Climate change

Do you know the difference between a high-quality carbon project and one that risks your reputation?

The big global meeting going on in Copenhagen (called COP15) is all about reducing carbon emissions in order to combat climate change. But is climate change the only reason your business should reduce energy use and carbon emissions? Hardly. But first, let’s get out of the way the “scandal” about hacked emails from climate scientists, […]

Climate disasters are only going to become more common — and more destructive. Companies need to prepare now.

By 2021, $150 billion of U.S. products will be sustainable.

Businesses must use their power and influence to push for the systemic changes required to meet climate targets.

With this new push from Washington, business needs to step in to build a clean economy.

How perpetual bonds can make nature-based offsets a realistic strategy for dealing with climate change.

As heat waves become more common, employers need policies to safeguard their employees and their business.

It's increasingly strange to have to say this, but pollution and global warming are bad for the economy.

The good, the bad, and the surprising from a new report.

The mood outside the formal negotiations in Copenhagen — among the tens of thousands of business leaders, entrepreneurs, NGO representatives, and clean tech curiosity-seekers in town — has been overwhelmingly optimistic, celebratory even. But the moment talk turns to the latest news emanating from the Bella Center (where the actual negotiations are taking place), the […]

Will we reinforce, rebuild, rebound, restrict, or retreat?

And any big company needs to take a hard look at its assets.

A guide to understanding and implementing sensor systems.

Cleantech investments and patents are down.

A look at three major trends — and the forces pushing against them.

According to a study of 200 U.S. city plans.

The first rigorous approach to ESG reporting

Why would a new Ceres report give low scores to Whole Foods, one of the nation’s largest purchasers of renewable energy, for the way it is responding to the challenge of climate change? Precisely for the word that Whole Foods uses to describe itself: “whole.” Many of the company’s actions on climate change are laudable, […]

With the right policies, markets can provide a carbon-free future.