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GREENBUZZ: The Rise of TelePresence, the Skinny on Green Consultants, the Inside View of Certification, and More


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Taking Care of Business

By Joel Makower

How's your travel budget these days?

If you're like just about everybody I talk to lately, your budget ain't what it used to be. Sky-high fuel prices have grounded many road warriors, as companies seek to ease the bite of rising travel costs during a time of economic uncertainty. And yet there's a need to be face to face, if not actually press the flesh. And so "telepresence" -- the term for what used to be called "videoconferencing" -- is taking off so that we don't have to.

It's not just fuel costs that have given telepresence a lift.... ... Read the rest on GreenBiz.com



   The Latest News on Green Business Practices
GE Pumps $4 Billion Into Renewables
By GreenBiz Staff

Putting $100 million into three New York wind farms pushed renewable energy investments past the $4 billion mark this week for GE Energy Financial Services.... Read More


Rolls-Royce, British Airways to Test Alternative Airline Fuels

EU Votes to Include Airlines in Cap-and-Trade System

Deloitte Looks to Telepresence to Cut Costs and Carbon

Renault, Nissan Plan to Electrify Portugal

Sixteen Climate Change Consultants Evaluated in New Report

Investment Funds Sink Money in Oil-Waste Sector

Renewable Energy Jobs Growing Worldwide: Study

New Cars in California Must Display Global Warming Score

Green Investing Saw 'Robust' Growth in 2007: Report


   Featured Article
Navigating the Wilderness of Green Business Certifications
By Tilde Herrera

Feature Getting your business labeled green though a certification program has many benefits, but as companies are discovering, the simple act of choosing which program opens up a world of complications.... Read More


   GreenBiz Radio
Selling Small, Thinking Big: P&G's Sustainable Innovations
By Matthew Wheeland

Peter White, the head of sustainability at Procter & Gamble, speaks to GreenBiz Radio about how the company is using product design and marketing to reduce energy and water use across its products' life cycles, and how the company couples its environmental goals with social responsibility goals.... Listen


   Columns and Blogs
Sum-Sum Chan and Jenny Joy
Logistics and Transportation: Key Steps to a Greener Supply Chain
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Glenn Hasek
How the Lodging Industry Can Help the Environmental Movement
> Read more...
Marc Gunther
My New (Green?) Car
> Read more...
Nicola Acutt
The Qualities of a Sustainable Leader
> Read more...

      FEATURED RESOURCES
G8 Climate Scorecards 2008

The G8 Climate Scorecards 2008 found that the U.S. has done the least among the world's eight largest economies to address global warming. The study also said none of the eight countries are making significant enough improvements to prevent temperature increases that would cause catastrophic climate changes.

Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting 2008

This Ethical Corporation Institute report gives an overview of the many protocols that companies are using to report greenhouse gas emissions, pointing out inconsistencies and providing insight into what stakeholders want to see.




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