The fast food sandwich chain, under new management since 2013, tells the world what it’s been doing about energy efficiency, hunger relief and programs for employees and youth.
Falling solar costs and new purchasing mechanisms are empowering companies to pursue solar in new ways.
It’s not just reduced emissions from less commuting that helps.
At VERGE 15, Steve Jurvetson talks about being an early VC investor in Tesla and how the pattern recognition and optimization capabilities of “deep learning” software will help us humans adapt to a world that is becoming increasingly unpredictable due to climate change. “Instead of programming something to do something, you generate a computer program that is itself, like our brain, capable of learning anything,” said Jurvetson.
A new set of six principles are providing momentum to achieving cleaner data centers.
RE100, REBA, BRC, WRI, WWF… The list of groups to help companies buy renewable energy can look like a game of Boggle. We break it all down here.
The nation’s capital seeks to control flooding with help from its credit-trade system.
Biomaterials have come a long way. With companies such as Walmart and Dupont already embracing them, the technology may be about to hit the mainstream.
Peter Gleick is co-founder of the Pacific Institute, which conducts research and policy analysis at the intersection of water systems, climate risk and sustainable development. He discusses how companies can engage in more sustainable water use and accountability, and the role of technology in providing a solution our worsening water woes at VERGE 15.
Sodexo and Aramark lead off a less-than-glowing analysis of the state of sustainable seafood.