Sustainability

The mammoth fast-food restaurant company created sustainable land management committee and pledges to source food and packaging from certified-sustainable sources.

4 | March 9, 2011 2:27pm | By Heather Clancy

Data from Ernst & Young/GreenBiz Group show that 75 percent of big companies are developing sustainability programs to help meet cost reduction goals.

1 | March 7, 2012 4:27am | By Heather Clancy

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

India's conglomerate, ITC, says it has been carbon-positive, waste-positive and waste-positive for at least three years. Its latest sustainability report describes that journey in detail.

1 | February 16, 2011 4:33am | By Heather Clancy

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.

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

Autodesk tools aim to help designers conceptualize projects on a computer before starting the costly (and energy-intense) construction process. Correspondent Sumi Das talks to the company's...

1 | April 7, 2009 10:57am

Consumer goods giant behind Knorr's, Lipton and Ben & Jerry's says there should not be a conflict between growth and sustainability.

1 | November 15, 2010 3:24pm | By Heather Clancy

Reputation aside, Nike believes smart business decisions have to be made around sustainability.

November 6, 2012 12:12pm | By Charlie Osborne

We talk to Unilever SVP Gavin Neath about business strategy and selling sustainability -- internally and externally.

2 | April 25, 2012 3:00am | By Andrew Nusca

Top chief executives of multinational companies gathered at the Clinton Global Initiative's annual meeting to discuss how sustainability affects the bottom line.

1 | September 26, 2011 8:23am | By Andrew Nusca

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

Enterprise software company sets new standard for sustainability reporting and pledges to offer reporting framework to its customers

May 10, 2010 10:42am | By Heather Clancy

Survey predicts that within a decade, sustainable practices will be core to standard business operating policies.

June 22, 2010 11:21am | By Heather Clancy

Siemens VP of sustainability Alison Taylor says sound environmental policy is in business' interest -- and a price for carbon is the place to start.

2 | June 6, 2010 7:33pm | By Andrew Nusca

Global study by MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group found about one-third of companies can link corporate sustainability programs to profit.

January 26, 2012 8:31am | By Heather Clancy

Modular solutions can speed the construction process, but only when they contribute positively to the overall precision and elegance of an architectural design.

1 | February 27, 2013 3:00am | By C.C. Sullivan

New study finds just 16 percent of U.S. consumers believe that Corporate America is dedicated to going green.

3 | August 30, 2010 4:44am | By Heather Clancy

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

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

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

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

Wheelchairs made to sustain extra weight, MRIs with larger openings. Hospitals and doctors are investing in adjustments for obese patients, changes that benefit thinner patients too.

3 | January 21, 2013 9:03pm | By Janet Fang