Green Business

As large corporations raise the green movement from a mere ripple to a tidal wave of sustainable developments, from recycling measures and renewable energy sources to package and processing redesigns, customers will begin to expect sustainable practices from every company, even small businesses.[read more]

My intention is to inspire you to take a long hard look at your business and imagine and brainstorm how you could reinvent your business model so that you are able to make an even bigger impact.[read more]

Running an environmentally friendly office is not simply a socially responsible policy; it is increasingly becoming an economically wise choice. By reducing avoidable pollution and waste, a business can become more efficient and save money even as it can demonstrate its commitment to going green.[read more]

There are some relatively easy and inexpensive ways you can green your office, reduce your impact on the environment, and connect with customers who have environmental concerns:[read more]

If your product is made by people, you have another way of engaging your audience. People to people: P2P[read more]

We caught up with Judy Samuelson, Executive Director of the Business and Society Program at Aspen Institute, after the panel Training the New Generation of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs at SXSWeco 2011. She created the Business and Society Program in 1998. Here she describes Beyond Grey Pinstripes (www.beyondgreypinstripes.org), the Aspen Institute's interactive site which ranks business schools on their green programs.[read more]

We sat down with Stuart Decew of the Yale Center for Business and the Environment at SXSWEco 2011 to talk about the future of business education.[read more]

Commercial buildings account for a good amount of greenhouse gas emissions from our society. They are generally large users of power, equipment and consumable items. This article will go over some key ideas to help reduce your offices environmental footprint.[read more]

Embedding Sustainability into Organizational Culture: A Recipe for Innovation, At a recent TSSS event Dr. Bertels shared with our audience her research into how companies can actually ‘do’ sustainability, and do it well.[read more]

One of the knocks against renewable energy has been that, unlike coal, natural gas and nuclear energy, it is intermittent. Solar and wind power can’t be relied upon when the sun doesn’t shine or the wind doesn’t blow. SolarReserve, a well-financed California startup that can store energy from the sun, wants to change that with the help of a $737 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy.[read more]

The USPS has saved $27 million by going green. Small businesses can learn money-saving tips from how it was done.[read more]

  As individuals most of us make resolutions around this time of the year in an effort to improve our lives. But what about companies? There are definite resolutions that business and companies can make to improve their business and how the company is run. One of those resolutions is to make your business greener in 2011. And if...[read more]

  This post was originally posted here: Tips for a Green Office Keeping the office current and on-track when it comes to environmentally friendly practices isn’t always easy. There could be various personalities and opinions to deal with regarding green practices and not everyone might care as much about the effects of wastefulness...[read more]

  If you wish to save money by going green, you have to make certain that you are willing to make lifestyle changes.  Going green is more than simply deciding to finally stick to recycling.  Going green is a state of mind that should stretch into every part of who you are.  What is great about this change is that you...[read more]

  The United States Olympic Committee USOC is not only looking to further the athletic accomplishments but make sustainable environmental changes to the Winter Games. And with the bid for the 2022 games being award in 2015, they must move fast with their efforts. This began with naming Andrew Liveris and Dow Chemical the worldwide...[read more]

Finally we have a touch of winter. I read a gripping book about the BP oil spill in the gulf called Drowning in Oil - BP and the Reckless Pursuit of Profit by Loren Steffy. As the title suggests, the author feels that the disaster in the gulf was largely caused by BP's pursuit of profit. The book is clearly written with an anti-BP...[read more]

  We are in a time when marketing teams have more knowledge about what makes us tick than at any time in history. Research techniques have developed to such an extent that Google even displays adverts to us that follow us around as we surf the internet, adverts that are tailored to our personal tastes. We are bombarded with...[read more]

  How much energy does your computer use? Would you believe that you could be wasting as much as 250 watts just from your PC tower? A laptop uses as much as 50 watts and an old fashion CRT monitor can use as much as the entire computer, doubling your usage. I was alarmed to find this out myself… I have always tried to be energy...[read more]

  In the modern workplace, organization and communication are key. You can’t expect to succeed in any workplace if you don’t ‘speak the language’ or know the lingo. Every job has its own line of nuance and expectation, and office management is no exception. To be a successful office manager, you not only have to know the language...[read more]

Recently I met with a corporate Executive VP in New York City. I'll call him Phil. Phil said his division was struggling. But instead of leading the charge to turn things around, he was being called into meetings regularly to make lengthy, detailed, Powerpoint presentations explaining what was wrong. He was too busy doing business to be...[read more]