Sustainability

What are the secrets to pursuing corporate sustainability? Experts from SAP, Lexmark, REI and Duke University offer 35 pieces of advice for your company.

October 5, 2010 10:56am | By Andrew Nusca

BARCELONA -- A billion people worldwide lack clean water. One start-up looks to use plants to provide an affordable, chemical-free alternative to the current costly market.

6 | June 10, 2013 3:06am | By Jennifer Riggins

The co-founder of the green cleaning products company flaunts traditional consumer products design strategies and encourages every employee to be weird.

1 | June 4, 2013 3:00am | By Heather Clancy

Just when you thought you could recycle in your sleep, here come bioplastics.

3 | May 30, 2013 3:00am | By Mary Catherine O'Connor

Indian IT services company Wipro and German enterprise software firm SAP will collaborate on sustainability performance and energy management products.

1 | May 14, 2010 7:23am | By Andrew Nusca

Turn your nose up at metal screw caps? Can never find your cork screw? Help is on the way!

4 | June 17, 2013 7:25am | By Mark Halper

How two mayors of small towns in right-wing America are showing the way to energy and climate progress: through local action.

29 | May 1, 2013 3:00am | By Chris Nelder

Medical data can be a valuable resource for hackers and so the health industry has to defend itself better, says U.S. officials.

2 | June 14, 2013 3:13am | By Charlie Osborne

Good profits trump good intentions as motivators for the best corporate responsibility and sustainability programs. And that's a good thing, says green marketing guru Susan McPherson.

5 | February 4, 2013 3:00am | By Audrey Quinn

Virtual patients and digital lab-rats -- the future of drug testing?

June 13, 2013 6:00am | By Charlie Osborne

A Kickstarter campaign could release hundreds of thousands of synthetic biological weeds across the United States -- and so far, the government is doing nothing about it.

25 | June 13, 2013 1:43am | By Laura Shin

Nike is looking to improve the sustainability of its supply chain. Here's how.

March 20, 2013 4:00am | By Tyler Falk

The finalists for the 2013 Airbus Fly Your Ideas challenge includes a luggage unloading system inspired by air hockey and a way to power laptops in-flight using body heat.

5 | June 12, 2013 9:38pm | By Janet Fang

A biodiversity scientist on how the microbial ecosystems in our offices and bathrooms can impact human health.

3 | June 3, 2013 3:00am | By Christina Hernandez Sherwood

China's growing wealth has produced a paradox of sorts: it now outsources carbon pollution within its own borders just as wealthier countries have done with China.

7 | June 11, 2013 10:52pm | By David Worthington

Three U.S. cities were awarded for their strong sustainability initiatives.

1 | April 18, 2012 4:00am | By Tyler Falk

Evan Kopelson took the plunge two weeks ago to be sustainable. That leap meant he said "So long!" to his Beverly Hills lifestyle to live in a yoga pod in a communal environment. "The...

1 | November 30, 2009 1:15pm | By Evan Kopelson

A new self-sustaining building is now open in Seattle. See what sets it apart from other green buildings.

7 | April 24, 2013 4:00am | By Tyler Falk

Next year, one billion smart connected devices will be shipped to emerging markets.

5 | June 10, 2013 7:51am | By Tyler Falk

The trend of companies and institutions making bold architectural statements with their buildings withered with the recession. Now, starchitecture has re-emerged in the tech industry.

May 29, 2013 12:43pm | By Kirsten Korosec