State of Green Business 2008


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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