Environmental sustainability

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General Electric paid no taxes in 2010. Or at least that was the major takeaway from a recent bomb-dropping exposé in the New York Times. At a time of...

A better approach to stakeholder management

On Friday, the New York Times breathlessly declared in a cover story that during the recession, "As Consumers Cut Spending, 'Green' Products Lose Allure."...

Eighteen months ago, the U.S. Navy announced it would source roughly half of its energy from alternative sources by 2020. Since then, the Navy has launched...

I just attended the Wal-Mart Sustainability Summit in Beijing. There are times you know you're watching something special. The point of the meeting was...

They're even collaborating with Walmart.

What could be harder than turning around a seemingly wildly successful company by imposing a centralized framework on a heretofore radically decentralized,...

Tucked into this year's Fortune 500 issue is a short article on the annual Rice University Business Plan Super Bowl. With $1.3 million in cash, equity,...

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, […]

To make real progress, countries must coordinate.

Companies have long prospered by ignoring what economists call externalities - the various impacts that a business has on its broader milieu but is not...

Home Depot announced this week that it will collect and recycle compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) in nearly 2,000 of its stores. This is great news...

Companies are buying millions of dollars' worth of renewable energy credits (RECs) to offset the carbon produced by the electricity they use. But RECs...

There’s a certain logic to wealthier, more liberal states leading the way.

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

As a car, the all-electric Nissan Leaf has received mostly great reviews. But as a positioning statement, Nissan has, in many marketers' eyes, missed...

In one nice, link-filled list.

Climate change is a pressing concern for Bill Gates, who has just published a new book on the subject. He spoke with HBR's editor-in-chief about the need...