ENVIRONMENT | Protecting our natural resources
12 March 2008
Internet Resources
Online sources for information about green corporations
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
A nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing energy efficiency as a means of promoting economic prosperity and environmental protection.
Clean Edge
Helps companies, investors, and governments understand and profit from clean technologies.
CFO.com — Corporations and the Environment
A special issue of the online journal CFO.com with articles on sustainability and green buildings.
Eco-Patent Commons
An initiative of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development to create a collection of patents on technology that protects the environment.
GreenBiz.com
An information clearinghouse on sustainable business practices.
GreenBiz.com — State of Green Business 2008
A report on the quest of corporations and businesses to become greener and more environmentally responsible. The GreenBiz Index, a set of 20 indicators of progress, tracks the resource use, emissions, and business practices of U.S. companies.
GreenBiz Leaders
Provides examples of how companies of all sizes and sectors align environmental responsibility with business success.
Green Energy
News stories from the San Jose Mercury News about companies that are exploring new green technologies.
Green Power Partnership
A program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that provides information to companies about consuming energy from green sources to help reduce the environmental impacts of electricity use and support the development of renewable-generation capacity.
MSNBC — Going Green
A collection of online articles about green technologies and their use.
The Source for Renewable Energy
An online buyer’s guide and business directory to more than 12,000 renewable energy businesses and organizations worldwide.
U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development
A nonprofit association of businesses whose purpose is to deliver collaborative projects that help its members and partners demonstrate leadership in the United States on sustainable development and realize business value.
U.S. Green Building Council
A nonprofit corporation dedicated to sustainable building design and construction.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
A CEO-led global association of some 200 companies dealing with business and sustainable development.
Online Reading
Borden, Mark, Jeff Chu, Charles Fishman, Michael A Prospero, and Danielle Sacks. “50 Ways To Green Your Business.” Fast Company (November 2007).
Discusses options for cleaning up business.
Coal-Based Generation Stakeholders Group. “A Vision for Achieving Ultra-Low Emissions From Coal-Fueled Electric Generation” (January 2005).
The coal industry and its customers: how they plan to meet America’s energy and environmental needs by cleaning up their acts.
Hymowitz, Carol, moderator. “Corporate Social Concerns: Are They Good Citizenship, Or a Rip-Off for Investors?” The Wall Street Journal Online (6 December 2005).
Dialogue about corporations’ environmental responsibility — includes Benjamin Heineman Jr., then senior vice president of General Electric; Ilyse Hogue, director of the Rainforest Action Network’s Global Finance Campaign; and Fred Smith Jr., president and founder of the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
“The McKinsey Global Survey of Business Executives: Business and Society.” The McKinsey Quarterly (January 2006).
Report on a poll that found overwhelming acceptance by businesses of responsibility for more than making profits.
National Public Radio — How Environmentalists Shaped TXU Deal
An interview with Fred Krupp, president of Environmental Defense, about winning environmental commitments from suitors of a Texas electric utility.
Social Investment Forum. “2005 Report on Socially Responsible Investing Trends in the United States” (24 January 2006).
A biennial report that surveys investors who care about more than the bottom line.
U.S. Climate Action Partnership — A Call for Action
Recommendations from the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, a coalition of major corporations and environmental groups working for national legislation in the United States to slow, stop, and reverse the growth of greenhouse gas.
Filmography
Green: The New Red, White and Blue
Director: David Hickman
Running time: 90 minutes
Synopsis: New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman looks at various “green” technologies being adopted by American businesses to reduce the output of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide and ultimately to reduce global warming and ensure political stability throughout the world.
Green Is the Color of Money
Director: Ben Shedd
Running time: 33 minutes
Synopsis: Widescreen documentary about designing and building one of the world’s most energy-efficient, high-performance buildings, the Banner Bank Building in Boise, Idaho. Built for standard costs using standard parts put together in an integrated way, this 11-story building shows that building green is good business and good for the environment.
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