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Researchers have found a way to pull carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the air and use it to make plastics that do not contain bisphenol A (BPA).
 

How can you shift a corporate culture so that it embodies environmental sustainability? Is it all about getting the incentives right or is it brought in by recruiting, driven by front-line employees, led by the executives  --  all of the above? Those were among the questions explored at a recent Green Innovation in Business Solutions Lab in New York City.

The latest rankings of the airline sector from Greenopia find wide differences among how many environmental initiatives airlines are undertaking, with room for improvement the only consistent element.

In times of crisis, speed is everything; nothing is faster than crowdsourced 2.0 problem-solving. Yet BP seems committed to problem-solving the 1.0 way.

Why do so many organizations miss the mark when it comes to communicating their achievements? The obvious answer is that as more and more companies wrap their marketing in green messages, it gets harder and harder to separate the wheat from the chaff. But if spin is the enemy, then the best antidote is to offer something of value.

A socially responsible investing firm has launched bylaw amendments at three of the world's largest technology companies in the wake of those firms' removal from a sustainable stock index.

New report predicts falling prices will drive demand for green consumer goods.
 

Can the U.S. surpass China in the solar PV market? The challenges are many, but the Green Race isn't over yet.
 

Is Coca Cola a more sustainable company than PepsiCo? Which company is greener, Dell or Hewlett Packard? Both UPS and FedEx say they are environmental leaders -- who’s right? Underwriters Laboratories (UL) -- one of the world’s oldest and most respected standard-setting organizations -- is going to help settle some of those arguments.

Although the job market as a whole has gone splat in a major way, research has found that the number of CSR positions available in the private and public sector is growing quickly. Here's what you need to know to get started on your green job search.

For three days, over a thousand people gathered in Amsterdam to discuss the state of the art of GRI reporting, and to create a roadmap of where to go from here.

Data is beginning to roll in for the pilot test of an eagerly anticipated new standard for supply chain greenhouse gas accounting from the World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

The Gulf oil spill is now at least three times the amount of the 11-million-gallon Exxon Valdez spill in 1989. How BP handles the catastrophe will be the true measure of the company -- and a sign of whether the industry has learned from the disaster 21 years ago.
 

News from Kaiser Permanente finds that exposure to BPA -- which, as we're learning, is everywhere -- has a wide range of negative impacts on mens' sexual performance.

Opening a new facility, whether it's a factory, office or data center, can be an opportunity to streamline your supply chain and build your relationship with the community, while at the same time opening up new revenue streams.

The Hohm website, Microsoft's home energy management application, now provides users with energy efficiency scores for their properties that can be compared with scores for neighbors and households elsewhere in the country.

Innovation, costs, and regulation now drive leading firms to increasingly embrace carbon management and sustainability, but within the next few years, companies will move in greater numbers from a tactical to strategic approach as factors such as emissions and resource scarcity take on greater importance in C-suite decisionmaking,

Today, the veil of secrecy is being lifted on a project in which my colleagues and I have been engaged for several years: The creation of a global sustainability standard for business.

The once ballyhooed bipartisan climate bill is expected to be reintroduced as the Kerry-Lieberman bill this week. Ex-sponsor Sen. Lindsey Graham says he doubts the bill can garner 60 votes, so what are the hopes of gaining any other GOP supporters?

Sustainability reporting is not straightforward. It takes resources to gather information and communicate it properly. Companies earning the highest ratings for their sustainability communications have discovered several keys to producing top-notch reports.