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Would you believe that there are places and times when power companies generate so much renewable energy that they give it away? In west Texas and Illinois, when the wind blows at  0 comments
Like sports rivalries, corporate rivalries are fun. Think about the TV ad campaigns inspired by the competition between Microsoft and Apple. FORTUNE once put the Roger Enrico, who  0 comments
This post may be venturing off into “rant” territory, which is largely uncharted water for me. But an article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal about the negative impacts  0 comments
Sometimes, history is made quietly.For decades, shareholder activists have filed dozens, if not hundreds, of resolutions with public companies asking them to improve their  0 comments
Christopher Lasch had it right. We live in a culture of narcissism. Thirty years after the publication of his landmark work of social criticism, Americans are more self-absorbed  1 comment
Earlier this week, the UK based NGO Global Witness released a scathing report linking several British companies with the violent conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo  0 comments
Ordinarily, when an industry comes to Washington to seek special favors from the government, it hires a lobbyist or two, meets with members of Congress, perhaps quietly donates  0 comments
In Parts 1 & Part 2, we covered myths and realities around perceptions, responsibilities, technology and change management. So, in our final post of the series, let’s look a bit  0 comments
Part 1 of our series on the Myths & Realities of Services Procurement focused primarily on the perceptions (it’s too hard!) and responsibilities (HR should do it for us!). Now,  0 comments
Services. No company can run without them. In fact, services spend as a percent of total spend ranges from 30 percent in manufacturing to between 70 and 80 percent in financial  0 comments
IBM has some advice for companies that are tempted to ease up on their commitment to corporate social responsibility during the recession: Don’t. To the contrary, IBM argues  0 comments
Last week, the New York Times reported that “solid majority of people in the major Western democracies expect a rise in political extremism in their countries as a result of the  0 comments
Some solutions to environmental problems are dizzyingly complex. Others are surprisingly simple.Last week at FORTUNE’s Brainstorm Green conference, the Environmental Defense  0 comments
In late March, Hernando de Soto (the insightful Peruvian economist and author of The Mystery of Capital) wrote one of better pieces I've seen about the financial meltdown and all  0 comments
With the drop in global consumer demand, well publicized glut of capacity in ocean freight and cost cutting objectives in many companies, we’ve been fielding a lot of questions  0 comments
It's early April, so how are you doing on your goal of going green at your business this year?   Shall we run down the checklist?Are you using more recycled products, even for  0 comments
Can a plane fly with no jet fuel? Ridiculous, right? But the aviation industry is starting to ask itself this very question. In early 2008, Virgin Airlines and Boeing launched a  1 comment
In a recent post on the impact that corporate sustainability programs can have in driving bottom line savings during an era of shrinking top line revues, a commenter asked for a  0 comments
No one really knows how much the green market has penetrated traditional markets but I have come across some interesting information from Morgan Stanley. They have focused on  2 comments
There's been a lot of talk in the media and the blogosphere about what's going to happen with renewable energy investments and efforts to regulate carbon now that the economy has  1 comment
 
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