Green Buzz

A study from the U.S. Commerce Department lays the foundation for measuring the growth of the green economy, with green jobs representing 2 percent or less of the private sector in 2007.

This report from the U.S. Commerce Department measures the size and economic impacts of green products and services.

With the lack of any global greenhouse gas emissions treaties, big business, shareholders and consumers alike have echoed a similar sentiment: If you want to do something right, do it yourself. Here's what you need to get started.

The beverage company has teamed up with Waste Management to launch a multi-year partnership to roll out thousands of reverse vending machines that make it easy for individuals to recycle containers for rewards.

In move affecting more than $1 billion in goods each year, Kaiser Permanente is now requiring its suppliers to provide environmental data on all medical equipment and products purchased by the largest managed care organization in the U.S.

Kohl's Department Stores and hip upcycler TerraCycle are among the winners of the inaugural Edison Green Award Winners, the latest category to be added to the 23-year-old award competition that honors innovative new products and the companies that make them.

The country's environmental regulator has published projections that show Ireland will barely achieve its Kyoto Protocol targets, which are widely considered to be fairly weak, and the country will fall short of its EU ETS targets.

While automakers appeal to Washington for the next round of EV subsidies, experts warn to spend wisely.

Target has moved up to the number one spot on Greenpeace's supermarket seafood sustainability list as more retailers receive passing scores.
 

This report from Greenpeace ranks and rates 20 supermarket chains on their sustainability practices for purchasing seafood and communicating about sustainable seafood to shoppers.

In the wake of Earth Day's hype-fest, here are three new reports on marketing and communications.

On campus, at major events, in public parks and even at the office, reverse vending machines are making it easier to take back containers and reward people for recycling.

The news anchors for a Georgia television station are all getting iPads instead of paper scripts; the station expects the move to save $24,000 a year in printing costs.

Spring is here, as well as the start of Bike to Work Day events across the country. Biking to work makes for happier, healthier and greener employees -- and here's how to make it easy.

Unsurprisingly, tech companies make up the bulk of the 12 best companies in the San Francisco Bay Area for sustainability communications; Clorox is the only non-tech firm to make the list from the EcoStrategy Group.

A survey of companies from around the world found growing and highly positive interest in carbon offsets from forestry projects.

This report from EcoSecurities surveyed global corporations about how and where they plan to invest in carbon offset projects from forestry.

Over the past several years, the look of the laundry detergent aisle of your supermarket has completely changed, driven largely by Method, and followed by the sector's biggest players.

If European countries give a multi-billion euro handout to Greece to stabilize its economy, will they still be able to meet their climate commitments? It turns out that investing in clean energy can make it possible.

Despite rapidly developing technology to support and manage facilities, office buildings in the U.S. are falling behind the curve when it comes to adopting smart solutions that can ramp up energy efficiency and other aspects that affect costs, occupants' comfort and productivity, according to new research from IBM.