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Two-fers, Turning the Ship and GM's Best-Kept Secret
Terry Cullum, General Motors' director of corporate responsibility, talks to GreenBiz Radio about how the company addresses sustainability in ways above and beyond their vehicles, as well as how the company is looking to shift strategy and production to meet the rapidly changing demand for small cars in the U.S.
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State of Green Business 2008
In this landmark report, Joel Makower and the editors of GreenBiz.com answer the question: How are U.S. businesses doing in their quest to be more environmentally responsible? It introduces the GreenBiz Index, 20 indicators of progress, tracking the resource use, emissions, and business practices of U.S. companies: carbon, materials, energy, and toxics intensity, clean-tech investments, e-waste recovery, paper use, employee commuting, and more.
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Manufacturers use this rigorous design certification to create products that will be sustainable for generations to come. -
With its Considered design ethos, Nike is increasingly developing and reimagining shoes in innovative ways to reduce waste and chemical use, all while maintaining the brand's high performance standards. Lorrie Vogel, the General Manager for Nike's Considered products, explains what makes a product Considered, and how the company has turned trash into treasure. -
With rising energy costs, tightening budgets, increasing populations and diminishing resources, an increasing number of businesses are turning to green buildings, and cities and towns of all sizes are beginning to require green buildings as well. If we're on the cusp of a tipping point, now is the time to review the potential of high-performance buildings. -
Building Information Modeling, coupled with an array of alternative energy and green building technologies, is quickly changing how construction and renovations happen, and bringing high performance buildings to a new level. -
Saatchi & Saatchi's World Changing Ideas Awards recognize and encourage innovative ideas that have the potential to make a difference, from a straw that kills germs to a cap that reads the brainwaves of paralyzed people. -
Robert Watson aims to make green building standards global with his recently-founded enterprise EcoTech International, a consultancy that provides green technology and project development expertise. -
Dell is now using its direct model in new ways to showcase the company's environmental commitment, which it has identified as a key strategy for future growth. -
Manufacturers are taking strides to make IT products more efficient and with less hazardous materials. For many products, a relatively quick and simple assessment can be completed by focusing on three primary areas: material content, energy consumption and end of life considerations. -
Healthcare and sustainable design are two exceptionally paired industries because they focus on the same goal: promoting and protecting the health and wellbeing of the community. - There's no doubt that the sub-prime residential mortgage crisis has cast a shadow over the economy. But the market remains favorable for commercial green building projects, according to Leanne Tobias, whom spoke to GreenBiz Radio about financing opportunities.
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Concrete is appreciated for its flexibility and strength in construction, but what green builders working in all fields are learning is that concrete has incredible potential to make even green buildings substantially greener. -
World-class speakers, a multitude of panels on every topic imaginable, awards ceremonies and product announcements: here's what to expect at next week's Greenbuild 2007, the country's biggest gathering of green buildings professionals in a city that's striving to be the greenest of them all. -
Software programs capable of simulating every facet of a building's performance -- from designing new buildings to monitoring the performance of existing buildings -- are quickly becoming ready for prime-time, as groups ranging from Lawrence Berkeley Labs to Google get in on the act. -
While they may seem like an odd couple, prefabricated housing -- in which most of a home's structure is pre-built in a factory then assembled on-site -- is an oddly natural partner for the green movement. -
Sustainable chemistry, still in its infancy, holds a lot of promise for environmentally-friendly materials of the future. Safety and knowledge gaps, however, threaten its growth.
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