Climate Leaders in the News
Calculating Your Company's Carbon Footprint: It's Just Not That Hard
So says Mike Wallace of Trucost, an research firm that focuses on quantifying the impact of business on the environment. In this SLM interview, Mike explains what's holding some companies back, why the U.S. businesses continue to lag behind their European counterparts, and why that might soon be changing - and faster than you think. (To listen to our conversation with Mike, click here.)
The Tug Toward Sustainability and Profit
A hybrid tugboat is the flagship of an extensive green strategy for Foss Maritime, whose fleet is responsible for bringing large container ships into the well-trafficked ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. In this interview, Susan Hayman, the company's VP of health, safety, quality, and environment, explains why Foss made an early commitment to sustainability, and talks about what's next for the maritime industry. (IndustryWeek) Read more...
Cleaning Up: Sustainability at Dial
Dial CEO Brad Casper discusses his company's sustainability initiatives, integrating corporate cultures with the mothership, and the rigors of competing in a market where 99 cents could make all the difference. (Forbes) Read more...
Michael Miller's Green Aviation Firm Takes Flight
Nationally known aviation expert Michael Miller is set to launch a new consulting company called Green Skies Inc., which will focus on helping airports, airlines, and aviation-related firms reduce their environmental impact. (Orlando Business Journal) Read more...
Airbus's Philippe de Saint Aulaire on Greening Aviation
Philippe de Saint Aulaire, head of environmental affairs at Airbus and an expert in the manufacture of energy efficient planes, analyzes the aviation industrys policies for the environment, the EU's enviro.aero initiative, and the technological advancements toward a greener aviation industry. (TravelDailyNews) Read more...
BC Hydro's Bob Elton: A 100-Year Thinker
The head of one of Canada's largest and greenest utilities discusses leadership, climate change, and other pressing business issues. (ClimateChangeCorp) Read more...
Podcast: An Interview with Terrapass CEO Tom Arnold
Terrapass provides a way for individuals to offset their car, flight, or home carbon emissions and to show it on a decal and bumper sticker. In this June 2007 podcast, Arnold offers some interesting insight into the company, the carbon credit business, and the climate change milieu. Listen now...
Low-Carbon Pioneers in European Business
Corporate Climate Response: The "Vlog"
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When business leaders, environmental advisors, and management experts convened in London on May 29-31, 2007, to attend the Corporate Climate Response conference, blogger Calvin Jones brought his camcorder. The result? Every session is now available on YouTube. The sound is a bit uneven in spots (this is, after all, amateur video), but listen carefully and you'll hear executives from British Telecom, Marks & Spencer, and Philips Lighting, among others, discuss the key climate-management issues facing businesses today.
Carbon Management in Large Companies
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Ethical Corporation climate change editor Zara Maung speaks with Belinda Howell, CEO of Greenstone Carbon Management, about emissions reduction, offsetting, and tips for business.
PG&E's Nancy McFadden on the Greening of an Energy Giant
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EcoTalk radio host Betsy Rosenberg sits down with PG&E senior vice president Nancy McFadden to discuss her background working for Vice President Al Gore and California Governors Davis and Schwarzenegger, and everything that PG&E is doing to run a business that internalizes its effects on the earth and its resources.
Ahead of the Curve: Business Responds to Climate Change (Parts I and II)
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Executives from market powerhouses like Johnson & Johnson, Wal-Mart, Dupont, and GE discuss their company's rationale for getting a jump on climate change issues.
Vinod Khosla and Richard Branson on "Charlie Rose"
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In the second half of this hourlong program, venture capitalist Vinod Khosla and Virgin impresario Richard Branson talk global warming and what theyre doing about it.