Walmart and Annie’s keep score of supplier sustainability
How scorecards are being used to make supply chains more sustainable was the focus of two events at the GreenBiz Forum.
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Walmart and Annie’s keep score of supplier sustainability
Dan Hendrix: The Future of Interface is Bright & Greener than Ever
At the GreenBiz Forum in New York City, the CEO of the world-leading sustainable manufacturer talks about how Interface continues to evolve and improve the sustainability of its products, and how its taking its products to the skies.
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Dan Hendrix: The Future of Interface is Bright & Greener than Ever
Transforming a Traditional Business into a Cleantech Firm
Cleantech companies needn't be made from scratch, nor must they be born as startups. If you can easily spot trends and know how to make the most of opportunities, you can transform an old-school business into a successful cleantech enterprise, Dan Lieberman told the GreenBiz Forum.
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Transforming a Traditional Business into a Cleantech Firm
How Organic Valley Built a Green Brand with Guerrilla Marketing
A company whose products and business model are based on non-traditional thinking requires an equally non-traditional marketing strategy. Organic Valley's Theresa Marquez tells the GreenBiz Forum how the firm pursues its mission.
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Inside Kohl’s Green Energy Leadership
At the GreenBiz Forum this morning in Minneapolis, Tari Emerson, Kohl's director of energy and capital projects, walked through how the retailer has become the nation's largest corporate solar panel owner, and how other companies can get started.
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Inside Kohl’s Green Energy Leadership
Calif. Utilities Embrace Green Button Project to Unleash Energy Data
As California utilities launch a customer feature to download energy usage data, the Green Button project is seen as a catalyst to create an ecosystem for app developers to produce new products and services
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Calif. Utilities Embrace Green Button Project to Unleash Energy Data
IF11: What Has GE Learned from Bringing Ecomagination to Scale?
In a keynote interview today at the GreenBiz Innovation Forum, GE’s Mark Vachon described how the ecomagination program has grown at the company against a backdrop of regulatory stalemate in the U.S.
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IF11: What Has GE Learned from Bringing Ecomagination to Scale?
IF11: Hannah Jones on Nike’s Sustainable Innovation Marathon
The head of sustainability at one of the world’s most innovative companies kicked of the 2011 Innovation Forum with a look at how Nike tackles innovation, how its helping other companies get up to speed, and the challenges on the road ahead.
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IF11: Hannah Jones on Nike’s Sustainable Innovation Marathon
Method Makes New Recycled Plastic Bottle from Garbage in the Sea
Method, the company that used green chemistry to turn age-old concepts for making and marketing soap on their head, has come up with another innovation that explodes a long-held idea — that the trash trapped in the North Pacific Gyre is unredeemable.
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Method Makes New Recycled Plastic Bottle from Garbage in the Sea
Alabama Power Finds a New Benefit for Smart Meters: Disaster Recovery
The utility’s comprehensive smart meter project made it easier for its repair crews to get power back to customers in the wake of the devastating tornado swarm this past spring.
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Alabama Power Finds a New Benefit for Smart Meters: Disaster Recovery
