by Head Green Guru | Dec 1, 2015 | Best Practices and Tools, Climate Change, Collaboration/partnerships
Two big announcements from the University of California (UC). At the UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit at UC San Diego last month, UC went deeper with its commitment to fight climate change, releasing Bending the Curve, a new plan that outlines 10 solutions...
by Head Green Guru | Oct 22, 2009 | Best Practices and Tools, Climate Change, Sustainable Business
Yesterday I headed to the Hyatt in San Francisco for BSR’s conference: Reset Economy. Reset World: Delivering Business Value by Thinking Big and Embracing Long-Term Sustainability Trends. BSR works with a global network of more than 250 member companies to...
by Head Green Guru | Oct 22, 2009 | Best Practices and Tools, Business case for going green, Climate Change, Sustainability
By Deborah Fleischer, Green Impact The 20th Bioneers, a three day conference celebrating breakthrough sustainability solutions, kicked off on Friday in Marin. The agenda is chock full of speakers on a wide range of topics, from the arts, indigenous knowledge and...
by Head Green Guru | Oct 10, 2009 | Cleantech, Climate Change, Sustainable Business
By Deborah Fleischer, Green Impact When you think of installing a solar system on your home, what is the first thought that comes to mind? It will cost too much? It will be complicated to install? Or perhaps, you like the idea, but think solar panels are ugly? A...
by Head Green Guru | Sep 22, 2009 | Best Practices and Tools, Cleantech, Climate Change, Sustainability, Sustainable Business
By Deborah Fleischer, Green Impact Planet Metrics is a relatively new start-up with a solution to help corporations model and analyze the life cycle of carbon emissions and energy use throughout their entire supply chain, from cradle to grave. Fast Company covered the...
by Head Green Guru | Aug 19, 2009 | Climate Change, Sustainable Business
By Deborah Fleischer, Green Impact “Save money by going greener,” is the tag line for Intuit’s Green Snapshot, a new free tool to help small businesses go green. The tool is simple, easy and free. The catch–you need to have your financial data in QuickBooks. Based on...