Founded a decade ago, Method Products Inc. has been a game-changer in the consumer products industry. Drummond Lawson, the firm's director of greenskeeping, writes about Method's method for success and lessons learned about making green relevant to the mainstream

Starting Monday, Seventh Generation products will be sold at Walmart. How did the world's largest retailer come to do business with a firm that had been one of its more vocal critics? Here's a look at the thinking behind the deal.

Why has this company, which for most of its life has focused on the prosaic business of making jellies and jams, lasted for 113 years?

 Hyundai Motor America, which is already planning to hit U.S. fuel economy requirements a year in advance, says it's aiming to hit at least 50 miles per gallon (mpg) for its passenger car and light truck fleet by 2025.

There are now 18 departments of the British government that have posted online real-time energy use.

The 'Green America Exchange' launched this week seeks to put trade on the front burner between small firms with excess supply of goods and services.

Qatar Airways, the first airline to run a commercial passenger flight powered by fuel made from natural gas, was honored for its achievement in recent industry awards from Airline Business magazine.
 

Companies seeking a competitive edge don't usually start at the printer, but these easy measures can increase productivity, save money and cut your environmental footprint.

This report from Hazel Henderson and Ethical Markets digs into the amounts invested in clean technologies and the green economy by the private sector, finding more than $1.6 trillion in investments since 2007.

Most mainstream consumers are not willing to sacrifice price, performance and/or quality to buy more sustainable products. But what if we could completely shift consumer’s environmental habits by providing monetary rewards for doing the right thing?

Eighteen U.S. colleges and universities made The Princeton Review's 2011 Green Rating Honor Roll for maintaining the most sustainable practices, policies and course offerings among all campuses rated for their environmental friendliness.

Corporate sustainability reports show up in media coverage nearly every day. Yet even as more companies issue sustainability reports, a significant number of firms are holding back. There are certain points, however, that are effective in persuading CEOs.

The new ULE 880 certification, created by GreenBiz.com and UL Environment to be the first comprehensive measure of sustainability across an entire enterprise, has been unveiled and is open for stakeholder comments.

To hunt for energy savings at a 37-acre Pringles plant, an EDF Climate Corps fellow explores the vast facility from the production floor to the roof and crunches numbers and more to capture energy efficiency opportunities.

With the temporary oil spill cap seeming to last long enough for permanent fixes to come on line, the BP crisis is likely to shift out of disaster response mode and accountants will ramp up the tallying of costs. But one group will be counting profits instead of losses because of the principles they apply in screening investments.

Seventh Generation's Chief Inspired Protagonist, Executive Chairperson and Co-Founder Jeffrey Hollender examines the evolution of Walmart -- and why he believes that putting put his company's products on Walmart shelves can help the world be a better place.

A new report from Deloitte surveys sustainability leaders at 48 large U.S. firms to take the pulse of green business practices, and finds widely varying definitions, levels of commitment and areas of focus for firms looking to go green.

Enterprise Rent-a-Car and Pacific Gas and Electric put the spotlight on electric vehicles Tuesday as the companies moved to add the latest electric models to their fleets.

Nearly unnoticed in the discussions of the just-signed financial reform bill is a measure that will require manufacturers of electronics and other goods to avoid using materials from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 'rape capital of the world.'

Seventh Generation, which used to refuse to sell its products through Walmart, has partnered with the retail giant to make environmentally friendly cleaning products available nationwide and educate customers about healthy product choices.