In the context of accounting, an asset is defined as any item of economic value that a corporation owns, especially those that can be converted...

Greenbiz.com's Heather King talks to President & CEO Ed Lonergan about 
the Johnson family legacy of sustainability, innovations that save water, energy and labor, and...

I looked straight ahead at the roughly 80" wide projected television screen in the  News Corporation's  New York  Polycom Telepresence  Suite. As  News Corp's Global...

Method. Whole Foods. Stonyfield Farms. These well-known consumer goods brands roll off the tip of the tongue when you think ‘sustainability.’ However, consumer goods companies aren’t the only...

Plenty of websites exist that list and evaluate "green” products. Now more cities, including Seattle, are building lists of "approved” products and service providers. San...

The Gulf oil spill has captured the attention of millions around the world, stimulating discussions about the accountability every business carries to the customers, employees,...

STRATHAM, NH — Earlier this month, the outdoor products industry  unveiled the Eco-Index, a product-footprinting tool  aimed at retailers. Following on the announcement of that...

When it comes to environmental responsibility and purchasing of green cleaning products, businesses aren't so very different from consumers: There's often a disconnect between intentions...

A new sustainability survey reveals that only 16 percent of U.S. consumers and 29 percent of Fortune 1000 executives believe that a majority of businesses...

A new sustainability survey reveals that only 16 percent of U.S. consumers and 29 percent of Fortune 1000 executives believe that a majority of businesses...

A perceived lack of information and credible resources are holding U.S. businesses back from becoming environmentally responsible, according to a study from Ipsos Public Affairs....

The Dannon Company has cut its overall carbon footprint by 10 percent in 2009, according to the company’s  2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Report . The...

HONG KONG — Every day, national and local officials, municipal utilities, corporations, homeowners and consumers are weighing the risks and rewards of adopting renewable energy....

Ecosystem services -- the benefits humans derive from nature -- can present both risks and opportunities to business. Agribusiness depends on the freshwater, soil quality,...

While a majority of facility and sustainability professionals are tracking electricity use, many still don’t track for waste, water, green purchasing, carbon footprint and other...

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — In an effort to bring about the convergence of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) reporting with financial reporting, the  Global Reporting...

Corporate sustainability reports show up in media coverage nearly every day. Two-thirds of the S&P 500 provided at least some carbon emissions information to the ...

Like most leading manufacturing companies today, Eastman Kodak Company has an aggressive plan to drive energy efficiencies in our facilities that, in turn, yield substantial...

Large U.S. companies continue to be involved in sustainability, and most companies see an alignment between sustainability and their overall business strategy, according to a...

As can be seen by the current economic crisis and issues regarding global warming, leading organizations in the 21 st century is very challenging and ...

I recently posted a query on Twitter and Facebook asking a simple but vexing question: "Someone committed to the environment is called an environmentalist. What...

What do you get as a gift for the person who has everything? Though most of us won’t have to face this dilemma until the...

FAIRFIELD, Conn., Jul. 20 /CSRwire/ - GE today released its sixth annual Citizenship Report, entitled  Renewing Responsibilities . The report covers GE's worldwide operations for...

While climate scientists lament the fact that their flagship compendia, such as the IPCC reports, come under endless attack, scientists working on other environmental issues...

It’s been exactly a year since Walmart’s historic launch of a  Sustainability Index  and other measures to assess suppliers and products and, remarkably, the sun...

Imagine this: If all the water in the world were somehow inside a water cooler, like the kind at your office, the amount of fresh,...

New rules under discussion with accounting standards organizations could require businesses to publish their environmental and social impacts together with their financial disclosures, reports The...

This spring  Procter and Gamble  (P&G) rolled out a sustainability scorecard program for its suppliers. The program requests information on energy, carbon emissions, waste, and...

More and more companies are making noteworthy efforts to minimize damage to the environment from their activities, according to a  report  on business and biodiversity...

As vice president of global sustainability at Procter & Gamble, I've been lucky enough to work with NGOs, thought leaders and P&G employees throughout the...

Last week the  Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the  Carbon Disclosure Project ( CDP) released a  linkage document  that demonstrates the growing collaboration between the...

Siemens has reduced its water consumption by about 5 percent in fiscal year (FY) 2009 compared to a year earlier, using approximately 14.1 million cubic...

Molson Coors has increased its water use by three percent and its solid waste generation by eight percent in 2009, compared to the previous year,...

MillerCoors has exceeded its 2015 goal for waste reduction by eliminating 20 percent of the amount of waste sent to landfill, according to the company’s ...

Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) today released its fourth annual Sustainability Report, which outlines the company's progress in reducing its environmental footprint, greening its product lines,...