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Pink Announces Their List of The Top Women in Sustainability

By Tracey de Morsella on January 26, 2011 4 Comments 2011, 5 Women to Watch, Aflac, Alison Taylor, Betsy Holland, Brigitta Witt, Britta Gross, Calvert Investments, Citi Foundation, Citigroup, CitiGroup Senior Leadership Committee, cleantech, Climate Savers Computing Initiative, corporate social, CSR, Dell, Elizabeth Johnson, Ernst & Young, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, good governance, green building, Hyatt, Ingrid Saunders Jones, Intel Corporation, Jane Connell, Johnson & Johnson, Kathryn Brown, Kathy Hopinkah Hannan, KPMG, Leisha John, Lorie Wigle, Mary Wenzel, Pam Flaherty, Pat Rayl, PINK, responsibility, Siemens, socially responsible investment, solar;, Susan Cischke, sustainability, The Coca-Cola Company, The Coca-Cola Foundation, Turner Broadcasting, Verizon, Wells Fargo, wind, women, women in sustainability, Women's History Month

Last year, during Women’s History Month, we published, our list of the top women in sustainability. This week, PINK released their list of the top women in sustainability for 2011. These are women who they see as pioneers who are employing cutting-edge best practices to lead the movement for corporate responsibility and sustainability

US Sustainable Business Spending to Double to $60 Billion By 2014

By Tracey de Morsella on October 11, 2010 3 Comments brand, business sustainability, C-suite, CAGRs, carbon data management, carbon management, Chief Sustainability Officers, Citigroup, cleantech innovation, climate change policy, competitive dynamics, Compound annual growth rates, corporate sustainability programs, corporate sustainability strategy, David Metcalfe, electric vehicles, emission reductions, energy efficiency, Energy Management, FedEx, GDP, GHG regulations, global economy, Google, high-tech engineering, Hilton Worldwide, industrial engineering, infrastructure, innovation diffusion, Intel, Johnson Controls, oil prices, PG&E, renewable energy policies, risk drivers, risk management, smart grid, sustainability initiatives, sustainability spending, sustainability strategy, Sustainable Business, sustainable business market, sustainable business spending, sustainable operations, US Sustainable Business Spending 2009-14, utilitie, Vanessa O’Connell, Verdantix, Verdantix Critical Moments, Verdantix Critical Moments model

Using financial data from 1,833 firms with US revenues of more than $1 billion in 2008/09, independent analyst firm Verdantix finds that spending on 29 sustainability initiatives will grow from $28 billion in 2010 to $60 billion in 2014. Over the 2009 to 2014 period the US sustainable business market will experience a 19% compound annual growth rate. The sustainable business market forecast finds that growth of 11% in 2010 will increase to 16% in 2011 and 24% in 2012. Growth in spending is driven by improved economic growth, risk drivers, competitive dynamics, innovation diffusion, higher oil prices, state-level GHG regulations and renewable energy policies. The study covers all industries and all sustainability initiatives from energy efficiency to spending on strategy, risk and brand.

Partnerships and Coalitions Key to Achieving Exponential Sustainability

By Anna Clark on May 13, 2010 2 Comments ABN Amro, Allianz Group, Citigroup, Climate Change, clinton climate initiative, corporate sustainability, Deutsche Bank, Dow Chemical, energy efficiency, Environmental Defense Fund, Exponential Sustainability, GM, green initiatives, greenhouse gas emissions, JP Morgan Chase, Shell, sustainability consultant, UBS AG, US Climate Action Partnership, William J. Clinton Foundation, WWF

Whereas corporate sustainability refers to the balance of the financial, social and environmental aspects of an organization, exponential sustainability is the achievement of such a synergy on a society level. This happens when companies begin to reach out and look beyond their own perceived interests. Companies are increasingly building coalitions and partnering with non-profits in order to achieve this goal, and in the process, realize several associated benefits.

ComputerWorld Announces List of Top Green-IT Departments and Green-IT Vendors

By Tracey de Morsella on May 4, 2009 Comments Off on ComputerWorld Announces List of Top Green-IT Departments and Green-IT Vendors absorption chillers, Allstate, Aplicor, Applied Materials, Austin Energy, BT Group, Burt's Bees, capital savings, carbon emissions, carbon footprint, carbon footprints, carbon impact, carbon offset, centralize, Citigroup, Compellent Technologies, compression, ComputerWorld, consolidating, convert, cooling demands, copper consumption, Data Center, data de-duplication, data network, data recovery, DC power, de-duplication, decommission server, e-waste, EAM, eco-friendly, electric grid, electronics recycling, emissions, EMS, energy consumption, energy efficiency, Energy Star, energy use, Entrust, Environmental Management System, EPEAT Gold certified, flat-screen, Fujitsu America, green, Green Computing, Green-e, Green-IT, Green-IT Vendors, greenhouse gases, Hewlett-Packard, hot/cold aisle isolation, IBM, incentives, Infor Enterprise Asset Management, intelligent power management, IT chargeback costs, KPMG, LCD monitors, LEED-certified, Linux-based mainframes, Living Green, MAID storage, Marriot, massive array of idle disks, Mohawk Fine Papers, monitor energy use, multicore, Office Depot, peak energy efficiency, power, power demands, power usage, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Qualcomm, recycle, recycling, renewable energy, sensors, server consolidation, servers, Seventh Generation, socially responsible, State of Indiana, State Street, sustainability, temperature, Terremark, thin clients, thin provisioning, videoconferencing, virtual server, virtualized, virtualizing, VoIP, water use, wind

For the second year in a row, ComputerWorld has showcased the achievements at 12 IT departments that are reducing power demands and using technology to create energy efficiencies. Thirty criteria were used to determine which organizations had the greenest IT departments. The IT departments selected include: Mohawk Fine Papers, State Street, Allstate, Citigroup, PricewaterhouseCoopers, State of Indiana, KPMG, Seventh Generation, Office Depot, Burt’s Bees, Marriot and Austin Energy. Find out why these organizations were selected.