photo: Todd Woody In The New York Times on April 12, I wrote about San Francisco International Airport’s new “green” terminal: SAN FRANCISCO — If the prospect of flying holds all the appeal of a cross-country bus trip, the $6,500, lipstick-red leather Egg chairs at San Francisco International Airport’s Terminal 2 are intended to return [...]
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Virgin green: SFO’s new enviro-friendly airport terminal
Posted in corporate green, corporate sustainability, tagged Virgin America on April 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sports leagues team with enviros to push solar on stadiums
Posted in alternative energy, corporate green, corporate sustainability, energy, environment, green tech, Natural Resources Defense Council, renewable energy, solar energy, tagged NBA, NFL, NHL, NRDC, professional sports, solar energy, stadiums on September 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. Talk about sporting greens: On Wednesday, all of the United States’ professional sports leagues said they would distribute a guide on how to switch to renewable energy and urge their teams to solarize their stadiums. The guide was prepared by the Natural Resources Defense Council [...]
Partying like it’s 2008: Green tech investment surges
Posted in alternative energy, corporate green, environment, green financing, green tech, solar energy, tagged China, Cleantech Group, solar energy, venture capital on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This post first appeared on Grist. Green tech is back in the green. Global venture capital investment in green technology companies reached $4.04 billion in the first half of 2010, exceeding – slightly — the record set in the boom year of 2008, according to a preliminary report released Thursday by the Cleantech Group and [...]
The oil spill’s challenge to corporate sustainability
Posted in corporate green, corporate sustainability, tagged BP, Corporate Eco Forum, corporate sustainability, KMPG International on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This post first appeared on Grist. I generally don’t write much about big business, but in light of the implosion of BP’s “green” oil company image — it’s looking more Exxon than eco — I went to a dinner Monday night in San Francisco attended by dozens of Fortune 500 executives committed to corporate sustainability. [...]
French energy giant jumps into solar market.
Posted in alternative energy, BrightSource Energy, corporate green, energy, environment, solar energy, solar power plants, tagged Alstom, BrightSource Enegy, John Woolard, solar energy on May 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
photo: BrightSource Energy In last Thursday’s New York Times, I wrote about French industrial conglomerate Alstom’s $55 million investment in BrightSource Energy, a California-based solar power plant builder: Alstom, the French energy giant, has taken a $55 million stake in BrightSource Energy, a solar power plant builder backed by Google, Morgan Stanley and other investors. [...]
IBM to suppliers: Track energy use, carbon emissions
Posted in corporate green, corporate sustainability, green tech, IBM, tagged environment and sustainability, IBM, supply chain on April 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Photo: IBM In a story in The New York Times on Wednesday, I write about IBM’s new initiative to green up its $40 billion global supply chain: I.B.M. said on Wednesday that it will require its 28,000 suppliers in more than 90 countries to install management systems to gather data on their energy use, greenhouse [...]
IBM, Stanford make breakthrough in green plastic
Posted in corporate green, environment, green tech, IBM, tagged IBM, plastics, recyclable, Stanford University on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
photo: IBM In The New York Times on Tuesday, I wrote about how scientists at IBM and Stanford University have developed a new process for making plastic that could have major environmental implications: Researchers at I.B.M. and Stanford University said Tuesday that they have discovered a new way to make plastics that can be continuously [...]
IBM opens China energy lab, moves execs to Beijing
Posted in alternative energy, corporate green, electric cars, energy, environment, green grid, IBM, smart grid, solar energy, wind power, tagged Beijing, Brad Gammons, China, Energy & Utilities Solutions Lab, IBM on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In The New York Times on Monday, I write about IBM’s new smart grid lab in Beijing that will develop technology for the global market: In another sign of China’s emergence as an epicenter of green technology, I.B.M. has opened a lab in Beijing to develop smart grid software for the global market. “We’re developing [...]
Detroit puts the wheels on solar manufacturing
Posted in alternative energy, corporate green, enviro startups, renewable energy, solar energy, solar power plants, Stirling Energy Systems, tagged Detroit, Magna International, Skyline Solar, solar energy, Stirling Energy Systems, Tower Automotive on November 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In Monday’s Los Angeles Times, I write about the migration of renewable energy firms from California and the Southwest to the nation’s industrial heartland to tap the down-and-out region’s manufacturing might: At a recent solar energy conference in Anaheim, economic development officials from Ohio talked up a state that seemed far removed from the solar [...]
Test-driving Ford’s Model T of electric cars
Posted in climate change, corporate green, electric cars, green cars, green policy, tagged battery-powered Focus, electric cars, Ford, Ford Escape, Ford Focus, Nancy Gioia, plug-in hybrids on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
photo: Todd Woody Ford executives brought a battery-powered Focus sedan to San Francisco on Thursday (along with a plug-in hybrid Escape). It was clear from the presentation by Nancy Gioia, Ford’s director of global electrification, that the automaker is aiming for a mass market and is spending a great deal of effort on helping create [...]
