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Sustainability: A Competitive Requirement for Small Business

December 3, 2010 by Steve King
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One of the key business trends for the next decade is the growing importance of sustainable business practices.  Put simply, sustainability is moving from a "nice to have" to a competitive requirement.  The key reasons sustainability is becoming a business necessity are: Customer demand:  Over 40% of consumers say they... [read more]

There is more to sustainability that just being green

August 8, 2008 by Binnur Al-Kazily
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It is said that, once upon a time the forests in Central Anatolia were so thick that two passing armies would not hear each other. Today, mostly a desert, the City of Ankara’s main goals is to bring the trees, the greenness back into Ankara. So much so that, in the middle of an afternoon it is very common to see tanker trucks watering... [read more]

GM invests in Coskata

August 4, 2008 by ToddWallace
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GM CEO Rick Wagoner announced that GM has invested in Coskata, a company that uses crop waste and even garbage to produce ethanol. The company uses a two-step process, which begins when the feedstock (formerly waste) is cooked into a synthesis gas, which is made from a mix of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This gas is then processed by... [read more]

What Does it Mean to Have a Sustainable Brand?

July 26, 2008 by JerryB
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Lewis Green asked the following question to his readers in this post: Sustainability is Hot! Are you? What does it mean to have a Sustainable Brand and/or be a green company? Do today’s businesses, some of whom are rushing to be labeled green, get it? Is authenticity key or can a company use marketing to get consumers to see they are... [read more]

Venture capitalists look at alternative energy start-ups

July 26, 2008 by ToddWallace
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Venture capitalists are looking at obscure start-ups in thermal solar energy, wave power, and algal biofuel. Despite the sluggish economy, alternative-energy start-ups received a record $2 billion in venture capital funding in the second quarter of 2008, a 58 percent increase from a year earlier, according to Cleantech Group, a market... [read more]

Solartaxi attempts to travel around the world

July 25, 2008 by ToddWallace
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Switzerland’s Louis Palmer has driven two-thirds of the way around the world using a solar-powered car. While the Solartaxi uses electricity from 100% renewable energy and releases no emissions into the atmosphere, Palmer notes it’s able to draw only half of its power from its trailer of high-efficiency Q-Cells solar cells. For the... [read more]

Green Links - 7/20/08

July 20, 2008 by Mario Vellandi
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. . . Sustainability Officers Working with Marketing Leaders - Sometimes sustainability leadership comes as an additional role for a marketing leader. But increasingly this position is being filled with qualified individuals from a technical background. This AdAge article discusses how these two roles can work together to properly... [read more]

The Who, Inflation, Blogging, and Global Warming

July 17, 2008 by Brad Feld
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It's time for another quick list of interesting things I found this morning on the web along with my occasionally witty commentary. Harmonix Party: Rock Band owns LA with Who concert.  I love everything about Harmonix and Rock Band.  Er, um, The Who just played at a Harmonix / MTV party at the Orpheum Theater in LA.  The... [read more]

Do Consumers Care that Sun-Chips are Made From Solar Power?

July 17, 2008 by DaveSattler
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  Brandweek got together with Frito-Lay vp-marketing Gannon Jones about the recent success of a previously less-than stellar (pun intended) product – Sun Chips. Sales for Sun Chips are up 17.6%, or $201.8 million for the 52 weeks ending June 15. Back in 2006, when Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth came out, (can you believe it has... [read more]

US’ largest photovoltaic power plant to be built in Florida

July 13, 2008 by ToddWallace
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San Jose, California’s SunPower Corp. will build the country’s largest photovoltaic plant in DeSoto County, Florida. Unlike most large-scale solar plants, which use big mirrors to concentrate sunlight, the SunPower project will use the same solar panels that homeowners install on their rooftops. It will be built in Florida’s DeSoto... [read more]

Novozymes to open enzyme manufacturing plant in Nebraska

July 12, 2008 by ToddWallace
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Novozymes announced that it will break ground on an enzyme manufacturing plant in Blair, Nebraska later this year. The plant in will be designed for later expansions to ensure Novozymes can meet demands for enzymes needed  for cellulosic ethanol. The company hopes make the enzymes available by 2010. Link to original... [read more]

PG&E to add more wind to portfolio

July 4, 2008 by ToddWallace
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San Francisco’s PG&E has signed an agreement to buy wind power from the Houston-based Arlington Wind Power Project. Under the agreement, Horizon is to deliver 240 GW hours of renewable wind energy annually to PG&E’s customers throughout northern and central California. Link to original articleHere at Energy For... [read more]

Green gas stations open in Kansas

July 2, 2008 by ToddWallace
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Zarco 66 opened an eco-friendly gas station in Lawrence, Kansas. The new Zarco 66 station carries E-10 gasoline for any vehicle as many other gas stations do, while also selling E-20 which is 20 percent ethanol, E-30 which is 30 percent ethanol, and E-85 which is 85 percent ethanol. Biodiesel blends from 99 percent down to two percent... [read more]

Energy Recovery Inc. Goes Public This Week

July 1, 2008 by DaveSattler
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This sounds like a fascinating technology from a company called Energy Recovery Inc. that is going public this week. The company had estimated sales of $35.4 million last year. Below is a description of what they do from Hoovers - “Desalination makes seawater potable, Energy Recovery, Inc. makes desalination practical. The company... [read more]

Green Consumer Insights from the Blogosphere

June 30, 2008 by Mario Vellandi
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Date: June 4, 2008Location: Sustainable Brands 08 - Monterey, CaliforniaOrganizer: Sustainable Life Media, Business & Industry News for Sustainability Speakers: Janet Eden-Harris, CEO, UmbriaAverill Doering, Manager of Consumer Insights & Strategy, Umbria Summary: Umbria is a marketing intelligence company that analyzes... [read more]

GreenHunter Energy to be included in the Russell 3000

June 30, 2008 by ToddWallace
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Renewable Energy Company GreenHunter Energy will be included in the Russell 3000 Index, a measuring tool for investment strategies. The investment community is taking note of the fact that GreenHunter Energy is the only publicly traded portfolio company of renewable power and fuels assets in the United States,” said Chairman and Chief... [read more]

Wisconsin business to make ethanol from cheese byproducts

June 29, 2008 by ToddWallace
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Dubay Ingredients and Green Meadow Energy of Stratford, Wisconsin announced that a plant to make fuel out of waste from local dairies will soon be in operation. VanGroll said he and Boeger have developed a secret recipe using waste that already has the protein removed. The remaining permeate has water and some lactose. The lactose is... [read more]

Maine to host 2009 ocean energy conference

June 28, 2008 by ToddWallace
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The 2009 EnergyOcean Conference will be held in Maine in June 2009. More than 300 technologists, financiers and policy makers from around the world will gather in June 2009 at this premier event to share and discuss opportunities for the renewable market of ocean-based energy. Link to original articleHere at Energy For Us All, we try... [read more]

Mississippi to turn sludge into biofuel

June 28, 2008 by ToddWallace
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Mississippi State University received a grant to conduct research on how to turn sludge from water treatment plants into biofuel. The research team, led by Dr. Rafael Hernandez and Dr. Todd French, will conduct research into microorganisms to extract lipids, which are the fatty substances, from the sludge.  The research will also... [read more]

Map of Alternative Energy Companies

June 23, 2008 by DaveSattler
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As alternative energy companies continue to pop up across the globe, the very cool blog earth2tech.com provides a map of 101 “Cleantech Startups”. The map shows the location of companies involved in a variety of energy sectors including solar, energy storage, biofuels, and electric vehicles. The Google Map plots each company with a logo... [read more]

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