Green Business Trends

A deadly garment factory building collapse killed more than 1,100 workers in Bangladesh. The tragedy has put immense pressure on big brands to overhaul supply chain protections.

New Yorkers Against Fracking, a coalition of diverse organizations that oppose fracking, announced that over 1,000 businesses had signed on in support of a statewide ban on fracking, joining health groups, political organizations, consumer groups, and environmental organizations.

Tuesday, 14 May 2013 15:49

Staffing for Sustainability in Asia

The Weinreb Group, an executive search firm with a specialization in corporate social responsibility, has opened an office in Hong Kong to support staffing needs around supply chain sustainability.
Delaware's governor and legislature have introduced benefit corporation legislation in the home state of American corporate law, posing Delaware to become the thirteenth state to legalize protections for corporations with a social mission.

Green job growth outpaced growth in all other industries from 2010 to 2011, according to a recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

A recent survey found that a majority of Republican and Republican-leaning independents support more renewable energy and taking steps to address climate change.

Bhutan plans to become the first country in the world to turn its agriculture completely organic, banning the sales of pesticides and herbicides and relying on its own animals and farm waste for fertilisers.

Thursday, 07 March 2013 18:30

Income Inequality Goes Viral

As the DOW hit a record high, a video visualization of income inequality went viral. Viewed over 3 million times so far, the video shows just how far off Americans are in perceiving how much wealth is concentrated amongst the top 1%.

One hundred percent of new electric capacity added in the beginning of the year was renewable, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

McDonald's announced that it would become the first national fast food chain to adopt the Marine Stewardship Council’s blue ecolabel on its fish packaging in restaurants nationwide.

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