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The 16 People You Must Follow on Twitter for Green Business

The 16 People You Must Follow on Twitter for Green Business

There are few communities of interest that have swarmed around Twitter with more fury than the green business community.

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The CSR Cluetrain: Are Consumers On Board?

The CSR Cluetrain: Are Consumers On Board?

Companies touting their social and environmental responsibility have flocked to the web to get the message out and engage with potential customers.

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Walmart Expands Green Reach to Small Businesses

Walmart Expands Green Reach to Small Businesses

Moving beyond their own supply chains, Walmart and Sam's Club tries to help small businesses think about sustainability

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Marriott Hotels and the Greening of Corporate Social Responsibility

Marriott Hotels and the Greening of Corporate Social Responsibility

The Marriott suite of hotel chains is making strides--both large and small--towards becoming one of the greenest in the business.

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Vail Resorts Dumps Green Power Purchasing Program

Vail Resorts Dumps Green Power Purchasing Program

Colorado-based Vail Resorts, one of the nation's largest purchasers of renewable energy credits, announced on Monday they would not renew their three year contract to purchase wind power credits, preferring to spend invest money in a Colorado forest restoration project.

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Can Palm Oil Be Sustainable? Seventh Generation Thinks So

Can Palm Oil Be Sustainable? Seventh Generation Thinks So

Seventh Generation, the nation's top brand of family-safe, environmentally healthy household solutions, has announced a commitment to obtain 100% of the palm oil used throughout its product lines from certified sustainable sources by 2012.

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Greenwash Hits the Courtroom: Why the 'Green Wave' Now Includes Litigation

Greenwash Hits the Courtroom: Why the 'Green Wave' Now Includes Litigation

Here come the lawyers. The 'green wave' of sustainability now includes, and will increasingly include, an aspect of litigation. Why litigation and what will be litigated?

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Irreconcilable Differences: Utilities Leave U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Cite Climate Change

Irreconcilable Differences: Utilities Leave U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Cite Climate Change

In the last week, two major utilities have left the U.S. Chamber of Commerce because of its stance on climate change.

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Further Reading...
Greening Brownfields: Remediation Through Sustainable Development

Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto







Climate Change: What's Your Business Strategy?

The Green Collar Economy