China emits more greenhouse gasses than any other country, and many of its factories use much more energy than similar facilities in other countries. This gives global companies the opportunity to profoundly reduce their climate impacts by working with their China-based suppliers. While energy-efficiency investments in China are cost-effective, challenges related ...

News | Newswire | Jun 17, 2010

DENVER, Col. – Environmental lawyer and advocate Robert Kennedy Jr. made the business case for investing in the environment and achieving energy independence at last week’s American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo (AIHce) in Denver, Col.   Delivering the keynote at AIHce’s opening ceremonies, Kennedy said investing in the environment today will ...

News | Mari-Len De Guzman | Jun 3, 2010

A comprehensive new study of Canada's steel sector released Monday presents important new insights into the impact of the industry in Canada, and offers a fresh look at its future prospects in light of many recent changes in the global and Canadian steel industries. Energy will likely play a big ...

News | Newswire | Jun 3, 2010

Canadians do not walk the talk when it comes to their commitments to greener living according to findings from the second annual Canadian Green Gap Index released this week by Optimum Public Relations and Summerhill. Facilitated by Leger Marketing, the insight report revealed a continued trend showing Canadians believe they ...

News | News | Jun 3, 2010

Eighty-two per cent of Canadian executives believe that a response to climate change is imperative today and plan immediate increases on spending for climate change initiatives, according to the new report Action amid uncertainty: the business response to climate change, based on a survey from Ernst & Young. "Despite uncertain economic ...

News | Newswire | Jun 3, 2010

Earlier this week, 21 member companies of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), and nine leading environmental organizations, unveiled an unprecedented agreement – the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement – that applies to 72 million hectares of public forests licensed to FPAC members. The Agreement, when fully implemented, will conserve ...

News | Newswire | May 20, 2010

Spec Furniture began its journey towards sustainability some years ago, but really stepped it up in 2009. “By properly separating our waste we have increased our waste diversion from 5 per cent to 75 per cent in a matter of months,” says Jed McKie, Design Engineer and leader of environmental ...

Features | Jennifer Taves | Jun 3, 2010

Many business leaders recognize that the true value of sustainability is realized only when sustainability is embedded into their organizations' cultures. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports often describe sustainability as "part of our DNA" or "the way we do business"; however, business leaders lack a clear framework for systematically embedding ...

Features | Newswire | May 20, 2010

The list of Canada's "Green 30" — organizations whose employees are most positive about their record on environmental stewardship — was released today, Earth Day, by Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting and outsourcing company. This year's list of Canada's Greenest Employers was also announced by the editors of ...

Features | GB Staff | Apr 22, 2010

Over the past decade, corporate environmental sustainability has become an almost universally recognized precept of business conduct. Environmentally conscious organizations are finding that their sustainable practices impact suppliers as well as customers; leading organizations are literally promoting sustainability throughout the entire value chain. In this context, strategically applied procurement processes ...

Features | Natasha Renaud | Mar 4, 2010

“Green”-labeled products are becoming more common in every industry, but not all live up to their billing. If you want to make an impact with your product, what can you do to stand out? Recently, Green Business sat down with Kevin Royce, owner of Eco Building Resource in Aurora, Ontario, ...

Features | Robert Colman | Feb 18, 2010

Davos, Switzerland — Yesterday, 10 leading organizations announced the launch of the GreenXchange (GX), a Web-based marketplace where companies can collaborate and share intellectual property (IP) which can lead to new sustainability business models and innovation. Announced at a CEO breakfast at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the organizations ...

Features | Newswire | Jan 28, 2010

The late American writer, David Foster Wallace, in his characteristically probing style, once asked, in an essay titled “Consider the Lobster”, if it was “all right to boil a sentient creature alive just for gustatory pleasure.” His intent was to pose an admittedly unsettling challenge to the way many of ...

Columns | Rob Colman | Jan 20, 2010

Cities are among humanity’s most durable artifacts, and they are more than the sum of their buildings — they are tapestries of human lives and social networks that, at their best, tap the power of place and evoke the heart and soul of a particular geography. Too often, we have ...

Columns | Rob Colman | Nov 18, 2009

Over the summer I have been reminded, again, of the perilous state of the world’s environment and the need for perhaps less planning and more institutional reform.  On July 2, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reported that governments worldwide are failing to stem a frightening drop-off ...

Columns | Rob Colman | Sep 8, 2009

In a recent Calgary Herald article on the challenges facing Alberta’s coal-fired generating stations in a carbon-constrained future, TransAlta President and CEO, Steve Snyder said "we have to solve the carbon dioxide issue, but we can’t bankrupt the province to solve the problem." ("Alberta in CO2 firing line", May 2...

Columns | Rob Colman | May 19, 2009

By Rob Abbott Let’s face it, people are nervous right now. The economy is convulsing and there is much talk about the environment being "off the table" of policy and business decision-making as the focus shifts to job protection or the containment of losses. While the fear is real and ...

Columns | Rob Colman | Feb 11, 2009