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

Some companies claim to have no bosses. Is this sustainable, or is some semblance of order necessary, at least to not scare off investors and customers?

2 | June 18, 2013 7:25pm | By Joe McKendrick

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

Pandora's Promise is the most important environmental feature film since An Inconvenient Truth. Its ow inconvenient truth? Unfairly maligned nuclear power can save the world from climate change.

2 | June 19, 2013 5:18am | By Mark Halper

Power has become a public commodity for smartphone users in Manhattan with newly installed solar charging stations that are emerging in New York City parks.

June 18, 2013 6:46pm | By David Worthington

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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