The Green Wave Marches On: Wal-Mart in China
You might think that the powerful green wave changing business will subside in a recession. True, some investments might wait a bit, but most companies
November 19, 2008
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You might think that the powerful green wave changing business will subside in a recession. True, some investments might wait a bit, but most companies
Everybody wants to reduce their carbon footprint these days. But many companies have looked to the quick fix of buying carbon offsets. While this practice may slow down as the recession continues, the debate will continue to rage about what makes a quality offset, and there’s the rub.
Everybody in the world should read a new Fortune article about Matt Simmons, the oil analyst turned peak-oil prophet. As a lifelong Republican, Bush campaign
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As we all know, energy prices have skyrocketed. Organizations of all kinds are trying new ways of doing business to cut costs. Some ideas, like Wal-Mart putting doors on refrigerated cases and cutting energy use 70% in that aisle, are head-slappingly obvious. Even seemingly wacky ideas can seem downright wise once you run the numbers.
Recently I wrote about the rise of “conflicted consumers” who want greener options but don’t want to go too far out of their way to
I don’t mean to pile onto a disaster in the making, but the demise of the “Big Three” automakers is hard to turn away from
This post first appeared at Harvard Business Online. Home Depot announced last week that it will collect and recycle compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) in
This post first appeared at Harvard Business Online. How green are consumers in the U.S.? On one level, we haven’t really changed all that much.
[First published on Huffington Post] The U.S. Senate’s latest attempt at tackling climate change, the Warner-Lieberman bill, went down this month…again. The complaints of the