Green Business

In this landmark report, Joel Makower and the editors of GreenBiz.com answer the question: How are U.S. businesses doing in their quest to be greener and more environmentally responsible? It introduces the GreenBiz Index, a set of 20 indicators of progress, tracking the resource use, emissions, and business practices of U.S. companies: carbon, materials, energy, and toxics intensity, clean-tech investments, e-waste recovery, paper use, employee commuting, and more. Introduction Top Green Stories of 2007 • Climate Commitments Heat Up • Car Companies Finally Get into Gear • The Greening of Transport Gathers Speed • Green Marketing – and Greenwashing – Make a Comeback • Companies Get Deadly Serious about Toxics • Computing Loses Its Bite • The Big Dogs Flex Their Muscles • Green Building Elevates Expectations • The Greening of Banks Earns Interest • ‘Zero’ Becomes the New Black The GreenBiz Index • Alt-Fuel Vehicles • Building Energy Efficiency • Carbon Intensity • Carbon Trading • Carbon Transparency • Clean-Technology Investments • Clean-Technology Patents • Corporate Reporting • Employee Commuting • Employee Telecommuting • Energy Efficiency • Environmental Management Systems • E-Waste • Green Office Space • Green Power Use • Packaging Intensity • Paper Use and Recycling • Pesticide Use • Quality of Management • Toxic Emissions Indicators We Wish We Had The Best of 2007: Editors’ Picks • Tools and resources, reports and research, sustainability initiatives, books and websites, and more.

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