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GE & Nissan Partner to Plug EVs into More Homes
The two-year R&D partnership will look at ways tighten connections between EVs, their power source and the buildings occupied by their drivers.
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Soap and Glory: A Peek Behind Method’s Methods
On the occasion of the publication of their new book, The Method Method, an interview with Method co-founders Adam Lowry and Eric Ryan, on what they've learned -- about small companies in big markets, about innovation, and about the green marketplace.
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Timberland Makes Some Progress on Cutting GHGs While Growing Sales
Emissions ticked up 11 percent in the second quarter at Timberland, a period in which revenue climbed 27 percent.
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How Open Innovation Can Solve Environmental Problems Large & Small
The first prize from a challenged issued by the Environmental Defense Fund and InnoCentive proposes a simple solution to the problem of pollution from nitrogen-rich farm runoff. It's just one of many little challenges that could add up to big solutions.
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How She Leads: Coca-Cola’s Beatriz Perez
The first-ever chief sustainability officer at the beverage giant discusses what it's like to be the first to hold the CSO role at Coke, why the company is excited about the PlantBottle, and the importance of listening to feedback from customers.
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IF11 Preview: Dow’s Kirk Thompson on Bringing New Life to Existing Technology
In the runup to GreenBiz Group's Innovation Forum 2011, Kirk Thompson talks about how Dow's approach to innovation re-energized roofing products and gave a new look to PV solar power systems.
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The Sweet Green Life of a Ben & Jerry’s CEO
Walt Freese, the appropriately named former head of the do-gooder ice-cream company, dishes on the importance of a values-driven work life, the significance of being authentic and how employee engagement got Ben & Jerry's back on track.
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Now is Not the Time to Back Down from Solar Innovation
Rather than take the Solyndra meltdown as a call to end all government funding for clean energy companies, there are smart policy practices that can spur innovation and continue to make American solar firms competitive.
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‘App Store’ Aims to Get LEED Buildings to Deliver on Performance
An app that enables LEED users to close gaps between building design and performance is among the cloud-based offerings from a new line business for the Indie Energy Systems Company.
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Organic Farming’s Economic and Environmental Benefits
How policy changes can keep growing the job-creating and environmental benefits of organic agriculture.