Tag: sustainability

Our Future Business Leaders Are All About Green

Tucked into this year’s Fortune 500 issue is a short article on the annual Rice University Business Plan Super Bowl…If these entrepreneurs are our future business titans, then I’m feeling pretty good about where we’re headed…
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Wal-Mart Plays With Our Food

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Every week, 140 million people — about the population of England and Germany combined — shop in a Wal-Mart store. Soon, all of these people will be eating healthier, and the environmental impact of their food will be lessened.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

I visited Beijing a couple weeks ago to speak to a group of Chinese corporate executives. They were brought together by a major environmental NGO to discuss climate change. The meeting itself was fascinating, but I was really struck by a general impression in China that the country is taking green business very seriously.

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What the Election Means (Or Doesn’t) For Sustainability

Obviously some things have changed in Washington and around the country in the last 24 hours. But what will this shift in power mean for the green business movement and for the sustainability agenda in general? It may not change as much as you think, and I see a number of reasons to maintain hope.

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