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Corporate Sustainability / Green Business Practices
McDonalds Global Best of Green 2009 Report Sets a High Standard
Thursday, May 21, 2009Everyone’s looking for good, low-cost sustainability measures. Here’s McDonalds with the best report I’ve seen yet, short vignettes from the field, showing how you can implement corporate sustainability from the grassroots very effectively.
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Carbon Dioxide Regulation Inches Closer
Monday, February 23, 2009Today’s Wall Street Journal reports that EPA will soon determine that carbon dioxide emissions pose a danger to the public health or welfare and that it must regulate them under the 1990 Clean Air Act (signed by Bush 1). What follows next won’t be pretty.
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New NAED Green Building White Paper, Free Executive Summary
Friday, January 23, 2009Our new white paper written for the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) is entitled “Green Goes Mainstream: How to Profit from Green Market Opportunities.” A free executive summary is offered via this website.
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“Toy Story” and Sustainability
Monday, January 19, 2009Last year, there was a furor over lead paint in some children’s toys from China. In response, Congress passed a law requiring extensive testing of all products aimed at children. The law of unintended consequences reared its ugly head. Find out why this situation shows companies the need to be proactive in their sustainability programs.
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Google’s Green Agenda and Real Energy Savings
Saturday, November 29, 2008Sitting on $14.5 billion in cash, Google has made more than $45 million in investments in solar, wind and geothermal technology companies. Can a search engine company produce better results than the venture capitalists in Silicon Valley? Should the U.S. Government’s energy investment priorities be different than Silicon Valley’s?
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900 U.S. Mayors Sign Climate Protection Agreement
Wednesday, November 26, 2008According to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, more than 900 U.S. mayors representing more than 81 million people (equivalent to the population of Germany, for example) have now signed a pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from their cities to seven percent below 1990 levels by 2012.
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Is Toyota the future of green homes?
Monday, August 04, 2008What if you could link up the quality control and mass production methods of auto manufacturers with the growing demand for green homes, and tie that in with plug-in hybrid cars? Aren’t we ready for a revolution in homebuilding, one that would embrace more modular and factory-built components? I’d buy a fireproof, soundproof, super-insulated, electronically modern home in a heartbeat, wouldn’t you?
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Green Weenies: Will Green Hotels Ever Come of Age?
Monday, August 04, 2008The New York Times article on green hotels points out some of the barriers to effectively greening the lodging industry, a combination of timid executives and guests who don’t want to sacrifice anything to save the planet.
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Can Green Building Help Lifestyle Centers Succeed?
Thursday, July 17, 2008“Too many malls swamp developers” trumpets the Wall St. Journal headline today, citing the slowing economy for the failure of many lifestyle (open-air) centers to fully lease their premises. I’m wondering if a focus on green buildings and green development would help developers and retailers gain an advantage in a more difficult economic circumstance.
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Jones Lang LaSalle acquires Green Globes developer; strategic move or desperation?
Sunday, July 13, 2008In a story widely followed last week, Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) acquired the developer of the Green Globes rating tool. Is this a clever strategic move or a desperate attempt to catch up to or circumvent the move by the largest industry player CB Richard Ellis (NYSE: CBG) to dominate the LEED for Existing Buildings system?
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Will green building and green products be retailers’ salvation?
Friday, July 11, 2008A Wall Street Journal article this week (July 9, page B8), “Retailers recalibrate pitch to strapped consumers,” points out that some retailers are investing money to differentiate themselves, trying to boost market share and be ready to grow again when the recession ends. Could green buildings and greater green product selections be coming to the top of the pile of retailers’s ideas?
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Strategic Implications of Sustainable Development
Tuesday, July 01, 2008Amory Lovins’ interview in the McKinsey Quarterly online journal contains a gem of an insight for understanding the business case for green buildings and sustainable development, particularly for the shopping center and office park developer.
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Environmental Defense Fund’s new guide to green innovations
Wednesday, June 25, 2008The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) recently released their 2008 Innovations Review, which catalogs a number of inspiring examples of businesses that are going green. From radical energy efficiency to wifi buses for company commuters, this report showcases the leading edge of green business.
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