Business for the Environment

Sustainability

A Renewable Oasis

by Melissa Master Cavanaugh

Booz & Company carbon experts Nick Pennell and Rob Fowler report on how the negotiations shaped up over the conference’s first two weeks, and the new wave of business activity that will follow.

Green Is a Strategy

by Rich Kauffeld, Abhishek Malhotra,
and Susan Higgins

Five steps to “differentiated” sustainability for a full embrace of environmentalism.

Pollution, Prices,
and Perception

by Daniel Gabaldon

Carbon regulation will be unexpectedly complex — and business leaders will need to plan their approach accordingly.

Sustainable Goes Strategic

by Joe Flower

Learning from the literature of corporate environmentalism.

After Copenhagen: Impact, Change, and Implementation

A conversation with Nick Pennell and Rob Fowler

Overcoming Nuclear Power’s Biggest Hurdle

A cap and trade system for storing radioactive waste may be the best means to wake up a critical but moribund industry.

Energy Policy by the Numbers

A Cambridge scientist says it will take better arithmetic and less passion to replace fossil fuels by 2050.

Can the U.S. Learn to Love Renewables?

The CEO of Applied Materials offers a road map for the adoption of solar energy technologies in the United States.

The Best Years of the Auto Industry Are Still to Come

Even as they struggle through the economic meltdown, vehicle makers can look ahead to a high-growth, flexible, global future.

Handicapping the Energy Shift

Six myths that affect the move away from the carbon-intensive fuels and technologies of the past.

The Eco IT Solution

IT departments can generate understanding of the impact of products on the environment.

The Coming Boom in Hybrid Cars

Evidence from innovation theory and auto-industry history suggests that the market share for hybrids is about to accelerate sharply.

What’s So Smart about the Smart Grid?

Changes in the ways consumers use electricity have spurred the need for a more intelligent way to distribute energy.

The New Chinese Environment

To do business in China, companies can no longer ignore their effect on the country’s water and air.

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