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Last week was all about “top-ten” lists -- best workplaces for commuters, most fuel-efficient vehicles, top sustainable MBA programs -- well, the lists go on. Not too many surprises in this sudden rash of ratings-happy research. Teleworking? The computer industry came out ahead. Fuel efficiency? The hybrids have it. It’s the final list that really drew our attention: The biennial Beyond Grey Pinstripes report offers a consistently fascinating look at sustainable education among the next generation of business grads. Also this week: CSR experts David Crawford and Todd Scaletta examine the benefits of a Balanced Scorecard.

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	Computer Industry Dominates EPA's 'Best Workplaces for Commuters' List Intel, Qualcomm, and Oracle lead the U.S. EPA's second annual list of Best Workplaces for Commuters from the Fortune 500 Companies.
	McDonald's Earns Place in Ceres Social and Environmental Network Citing the company's progress on sustainability reporting and commitment to continuous enhancement of its social and environmental performance, the Ceres board of directors has approved fast food giant McDonald's Corp. as a Ceres company.
	Chiquita Offers First Rainforest Alliance-Certified Fruit in Europe Chiquita Brands International, Inc. will now be filling supermarket shelves in nine European markets with bananas labeled as Rainforest Alliance-certified.
	Survey: Stanford Tops List of Sustainable MBA Programs The MBA program at Stanford University ranks tops for sustainable-business education, according to Beyond Grey Pinstripes 2005, a biennial survey of business schools.
	Hybrids Headline Fuel-Economy Top Ten List The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy have released the 2006 Fuel Economy Guide to help consumers make well-informed choices when purchasing a new vehicle.
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	The Balanced Scorecard and Corporate Social Responsibility: Aligning Values for Profit CSR reporting has grown over the past few years, but the information provided by those reports isn't always used for strategic advantage. Tying values and measures to a Balanced Scorecard could be the way to make good intentions more profitable. By David Crawford and Todd Scaletta
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The AWEA's annual expo:
Global WINDPOWER 2004
McCormick Place
Chicago, Illinois, USA
March 28-31, 2004

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Why I Publish This Blog:

"One thing that many people do not realize is that states like Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana,
and Michigan are sitting on a gold mine of wind energy potential. Or, more properly, next to the mine.
The Great Lakes are probably the area in the USA with the third largest inland wind energy potential.
Think of just the nickname for Chicago. "The Windy City". Milwaukee is even windier, I can tell you.
Why? Because they sit on the edge of a great flat area where there is both a land-water temperature
differential, and a large flat expanse of water that is comparably shallow.
Oilrigs certainly operate in deeper waters. And you won't have to construct transmission lines all the
way from the plains of Montana to put it to use.

The Great Lakes area has an opportunity to get the jump on wind energy's future, if that fact is
recognized and exploited. Wind energy means jobs for construction and maintenance workers, thousands
of them. Wind energy means leasing rights and extra money for family farmers struggling to make it on
agriculture alone. In most cases farmers can grow crops right up to the base of a windmill. The land
footprint has a small impact on total farm acreage. Wind energy also means freedom from fluctuating
fuel prices. Wind is free. The cost of a barrel of polluting oil can be raised or lowered drastically
based on fears or political whims. The potential gains are enormous. We've all seen the flow of good
manufacturing jobs out of the area. Well, they can't tell the wind to blow in another country so it's
more "convenient" or cheaper to produce. The wind is perfectly happy to whip up opportunities for us
right around here. Most of all, because we here in the Great Lakes region have the potential to have
a huge positive impact on U.S. energy industry emissions' contribution to global warming."