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Posted 5 weeks ago
Everybody wants to reduce their carbon footprint these days. But many companies have looked to the quick fix of buying carbon offsets. While this practice may slow down as the recession continues, t
Posted 7 weeks ago
Everybody in the world should read a new Fortune article about Matt Simmons, the oil analyst turned peak-oil prophet. As a lifelong Republican, Bush campaign and energy policy contributor, and Housto
Posted 9 weeks ago
For many years, environmental strategy - if you could even call it that - was about complying with environmental regulations. All you had to do was make sure your facilities didn't spew too much pollu
Posted 9 weeks ago
As we all know, energy prices have skyrocketed. Organizations of all kinds are trying new ways of doing business to cut costs. Some ideas, like Wal-Mart putting doors on refrigerated cases and cutting
Posted 14 weeks ago
Recently I wrote about the rise of conflicted consumers who want greener options but don't want to go too far out of their way to get it. Is this fairly passive commitment to greener buying going to
Posted 16 weeks ago
I don't mean to pile onto a disaster in the making, but the demise of the Big Three automakers is hard to turn away from (like, yes, a car wreck). It also perfectly demonstrates the dangers, and opp
Posted 19 weeks ago
This post first appeared at Harvard Business Online.Home Depot announced last week that it will collect and recycle compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) in nearly 2,000 of its stores. This is great
Posted 20 weeks ago
This post first appeared at Harvard Business Online.How green are consumers in the U.S.? On one level, we haven't really changed all that much. Many pundits argue persuasively that without the rapid r
Posted 21 weeks ago
[First published on Huffington Post]The U.S. Senate's latest attempt at tackling climate change, the Warner-Lieberman bill, went down this month...again. The complaints of the opponents ranged from f
Posted 23 weeks ago
This post first appeared at Harvard Business Online.As an opening post on Harvard Business.org, I figure no topic could be more appropriate than the change happening at Harvard, among other places. I'
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