Patagonia Launches 'Vote the Environment' Campaign
Campaign aggressively encourages customers to put the environment at the top of their priority list in the voting booth.
Consumers Expect Companies To Do the Green Lifting – Survey
New survey sheds light on green consumer trends. 90% believe acting in an environmentally responsible way is important, but also believe corporations should take the lead.
Industry-Driven Deforestation Easier to Combat – Report
A new article suggests that deforestation driven by industry is easier to address than deforestation by poor farmers.
Akeena Solar Reports Disappointing 2Q
Solar system sales were down for 2Q08.
Third-Party Analysis Completed For Raser's Geothermal Well
Raser's first geothermal well in Utah given strong bill of health by third party analysis.
Yingli Green Energy 2Q Profits Rise
Chinese solar company reports strong increases in revenue and profit.
Waste-to-Fertilizer Company Raises $60M
VitAG Corporation received $60 million from Denham capital to build manufacturing plants to turn biosolids waste into fertilizer pellets.
Organic Weed and Pest Control Receives $10M Funding
Marron Organic Innovations received $10 million in funding to begin commercialization of organic weed and pest management products.
The 2008 SB20: World's Top Sustainable Stocks
SustainableBusiness.com announced its 2008 Sustainable Business 20 (SB20) List: The World’s Top Sustainable Stocks. The purpose of the SB20, now in its seventh year, is to showcase innovative, model companies that are leading us toward our ultimate goal of reaching a sustainable society. The list is presented in the Progressive Investor newsletter, published by SustainableBusiness.com, which tracks and analyzes sustainable stocks. To choose the 20 companies, SustainableBusiness.com works with a group of judges, who are among the most respected social/green stock analysts in the world. Read about the judges and the selection process. "Our goal is to create a list that showcases public companies that, over the past year, have made substantial progress in either greening their internal operations or growing a business based on an important green technology," says Rona Fried, Ph.D., SustainableBusiness.com CEO and Editor of Progressive Investor. What differentiates the SB20 List from the many others? You’ll find small companies as well as the usual large ones – and from most regions of the world, not just the USA. The selections are made from the deep knowledge and experience of our judges, not numerical formulas. SB20 Criteria Sustainability Criteria: The most exciting companies in terms of how […]
A Vacation with a Purpose
By Cameron Burns Amory Lovins, Chief Scientist at Rocky Mountain Institute, traveled to Borneo on his vacation to visit a world-class organization working to protect orangutans. What he found was an inspiring story about rainforest rehabilitation and sustainable economic development. Amory Lovins has long been a fan of "higher primates"-species that use their intellect for the benefit of their communities and the environment, even if inadvertently. One of his favorite such creatures is the orangutan (Pongo abelii and Pongo pygmaeus;). So, when they had some vacation time in May, Amory and his wife Judy decided to travel to Borneo "to hang out with our orange swinger buddies." The couple visited a number of outposts of the Balikpapan Orangutan Society/Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS), one of the world’s leading organizations dedicated to protecting and advocating for the orange and their habitat. Characteristically, while Lovins was on a personal trip, he ended up learning as much as he could about rainforest rehabilitation and the remarkable attributes of the modest sugar palm-both of which tie into Rocky Mountain Institute’s approach and belief that ecosystems are vital, resilient, and reparable. At one of the BOS sites, Lovins explains, "They showed us … a 19- […]
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