Business
What? You thought the only thing green about business was the color of money?
Wrong.
We live in a time when corporate responsibility is a household word. Environmental policies can hold as much importance as advertising campaigns.
An increasing number of businesses adopt cap and trade carbon systems, and pitch their policies to the public. It’s more important than ever to understand what they’re saying, filter through the greenwashing, and make the responsible choices which will lead to a greener future.
Click on any of the stories below to find out the latest news in the world of green business.
PCB’s in Hudson, Higher Than First Thought
Levels of PCB contamination in the Hudson River are far greater than first estimated and General Electric’s dredging operation must improve before the next phase of the toxic cleanup starts in 2011. Note: PCBs, or Polychlorinated bipheny...
How Smart Entrepreneurs Can Shift into Green Economy
Entrepreneur Ben Harroun and his family got their start in general construction 30 years ago. Their aim and business niche for almost 30 years was to provide low-cost quality housing. And while the low cost option may have saved them from...
Is Wal-Mart the New Green Giant?
Wal-Mart, the worlds largest retailer, has launched several recent environmental efforts, receiving both plaudits and skepticism. Its latest aims to eliminate 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its global supply chain ...
Environment and Economy Go Hand In Hand
The world faces two main problems: the economy and the environment. Some suggest the two go hand in hand, many have different ideas on how to deal with them. However few can agree on what should be done about them. Recently the Wilderness ...
Wal-Mart presses Chinese Suppliers on Labour and Environment
Lutex is a Hong Kong based soap and cosmetics producer who supplies Wal-Mart and is now, at the urging of the worlds largest retailer, paying close attention to energy savings and environmental details. As a result Lutex has been paying cl...
Chevron to Build Solar Facility
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson announced today that Chevron’s mining subsidiary, Chevron Mining Inc., will build a one megawatt concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar facility on the tailing site of their molybdenum mine in Questa, New...
Wal-Mart to Green Up Supply Chain
The nations largest retailer, Wal-Mart announced this week it would cut some 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its supply chain by the end of 2015 – the equivalent of removing more than 3.8 million cars from the road for a...
Oil Giants to Quit Climate Lobby
Two of the world’s largest oil companies are posed to quit a prominent climate-change lobby group in Washington. In what is being viewed as the latest blow to global efforts to reach a consensus on climate change this year. BP and Conoc...
Johns Hopkins Concerned About Environment And Emerging Markets
Environmental issues have been brought to the forefront as a result of strong economic growth over the last half century. Anne O Krueger, professor of international economics at Johns Hopkins University in Washington D.C. says economies su...
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