Sustainability

Penn State University is the latest university to offer corporate sustainability courses. Here are five more schools with programs.

3 | July 22, 2010 5:56am | By Heather Clancy

Net-zero energy and water consumption are just the beginning.

2 | July 21, 2012 2:52pm | By Claire Lambrecht

What do the stock market and brain trauma treatment have in common? Allow me to explain.

Sponsored | May 6, 2013 5:54am | By Charlie Schick

Four Harvard University women created a soccer ball that generates electricity for use in off-grid areas of the world. It is having a powerful impact.

11 | May 6, 2013 3:00am | By Jason Dearen

Many overfished species should not be boycotted by retailers or consumers, according to Ray Hilborn, professor of fishery sciences at the University of Washington.

3 | May 30, 2012 7:17am | By Christie Nicholson

In a Nairobi slum, newly minted entrepreneurs run more than 160 public toilets and transform their waste into fertilizer -- and someday they'll turn it into electricity.

2 | April 22, 2013 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez Sherwood

Daredevils piloting a solar plane will embark on the first transcontinental flight of its kind across the U.S. starting tomorrow

1 | May 2, 2013 7:50pm | By David Worthington

Global video-game producer says employees can spend 100 percent of their time developing whatever they want. There isn't even a human resources department. Is this sustainable?

2 | March 8, 2013 8:29am | By Joe McKendrick

Researchers make the green case for ordering groceries from your computer.

6 | May 1, 2013 12:39pm | By Tyler Falk

Panel of sustainability managers at the SXSW Eco conference discusses the upside of getting employees involved with corporate sustainability and why it is important not to mandate causes.

1 | October 6, 2011 3:23am | By Heather Clancy

The second annual Sustainability & Innovation study from MITSloan and Boston Consulting Group shows that enthusiasm for corporate sustainability grew substantially over the past year.

3 | February 22, 2011 4:36am | By Heather Clancy

Typically, some chief financial officers have been out-of-touch with their corporate sustainability measures. A new report makes the financial case for getting more involved.

August 29, 2011 9:08am | By Heather Clancy

There are few black architects in the pipeline, and fewer still with a high national profile. C.C. Sullivan looks at the latest news, which suggests a growing role for African-American designers.

35 | April 24, 2013 1:45am | By C.C. Sullivan

We talk to this everyman leader about how to transform a company.

April 9, 2013 3:00am | By Heather Clancy

BUENOS AIRES -- A young network is bringing together government, NGOs, hotels and travel agencies to grade each other on sustainability and expand responsible tourism beyond the eco lodge.

January 25, 2013 3:00am | By Ian Mount

When it comes to ensuring the sustainability of your supply chain, you'll need to dig deep for complete transparency.

1 | September 28, 2010 3:01pm | By Heather Clancy

The corporations at the top of this sustainability list might surprise you.

3 | January 24, 2013 4:00am | By Tyler Falk

The sedentary and unsustainable lifestyle of car-dependent suburbs is leading planners to turn dead big box stores into cool libraries, to turn backyard swimming pools into tilapia farms and more.

15 | March 11, 2013 3:00am | By Christina Hernandez Sherwood

Erring on the side of caution seems more important than boosting innovation or research by purchasing firms for many businesses.

April 22, 2013 1:39am | By Charlie Osborne

Energy giant Shell issues its 2010 sustainability report, and it's a stark reminder that the world isn't powered by solar panels or wind turbines, but lots and lots of oil and gas.

1 | April 14, 2011 7:36am | By Andrew Nusca