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Green Tech Sector Advances Despite Failure of Climate Bill

By Yale Environment 360 on December 6, 2010 1 Comment Abengoa Solar, Alstom, ALTe, American Electric Power, Arizona, Auburn Hills, big solar arrays, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, California, carbon capture and storage, carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon emissions, carbon price, carbon risks, Carbon War Room, carbon-tracking software, Carbonnetworks, CCS, Chief Sustainability Officer, China, Clean Air Act, Clean Edge, Clean tech, cleantech, climate bill, climate legislation, coal plants, Congress, DuPont, energy efficiency, enhanced oil recovery, ENXSuite, EPA, Europe, Frank Alix, Fred Morse, GlassPoint Solar, GTM Research, Jigar Shah, John Carey, John Cohen, John O’Donnell, John Thomas, Linda Fisher, Michael Meehan, Michael Morris, Michigan, natural gasm, nuclear power plants, plug-in gas-electric powertrain, power plants, Powerspan, PSEG, Ralph Izzo, renewable energy, renewable power, Ron Pernick, solar steam generators, solar thermal plants, U.S. Energy Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, unEdison, venture capital investment

While the collapse of climate legislation in Congress was a setback for some green businesses, many others are moving ahead with projects to develop renewable energy. One major reason: The clean-tech sector is rapidly growing worldwide, and U.S. companies don’t want to be left behind.

In Search of the Chief Sustainability Officer

By Ellen Weinreb on July 29, 2010 4 Comments Albermarle Corporation, buildings industry, C-suite, Campbell’s Soup, chemical industry, Chief Sustainability Officer, Chief Sustainability Officers Network, Corporate Environmental Programs Manager, corporate social responsibility, corporate strategy, CSO, CSOs, CSR, CSR job postings, CSR Jobs Report, CSR titles, Dave Stangis, David Clary, David Kepler, Dow, DuPont, Frank O’Brien-Bernini, Linda Fisher, Owens Corning, recruiter, SENT, shareholders, sustainability, Sustainability Executive NeTwork, sustainability recruiter, Vice President

There has been an increase in senior-level corporate positions—those with VP and Director titles in the CSR and sustainability sector. Companies are placing an increased value on CSR as a component of corporate strategy, which elevates the importance of positions overseeing CSR. The emergence of the CSO title is indicative of the growing trend of sustainability as a core business strategy.“CSO” is a title that senior-most CSR executives will increasingly carry.

How Leading Companies are Pioneering Innovation in Carbon, Water and Waste

By Abhijit Khanna on December 13, 2009 2 Comments Abhijit Khanna, AquaSciences, AT Kearney group, BASF, biomimicry, business sustainability, Calera Corporation, Carbon, Carbon Disclosure Project, carbon footprint, CEO Water Mandate, Chicago Climate Exchange, Climate Change, climate change risk management. Mandatory reporting, climate risks, Coca-Cola, compliance, corporate sustainability, corporate water strategy, CorporateRegister, creative destruction, desalinization, DJSI, Dole, Domani Consulting, Dow Jones Sustainability Index, DuPont, e-waste, ecoefficiency, Ecopatent Commons, environmental, environmental performance, Environmental Protection Agency, Global e-Sustainability initiative, Global Reporting Initiative, green innovation, Green Policies, green products, Green Rankings, green rankings. KLD, greenhouse gas emissions, Greenhouse Gas Protocol, Hewlett-Packard, innovation, Innovation Opportunities in Response to Today’s Environmental Hot Buttons, Interfaceflor, LEAN manufacturing, Levi Strauss and Company, life straw, NanoH20, nanotechnology, Nestle, NIKE, Nike Trash Talk, Patagonia, PepsiCo, reputation, reverse osmosis, risk management, risk management practices, SAB Miller, SB Boot Camp, Serious Materials, social performance, Sprint, Subaru, supply chain, sustainability consulting, sustainability performance, Sustainable Brands Boot Camp, Sustainable Life Media, Tennant, Trucost.Green Score, Vestergaard Fransden, Wal-Mart, waste, Water, Water Disclosure Project, water footprint, Water Footprint Network, water management companies, water neutraility, water neutrality, water utilized upstream, water-resource management, Waxman-Markey Kerry Boxer, Will Sarni, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Xerox, zero-waste

A summary of the second webinar in the Sustainable Brands Boot Camp series, Innovation Opportunities in Response to Today’s Environmental Hot Buttons: Climate Change, Water & Waste. The webinar was led by Will Sarni, CEO and founder of Domani Consulting, an integrated sustainability consulting firm, and featured examples of new, innovative business and product strategies from various markets that are successfully being brought to market in response to emerging environmental and social strains.

Who Are The Ten Top Greenwashing Companies in America

By Tracey de Morsella on April 8, 2009 3 Comments 24/7 Wall St, American Electric Power, Archer Daniels Midland, BP, Dow Chemical, DuPont, ExxonMobil, General Electric, General Motors, green washing, Inc., International Paper, Waste Management

Increased public awareness of environmental issues has forced American industry to address these issues. However, many of these companies resort to greenwashing. Greenwashing is the act of misleading the public regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product, service, or business line. 24/7 Wall St. has put together a list of the Top Ten Greenwashers in America.