other words, Apple bothers to act only when...

The Heartland Institute’s 7th International Conference on Climate Change is taking place this week at the Hilton Chicago Hotel. To be fair, it’s not that easy for an event with “some 300 people who share an interest in debating...

Four years ago, green issues were central to the 2008 campaign. An Inconvenient Truth won the Oscar. GOP nominee John McCain promoted his own Cap and Trade plan. [CBSAC/NY event] Soon-to-be President Obama made Green Jobs his...

Want more greens in your life? An NYC art exhibit shows why your thrift store furniture could be the answer.

Last week the South Korean National Assembly passed legislation to start a cap-and-trade system by 2015 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase renewable energy.

EV Setbacks, Cheap Natural Gas, Political Gridlock: What Now? [CBSAC/NY event] The Sustainable Business Committee of the Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York invites you to Clean Transportation: Driving 2.0 EV...

PCC Natural Markets (PCC), the nation's largest member-owned grocery retailer, has selected its Issaquah, Washington, store to deploy an on-site "harvester" to turn food scraps into natural fertilizer.

With most of the world's population living in urban areas for the first time in history, understanding food supply in urban areas is becoming...

What is your company’s most important asset? Most of you will say “people.” Many CEOs say this as well. However, where are people on the financial statements?

Crowd sourcing and the power of social media are changing the corporate social responsibility and sustainability landscape.

How many banks are "too big to fail"? At least 29, according to the Financial Stability Board. But how many are "too sustainable to fail?" At least 15 banks worldwide in the new Global Alliance for Banking Values (GABV), with assets of $26 billion in assets serving 10 million customers across 20 nations. By loaning capital that ultimately serves core human needs, this sustainable approach to banki

From Jimmy Kimmel Live to Jon Stewart to Rolling Stone, President Obama’s re-election campaign is gearing up with a strong emphasis on youth and particularly the left-leaning, activist youth vote. Tapping into the same...

Jessica is Founder and Director of Business Development at Getaround, an award winning Silicon Valley startup that is pioneering the concept of peer-to-peer car sharing. Think: Airbnb for cars.