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FEATURECurrent and prospective business-school students are clamoring for CSR programs in their curricula; Padma Naggapan takes a look a how three traditional MBA programs are responding to this demand in different ways.
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GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- The market for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) will exceed $4 billion in revenues by 2013 and surpass $8 billion in 2015, according to a new report from a leading industry analyst firm. -
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An overview of agricultural concerns warns about what issues need to be focused on today and in the future. -
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Some car manufacturers have made gains in reducing chemicals that can be emitted as fumes. -
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- A U.K. group is calling for a climate change strategy similar in scale to Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, including a massive investment in renewables and major shake-up of taxation and financial systems. -
OAKLAND, Calif. -- The race to create the infrastructure for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles is on -- the city of San Francisco, state of Tennessee and a slew of automakers and utilities announced separate plans to lay the groundwork for the mass introduction of PHEVs beginning in 2010. -
OAKLAND, Calif. -- TerraChoice's survey of procurement professionals found that green purchasing policies have grown and discovered which issues have increased in importance. -
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Eighty-six percent of companies on the Standard and Poors 100 Index have corporate sustainability websites, compared to 58 percent in 2005. Roughly half produced a sustainability report last year, 26 percent higher than the 39 companies that issued one two years before. -
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With research by the Pew Center and $1.4 million in funding from Toyota, the project seeks to identify successful energy efficiency strategies among top corporations and share the information in a major public report. -
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- A recent survey by IDC finds that even the smallest businesses are starting to take green initiatives to heart, especially when it comes to adopting IT applications that will make it easier to make their supply chains greener. -
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- Companies behind some of the biggest brands on U.K. supermarket shelves have pledged to slash the environmental impact of transporting their goods. -
STURTEVANT, Wis. -- The maker of Signature, Johnson Wax Professional and Butcher's said its reformulation of floor finishes has decreased the volatile organic compound (VOC) content of a leading product line, achieving a result more than two years earlier than required by the California Air Resources Board. -
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A nationwide transition to fuel cell powered vehicles would eventually severely curb carbon dioxide emissions, but will take time and money. -
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The green building code, unanimously approved yesterday, sets eco-friendly standards for all new construction statewide as part of a rules package that policymakers said was the first of its kind in the nation. -
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Ethical Sourcing Report 2008 found CSR performance has become a bargaining chip for attracting business, and companies are increasingly training buyers on sustainable procurement. -
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The National Association of Counties has declared its support of Extended Producer Responsibility to put companies, not governments, in charge of recycling products. -
FARNBOROUGH, UNITED KINGDOM -- Canadian aircraft and rail manufacturer Bombardier is launching a new family of fuel-efficient, single-aisle commercial airliners. -
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday began etching the regulatory framework for the underground storage of carbon dioxide. Capturing carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants and injecting it deep in the earth is touted by many as a potential weapon against climate change. -
BRUSSELS, -- Proposals to legislate incentives for green consumerism were introduced this week on international and local fronts with measures before the European Commission and New Jersey lawmakers. -
AUSTIN, Texas -- Whole Foods Market has updated and expanded standards that farmed seafood vendors must comply with. -
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Electric and gas utility Exelon has crafted a plan to reduce, displace or offset 15.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions annually. The company's strategy is a mixed bag of energy reductions, customer education and low-carbon energy generation from renewable and nuclear sources.
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