Walmart in particular marks a big leap forward, coming up from 15th place three months ago to land in third place. Generating green power on-site — where Walmart is the second-biggest green power creator — is what helped move the retailer up.
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Intel, Kohl’s, Walmart Lead EPA’s Green Power Purchasers List
Research by Verdantix pegs sustainability spending to grow 20 times faster than the GDP in 2012 with continued growth averaging 16 percent a year through 2015.
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Green Spending by UK Firms Forecast to Grow 20 Times Faster Than GDP
From big players like IBM and SAP to smaller startups like C3, vendors of energy and carbon management software have a big challenge to capture a slice of the broad demand for companies of all sizes.
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3 Ways Carbon Management Software Firms Can Capture the Market
By all accounts, the electric vehicle industry appears to be a market on the brink of mainstream adoption, yet they're still falling short of expectations. What's the missing element?
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What Will it Take to Bring EVs to the Mass Market?
Keeping in line with a mandate to trim its data centers from about 200 to 20, the Army recently awarded its first cloud computing contract to several contractors, including Microtech, Lockheed Martin Corp. and IBM.
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Army Looks to Cloud Computing to Trim IT Bootprint
The CDP's brand-new 2012 supply chain report tracks the impressive economic savings that companies that manage their scope 3 emissions are earning — but also highlights how few companies are taking advantage of these benefits.
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Unlocking the Potential of Low-Carbon Supply Chains
EDF today announced the first 20 companies slated to take part in the fifth annual energy-efficiency partnership program, which pairs MBA students with companies looking to take a bite out of their energy bills.
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Boeing, Facebook, Verizon Join New Class of EDF Climate Corps Firms
Who is really committed to buying green, what are their motivations, and how can we reach them? OgilvyEarth has figured it out, and presented their findings from a new report, presented at the Greeniz Forum in New York City.
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11 Steps to Mainstream Your Green Products
Perhaps the best trend in sustainable business is how major green milestones — ranging from LEED Platinum buildings to zero-waste facilities — have become so commonplace as to be not "news."
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Non-News is Good News
Harnessing the huge amount of data found in city services for buildings, transportation, and energy management could help cities find new ways to generate revenue and improve the quality of life
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Why San Francisco Can Be the World’s First VERGE City