The circular economy is about avoiding waste and fixing broken value systems
The following is a slightly modified version of the keynote address I delivered June 5 at Circularity 23 in Seattle. If you’d like to watch the full video of our…
Episode 367: Plastics platitudes, carbon capture critique
This week’s run time is 1:02. ON OUR MINDS (10:00) Co-hosts Joel Makower, co-founder and chairman of GreenBiz, and Heather Clancy, editorial director of GreenBiz, discuss the following stories: THE…
Eileen Fisher: 6 lessons from 14 years recycling clothes
For 40 years, Eileen Fisher has cultivated a very loyal — almost groupie — customer for its minimalist, classic and timeless styles. And now it taps that cult following to…
Owens Corning retired sustainability chief: 5 tips for accomplishing more faster
The first CSO at a publicly traded company in the U.S. was appointed in 2004, nearly 20 years ago. Since then, the field has grown dramatically; today there are 183…
Companies must act to stop child labor in the US
Some might be surprised to learn that child labor is an increasingly dire problem in the United States. While many companies think of this as something that potentially
DOE releases a hydrogen roadmap to cut emissions
Last week, the Department of Energy (DOE) released the U.S. National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap, a strategy to bring clean hydrogen power to the forefront of industry. The strategy’s…
CSRD, CSDDD, ESRS and more: A cheat sheet of EU sustainability regulations
They’ve been plenty busy across the pond. Over the past year or so, a series of regulations and proposed rules have been handed down by the European Union affecting companies…
Ford, GM: Tesla is winning the EV charging market
This article originally published on June 9 and is being updated as news about EV charging quickly unfolds. Vartan Badalian is GreenBiz’s in-house expert on the electric vehicle industry. On…
Hospitals get the green light for green backup power
Microgrids have have been hailed lately as a new, tech-enabled path to resilient and sustainable communities. In a basic way, however, microgrids have been around for a long time in…
Sustainable packaging tracking: Shifting from pain to progress and purpose
This article is sponsored by Pure Strategies. Sustainable packaging is at an inflection point, and data is quickly becoming necessary to support progress. Customer and investor pressure is building and…