Greening the Web with Efficient Data Centers
by RP Siegel SOURCE:JustmeansDESCRIPTION:Mostly, we think of the Internet, the cloud and the explosion of mobile technology as things that save us energy: letting our fingers do the walking, avoiding...
View ArticleCOP 21: An Unstoppable Momentum
SOURCE:United Nations Global CompactDESCRIPTION:Posted by Lise Kingo, Executive Director, UN Global Compact on 30 November 2015Today marks the opening of COP 21 in Paris where Government leaders will...
View ArticleNew, Open Source Database Compares the Environmental Impacts of Building...
A four-way collaboration aims to make life cycle analysis of building materials much more transparent and accurate.SOURCE:Green Builder MediaDESCRIPTION:What makes a building green? Is it a building...
View ArticleIngersoll Rand Joins the International Climate Community at United Nations...
SOURCE:Ingersoll RandDESCRIPTION:DAVIDSON, N.C., Dec. 2, 2015 /3BL Media/ – Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR), a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments, is joining...
View ArticleSustainability Made Stronger
How companies are leveraging innovative partnerships to reduce their impact on the environment.SOURCE:UPSDESCRIPTION:James Rowe | UPS LongitudesThe United Nations Climate Change Conference is currently...
View ArticlePizza Hut, Taco Bell Philippines Continue to Fight Hunger
by The Standard LifestyleSOURCE:Yum! BrandsDESCRIPTION:Every day, fast food labels Pizza Hut and Taco Bell Philippines offer the public quick and filling meals to help us get through the day. But once...
View ArticleBloomberg Co-Hosts First Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Coaching...
SOURCE:BloombergDESCRIPTION:Last week, Michael Bloomberg – co-chair of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Advisory Council – addressed 400 small business owners at Goldman Sachs’ London...
View ArticleBloomberg LP Partner SASB Announces New SASB Implementation Guide
SOURCE:BloombergDESCRIPTION:New Guidance on Using SASB StandardsThe SASB Implementation Guide is a reference document for issuers who are in the process of integrating SASB standards into their...
View ArticleDetroit Development Fund, JPMorgan Chase and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation...
Four Detroit-based minority-owned small businesses receiving $325,000 in loans are providing lighting, construction and retail services from the city’s neighborhoods to downtown SOURCE:JPMorgan Chase...
View ArticleGame-Changing Design
Will the cookie-cutter McMansion give way to homes that are powered by renewable energy, reflect the environment and restore sites?SOURCE:Green Builder MediaDESCRIPTION:As important as energy...
View ArticleCop Twenty What? – A “Dummies Guide” to the Paris Climate Talks
SOURCE:CBRE Group, Inc.DESCRIPTION:“No conference has ever gathered so many leaders from so many countries ... but never before have the international stakes been so high” – French President Francois...
View ArticleAncient City, Young Again
by Justus KrügerSOURCE:SiemensSUMMARY:China’s cities are undergoing structural rejuvenation. In the process, they are growing at an unparalleled rate. The country’s former capital, Nanjing, is a case...
View ArticleE-waste Is Hazardous to Your Health
By Carol BaroudiSOURCE:Arrow ElectronicsDESCRIPTION:Short of a surgeon general’s warning on every piece of electronics, this report in Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) should serve as ample...
View ArticleSolar Energy Making Ultra-Green Homes of the Future a Modern Day Reality
Thanks to Increased Affordability of Solar Systems that Deliver More Clean Electricity to HomeownersSOURCE:SunPowerDESCRIPTION:December 3, 2015 /3BL Media/ - Energy-efficient homes of the future have...
View ArticleBig is Beautiful
Bard MBA's Eban Goldstein discusses Freya Williams Green GiantsSOURCE:Bard College Graduate Programs in SustainabilityDESCRIPTION:The big question about business sustainability has always been: Can it...
View ArticleBSR COP21 Daily Dispatch: Day 4
SOURCE:BSRDESCRIPTION:Editor’s Note“It’s the economy, stupid.” That quote symbolized Bill Clinton’s winning campaign strategy in the 1992 U.S. presidential elections, but it could just as easily have...
View ArticleRenewable Energy Supply in World’s Largest Economies to Double
SOURCE:3BL Media, LLCDESCRIPTION:A new report finds that the renewable energy supply in some of the world’s biggest economies will more than double by 2030. The study, by the World Resources Institute,...
View ArticleCOP21: Bloomberg's Paris Climate Conference Jargon Buster
Everything you need to know, but were afraid to ask.SOURCE:BloombergDESCRIPTION:Originally posted on Bloomberg.comUN-sponsored climate talks in Paris – commonly referred to as COP21 – have opened in...
View ArticleTake 5 Challenge Accepted: December 2015
By Lora Phillips, Symantec's Director, Corporate Responsibility SOURCE:SymantecDESCRIPTION:From fundraising for cancer, to facility improvement and cybersecurity training, Symantec employees around the...
View ArticleFrom Water to Waste to Wildlife: Toyota’s Environmental “To Do” List
SOURCE:ToyotaSUMMARY:From Water to Waste to Wildlife: Toyota’s Environmental “To Do” List:Launch the only zero emission vehicle with more than 300 miles of driving range – check. Manufacture vehicles...
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