Is third-party certification right for your company's products or processes? It's essential to consider your firm's requirements, impacts and capacities. Here are 10 questions that will help you focus when mulling whether to pursue certification.

In the world of energy efficiency and sustainability, the biggest financial and environmental opportunities are often right under a company’s nose. However, if the company does not have the proper tools and data -- or if it is too focused on making smaller efficiency tweaks while losing sight of the big picture -- these larger opportunities can be easily overlooked.

Flooring company Mohawk Industries is aiming to reduce by 25 percent the intensity of its energy and water use along with its greenhouse gas emissions and the amount of landfill waste it creates.

 As large, widespread fast food chains have been pressured and prodded to lower the environmental impacts of their businesses, the same has not been asked of independent quick-service cafes and takeout spots, resulting in many offering unhealthy food with little incentive to improve the sustainability of their operations.

 This report investigates the economic pressures facing independent cafés and sandwich bars which often forces social justice, sustainability and health off the menu.

Food is precious and perishable, and agriculture is extremely complicated. Adding sustainability to the mix makes it more so. Farmers and representatives for food processors, crop science companies, coffee growing cooperative and some of the world's major brands gathered in San Francisco recently to confront this thorny topic.

While BP had made its way into a number of socially responsible investment portfolios, Domini Social Investments always excluded the now-tarnished firm. Here, Domini's managing director explains how companies can be considered "responsible."

An event last week brought together farmers and giant food conglomerates to develop new ways of working together to bring the environment back to the farm.

 San Francisco's Department of the Environment has finished on online catalog of products and services that meet the standards in the city's preferred purchasing program.

While helping the outdoor industry develop a green rating system for products, the company has announced plans to expand its own Green Index to cover its entire footwear line by the end of 2012.

This study, "Generating Sustainable Value: Moving Beyond Green Teams to Transformation Collaboratives," offers five key factors for successful green teams and shares insights culled from examinations of 14 leading firms.

Can green teams help companies innovate beyond internal operations and actually influence product and service innovation? If so, what will it take to realign and redesign these teams so that their energy and social capital can be optimized?

In a partnership with paper manufacturer Boise, the bank will recycled used paper back to Boise, then re-purchase paper made from the same recycled pulp for use in its operations.

Nearly half a million workers in the Peach State already telework occasionally, but the state's new weeklong celebration of remote work aims to add another quarter-million to the list, and save companies time and money to boot.

Three years ago Marks & Spencer made a bold commitment to sustainability with the launch of Plan A. They thought it would cost them £200 million but it's already adding millions to their profits. We at Forum for the Future want to help other companies find how social and environmental responsibility can pay.

Businesses are as confused as the average consumer when it comes to make decisions on cleaning their premises environmentally, according to a new survey.

Procter & Gamble Professional gauges the perception, attitudes and behaviors regarding environmental responsibility among almost 430 professionals with decision-making authority over cleaning-related purchases in the lodging, foodservice, health care and commercial cleaning industries.

Fortune 1000 executives and the general public believe just a fraction of businesses are embracing green practices, a new survey found.

The financial reform law's requirements for conflict-free sourcing of electronics materials is a good step, but abandoning the DRC altogether is a knee-jerk reaction that won't fix the country's problems.

The Harvard University Extension School is offering an open enrollment course on corporate sustainability strategy via distance learning.