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Audio & Slides: "How to Save a Planet On a Budget" Part 2 - Making the Green Business Case
Welcome to the audio archive & slides for the first chunk of our green finance summit "How To Save The Planet on A Budget". This second hour looks as the real-life challenges with making green business profitable. [read more]
The Market Sorted, Solyndra Lost
President Obama Visiting Solyndra, May 2010 (Solyndra)The sun has set on Solyndra. The solar panel manufacturer, once the darling of the US Department of Energy, which bestowed its blessings in the form of a $535 million loan guarantee, is shuttered. Despite this guarantee, which some sources say was almost completely drawn down,... [read more]
New Report Breaks Down the Clean Economy
This morning the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program released a comprehensive new report, "Sizing the Clean Economy," which takes a detailed look at the United States' ongoing transformation toward a low-carbon future. The report, co-produced with Battelle Technology Partnership, presents the most detailed data available... [read more]
Steve Zwick: Paying for nature’s services
Today’s guest post is from Steve Zwick, who edits Ecosystem Marketplace, an online news service that reports on market-based solutions to environmental problems. Based on the premise that the cost of production should include the cost of environmental degradation, EM is published by non-governmental organization Forest Trends and... [read more]
Before Even Landing in Showrooms, 2010 Nissan LEAF Already Sold Out in U.S.
Think people aren't interested in electric cars in the United States? Try this on for size: before a single Nissan LEAF has been seen in a U.S. showroom, they are apparently sold out. Nissan’s chief executive, Carlos Ghosn, said recently that the company had already received 19,000 orders in the United States and Japan for the all... [read more]
The next debt crisis will be ecological
Anyone who paid attention learned a lot from the global financial crisis of 2008. Here are three lessons that were burned into my brain: 1. Live within your means. Debt creates risk. When homeowners, investors or banks take on lots of debt, and something goes awry—and it will—they will pay, big time. 2. We’re interdependent. It’s... [read more]
Tech company sustainability reports reviewed
Original photo by ATIS547 I was asked on Twitter recently where to find a list of links to tech companies’ CSR reports. I didn’t know where to find one, so I built one and as well as just the links, I also added in a few extra observations I noted about the reports. Company Latest Report... [read more]
Sustainability and Social Media – A match made in Marketing Heaven
This post comes from one of new industry insiders Joanna Hamblin, a marketing consultant. This is Joanna first post and I’m excited to see her future insights. Stay tuned! With the constant fluctuation of energy and natural resource prices, more and more companies are evaluating and embracing sustainability not only to cut and... [read more]
Sustainability A Top Supply Chain Challenge: Capgemini
Guest Post by George Kneisel According to a survey of Canadian and global supply chain managers by Capgemini, a leading international consulting firm, sustainability has moved up from no. 3 in 2009 to no. 2 in 2010 as the top business challenges. 56% of companies now consider sustainability a key issue, up sharply from 34% from one year... [read more]
Walmart: Still the green giant
Walmart and GE are the superpowers of corporate sustainability. They have enormous impact (WMT) and influence (GE). Recently, I hosted a dinner about sustainability for Motorola where an executive named Bill Olson described how the company developed its Eco-Moto W233 Renew carbon neutral, energy efficient, environmentally friendly phone... [read more]
Siemens, Wasion Partner On Smart Grid Projects In China
Siemens and Wasion have entered into a strategic cooperation framework agreement to conduct research on feasibility of jointly striving smart grid pilot projects in China. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, the companies will establish a joint strategic cooperation team to conduct such feasibility researches in the areas including... [read more]
Will the new U.K. government support nuclear energy?
Energy & Climate Minister pledges "not one atom of help" from the government The future of nuclear energy in the U.K. does not look bright based on the rhetoric coming from Chris Huhne, (right) the new government's Energy & Climate minister and key advisor to Conservative Party coalition partner David Cameron. In a May... [read more]
Warren Buffett’s BYD: Revving up, fast
(BYD's e6 electric car) Warren Buffett is a busy man, and never more so than during Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meetings, sometimes called the Woodstock of capitalism, which attract thousands of people each year to Omaha, Nebraska. But Buffett found time during this year’s gathering to sit down for an hour with Chuanfu Wang, the... [read more]
Top 10 Boston Clean Tech Companies Killing It on Twitter
Recently, I’ve been getting asked more and more who and what companies to follow on twitter. So, I’ve decided to put together some lists. BEWARE, if you’re not familiar with twitter you may have no idea what I’m talking about. Today, I did my first #FollowFriday for my favorite green people around Boston. It went something like... [read more]
Green To Gold, Part 5: Thirteen Pitfalls Of Environmental Initiatives To Avoid
In the previous post of this series on the book Green to Gold, I explained how the downside and upside of environmental (or climate change) initiatives may be managed. In this final installment, I will talk about thirteen pitfalls to avoid. One of the reasons why I like this book is that the authors do not just offer examples of success... [read more]
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