Memo to the CEO: Build a Balanced Team to Achieve Policy Successes
Having the right skills on your team to equally emphasize business smarts, innovation savvy and policy know-how is the key to navigating the intersection of policy and business.... [Read More]
 
Why the Short-Term Climate Pollution Plan is a Long-Term Green Win
The just-announced partnership between the U.S. and five other countries to reduce short-lived climate pollutants like black carbon and methane will go a long way toward slowing global warming and giv... [Read More]
 
Europe-US Partnership Creates Huge New Market for Organic Foods
A deal brokered this week between the world's two largest markets for organic foods provides mutual recognition to each region's organic certification, lowering barriers to expanding a $50 bil... [Read More]
 
Will the Heartland Scandal Force Transparency on Company Donors?
Revelations about donations from sustainability-minded companies to a conservative think-tank that is driving the climate skepticism debate is causing headaches in boardrooms, and may result in more t... [Read More]
 
What's the Big Deal About the Heartland Institute 'Scandal'?
The publication of internal documents -- which may or may not be faked -- from a think-tank that challenges the consensus on climate change reveals a great deal about the toxic debate over climate sci... [Read More]
 
Behind the Top 10 List for Green Building Markets: How SF Made No. 1
Cushman & Wakefield provides drill-down information on why San Francisco emerged as the top market for green building opportunities in the U.S. for two years in a row.... [Read More]
 
Companies Make Last-Ditch Push for Congress to Extend Wind Tax Credit
Nike, Starbucks and Campbell Soup are among the consumer brands that are urging representatives to continue to support a tax credit for wind power production, currently in the final hours of negotatio... [Read More]
 
Memo to the CEO: 4 Strategies for the Intersection of Policy & Business
The first in a four-week series on navigating the policy world looks at how to approach policy as a means to revenue and growth, not just defense.... [Read More]
 
States Require Insurers to Respond to Climate Risk Survey
California joins New York and Washington in requiring insurers that that write in excess of $300 million in premiums to respond to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Climate Risk... [Read More]
 
At Davos, Debating the Myth or Reality of Green Growth
Unsurprisingly, growth is an issue that's front and center at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year. But although the rhetoric about the need for innovation and resource-constrained growth i... [Read More]
 
California Adopts Landmark Clean Car Standards
A rule adopted unanimously today by the California Air Resources Board will steadily and rapidly improve fuel efficiency of cars sold in the state, while also reducing the pollution they emit.... [Read More]