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Alcoa’s VP EHS Discusses Liability

Alcoa’s VP EHS Discusses Liability Bill O'Rourke , VP Environmental Health and Safety at Alcoa, discusses environmental issues, values and liability at NAEM's Environmental Management Forum. ...

October 15, 2010

B4E Panel Discusses Solutions for a Low Carbon Future

B4E Panel Discusses Solutions for a Low Carbon Future Some experts believe the impact of climate change will be felt hardest by ...

October 13, 2010

Eben Bayer Talks Up Plastics Made From Mushrooms

Eben Bayer Talks Up Plastics Made From Mushrooms Eben Bayer,co-inventor of MycoBond, an organic ...

October 7, 2010

Wal-Mart Names New SVP Sustainability

Wal-Mart Names New SVP SustainabilityAndrea Thomas has been named Wal-Mart's new senior vice president of Sustainability. Matt Kistler, current SVP of Sustainability, will be transitioning into a new role ...

September 3, 2010

Robert Brunner On Solar Power For Handheld Devices

Robert Brunner On Solar Power For Handheld Devices Ammunition Group founder Robert Brunner discusses his latest venture: user-friendly solar power for ...

July 29, 2010

Seventh Generation Co-Founder Touts “Radical Transparency”

Seventh Generation Co-Founder Touts “Radical Transparency” Jeffrey Hollender, co-founder of Seventh Generation, presents his philosophy of radical transparency. After Hollender posted a list critiquing Seventh Generation's products ...

July 16, 2010

Roundup – Paris, COMPASS, NGV America

Roundup – Paris, COMPASS, NGV America Taxing Carbon The Economist Paris looks for power from turbines beneath the Seine The Guardian COMPASS Version 2.0 provides more resources for sustainable packaging ...

June 30, 2010

What Consumers Want in Green Products

What Consumers Want in Green Products Bill Roth founder of Earth 2017 interviews Lee Ann Head, VP of Market ...

June 28, 2010

Kimberly-Clark Announces Sustainability SVP

Kimberly-Clark Announces Sustainability SVPKimberly-Clark announced that it has named Jan Spencer, currently president of Kimberly-Clark Professional, as its new senior vice president, continuous improvement, sourcing and sustainability, according to ...

June 23, 2010

Intel CSR Director Discusses CSR Strategy

Intel CSR Director Discusses CSR Strategy Keynote presentation by Suzanne Fallender, Director, CSR Strategy & Communications, Intel Corporation, on April 9 2010 at "The Three ...

June 22, 2010

GRI 2010: UNPRI’s James Gifford

GRI 2010: UNPRI’s James Gifford At the Global Reporting Initiative's 2010 Amsterdam Conference on Sustainability and Transparency, Justmeans.com's ...

June 4, 2010

Roundup – Wal-Mart/Patagonia, Deutsche Bank, Recycling Surge

Roundup – Wal-Mart/Patagonia, Deutsche Bank, Recycling Surge European Bioplastics Sectors Grows Despite Downturn European Bioplastics EnergyHub Targets Home SmartGrid Market Greentech Media LEED or Not, Garages Not Green Treehugger Waste-to-Energy Project ...

June 2, 2010

Hohm Scores For Bill Gates, Al Gore – MSFT Unveils ‘Hohm Score’

Hohm Scores For Bill Gates, Al Gore – MSFT Unveils ‘Hohm Score’Microsoft is looking to gain national attention for Hohm, which it introduced last summer. It's unveiled Hohm Score, an online tool that estimates ...

May 27, 2010

Tower Companies Appoints Chief Sustainability Officer

Tower Companies Appoints Chief Sustainability OfficerThe Tower Companies has promoted David Borchardt to chief sustainability officer. Borchardt is a licensed professional engineer and a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP ...

May 26, 2010

Patty Calkins, Andrew Winston Discuss Sustainability

Patty Calkins, Andrew Winston Discuss Sustainability Patty Calkins and Andrew Winston discuss the importance of looking at sustainability initiatives as part of an organizations core business strategy.

May 3, 2010

Climate Change Still Ranks As Top Global Issue

Climate Change Still Ranks As Top Global IssueTaken together, climate change and the environmental rank as the top issue facing the world, according to Global Pulse survey by HSBC Bank. About ...

April 27, 2010

CR Directors Average $151K in Salary

CR Directors Average $151K in SalaryCorporate responsibility directors in North America average about $151,000 a year in salary, slightly less than what is paid to those in the same position ...

April 27, 2010

Consumers go to Energy Star, Consumer Reports Web Sites for Info on ‘Green’ Products

Consumers go to Energy Star, Consumer Reports Web Sites for Info on ‘Green’ ProductsA national survey finds that consumers are most likely to visit Web sites from Energy Star and Consumer Reports in order to get more information about ...

April 15, 2010

EL Pro Save Thousands By Switching Printer Fonts

Save Thousands By Switching Printer FontsLarge companies might save tens of thousands of dollars a year by switching to a less ink-intensive font such as Century Gothic, instead of the more ...

April 7, 2010

Simple Steps To Reducing U.S. Emissions by a Billion Tons

Simple Steps To Reducing U.S. Emissions by a Billion TonsIn an effort to get households and businesses to reduce their environmental impact, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Garrison Institute have instituted an education ...

March 16, 2010