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How to Put Sustainability on the Books – BusinessWeek
Companies are becoming more interested in sophisticated software to manage and report corporate social responsibility data. Read more.
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Cisco, Cisco, Cisco!
Recently, I’ve had more opportunities to write for Earth2Tech, and I’ve been covering some of the big IT companies’ role in smart grid. This morning, Cisco announced its smart-grid strategy, and I have a writeup about the plan over at E2T. Check it out here. While I’ve (mostly) focused on what the Cisco plan means…
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Can Videoconferencing Save the Earth? In Short: No – BusinessWeek
Promoted as a key way to cut costs and curb emissions, virtual meetings are best viewed as one element in a broader corporate strategy. Read more
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Cisco’s Latest Consumer Play: The Smart Grid – BusinessWeek
With Energy Smart Miami, Cisco will provide devices and networking that will help residential customers manage their energy use. Read more
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Reducing Spend, Growing Green — ONE+
A shift toward long-term planning and a reduced focus on carbon offsets could be just what the doctor ordered for planners who want to keep their eyes on the environment while reducing costs and boosting meeting profiles. Read more
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What the Smart Grid Can Learn From Facebook Connect – BusinessWeek
Federating energy-saving applications could provide more secure privacy for consumers than aggregating them in the data flood that impends. Read more
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Down in the Dumps — Sustainable Industries
Recessions have a nasty habit of putting the brakes on manufacturing, causing end markets for recycled materials to dry up. Here’s how a few innovators in the trash and recycling business are working to keep their businesses profitable, despite the downturn. Read more
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Video: To Manage It, You Need to Measure It
As promised, the videos have started to roll in. Here’s the first one, from the software panel I moderated at the conference.
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A Peek at What I’ve Been Doing
I’ve been neglecting this site for a while, so I thought I’d update anyone who happens to drop by with some details about what projects have been keeping me busy. Yesterday was Earth2Tech’s first conference, Green:Net, here in San Francisco. I moderated a panel on software, with Jeremy Jaech, the CEO of Verdiem; Richard Barber,…