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GREENBUZZ for February 14, 2005 Taking Care of Business The responsible-business movement has not only changed the face of corporate reporting, it has altered the job descriptions of the financial professionals tasked with compiling and verifying those reports. This week we bring you the how-to "Adapting Your Accounting Practices to Triple Bottom Line Reporting" by Certified Management Accountant David Crawford -- a must-read for those seeking to broaden their accounting skills with these new challenges in mind. Also, talk about "walking the talk": The Global Reporting Initiative last week released its first-ever sustainability report. Find out how the GRI fared according to the 97 key performance indicators it specifies for sustainable development. Headlines The Latest News on Business and the Environment New Zealand Tags $1.2 Million for Sustainable Tourism The New Zealand government has introduced a $1.2 million project to help the country's tourism operators tap into the rewards of smart environmental business practice. Major Grocery Chain Earns Energy Star Rating for Over 100 Stores Fortune 500 grocery chain Supervalu has earned the U.S. EPA's Energy Star designation more than 100 of its corporate retail grocery stores. Study: Corporate Values Linked to Financial Success, But CEOs Still Unconvinced A new study shows that while public companies that report superior financial results also report greater success in linking values to operations, most corporate executives do not see a direct link between values and growth. GRI Walks the Talk on Sustainability Reporting The Global Reporting Initiative has published the first-ever sustainability report for its own organization. Engineering Academy Announces Million-Dollar Sustainability Prize The National Academy of Engineering has announced a $1 million sustainability prize for a new, practical technology that will prevent arsenic contamination of drinking water. Put GreenBiz news on your site for free! Learn more... More Headlines... Resources and Tools A Wealth of Hands-On Help Adapting Your Accounting Practices to Triple Bottom Line Reporting Certified Management Accountant David Crawford offers background and outlines next steps to help accountants and other financial professionals to meet the challenges of triple bottom line reporting. Benchmarking Corporate Governance of Chemicals in Products Help for corporate managers seeking to design safer chemicals programs. Energy Efficiency Best Practices The more than 90 best practices detailed here will help users enhance the design, implementation, and evaluation of their own energy efficiency programs. More Tools... | More Web Sites... Columns and Features Insight and Inspiration from the Experts Toward a Sustainable Japan: NEC's 'Ecology through IT' Japanese communications giant NEC is using information technology to improve productivity while reducing paper consumption and the need to transport people and goods. Wanna write for GreenBiz?Let us know if you'd like to write a guest column or feature reflecting your experiences or opinions in the environmental business world. Send a brief query to Editor@greenbiz.com | Read our editorial guidelines More Columns... | More Features...