A new report finds that a little more than half of companies are emitting too much carbon. But there are bright spots — and …
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Mr. Green Jeans: Levi’s Detoxifies Its Supply Chain
After coming under fire from a major environmental group, Levi Strauss moves to clean up its production process. Will other clothing manufacturers follow suit?
How the Drought of 2012 Will Make Your Food More Expensive
They call drought the slow-motion disaster, and for good reason. While earthquakes and volcanoes strike in a moment, and hurricanes unfold over a few days, a drought is simply a day without rain that becomes two days without …
Paying for Nature: Dow’s Environmental Bottom Line
A year ago I traveled to Detroit to moderate a discussion between Mark Tercek, the head of the Nature Conservancy (TNC)—one of the biggest green groups in the U.S.—and Andrew Liveris, the CEO of Dow Chemical. They were in …
“The dominance of short-termism in the market fosters general market instability and undermines the efforts of executives seeking long-term value creation. As we face an inflection point in the global economy and the global environment, the imperative for change has never been greater.”
Why Bad Heat = Bad Air
As if the stifling, tripe-digit temperatures gripping much of nation weren’t bad enough, the heat wave is also contributing to dangerously high levels of air pollution—especially around the cities of the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic region. The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) air quality rankings range from 0 to 500—500 …
GE Picks Up the Slack on Green Tech
I have a piece in today’s magazine about General Electric’s big solar bet. The multinational behemoth—which has already built a $6 billion-plus wind turbine business—is now looking to move into solar manufacturing as well. That might be bad news for competitors like First Solar, but it’s good news for those who want to see solar …
Ray Anderson, the Green CEO Who Really Gets It
In this week’s Going Green column, I have a piece on Ray Anderson, the founder of the modular carpet manufacturer Interface and quite possibly the greenest CEO in America. Some of that reputation stems from what Anderson has done with Interface, setting the company on a path to total sustainability—meaning zero waste—by 2020. But to …
The Pocketbook Environmentalist
On this Monday Pulitzer afternoon (no Breaking News award? What gives?), I wanted to turn your attention to an interesting piece in the Huffington Post from Lynn Jurich, the president and co-founder of SunRun, a major home solar-energy installer. Jurich notes that at the very time when a sluggish economy, high unemployment and …
Avoiding “Short-Termism” in Business
I’m on my way to Orange County, California, for the 2011 Fortune Brainstorm Green conference. I’ll be moderating panels on the scalability of green energy, and the fate of green capital. One my panelists for the later meeting will be Mindy Lubber, the president of Ceres, a national network of investors, environmental organizations and …