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

July 14, 2008   » Featured News: Navigating the Wilderness of Green Business Certifications   » The Latest News on Green Business Practices   » Expert Insight from our Columns & Blogs   » GreenBiz Radio: Selling Small, Thinking Big: P&G's Sustainable Innovations Sign Up Now for our FREE Newsletters »Subscribe Here THIS ISSUE'S SPONSOR 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 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 > Read more... 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. BROWSE BY TOPIC » All News » Energy and Climate » Business Operations » Design and Innovation » Resource Efficiency » Marketing » Small Business » Events & Tools FEATURED JOBS Program Officer(s) San Francisco, CA Green Building Consultant San Francisco, CA (Bay Area) Sustainable Business Accounts Manager Portland, OR Field Engineer-Los Angeles based Foster City-HQ, CA (Arizona/Oregon) Special Projects Coordinator Lawrence, MA Green Connection Assistant Program Officer San Francisco, CA » Browse All Jobs FEATURED EVENT UBC/UW Summer Institute in Sustainability Date: July 20, 2008 - 12:00am Location: Vancouver , This UBC/UW Summer Institute in Sustainability will provide the intellectual perspectives and practical skills necessary to integrate sustainability as a core value within an organization, and develop programs that represent best practices in sustainability planning. Wanna Write for GreenBiz.com? GreenBiz.com is looking for guest and regular columnists and feature writers. We're seeking contributions from business leaders as well as the journalists who write about them. If you're interested, send a brief query to managing editor Matthew Wheeland, at editor@greenerdesign.com. Read our editorial guidelines. Become a GreenBiz.com Sponsor Reach tens of thousands of businesses every month by placing your ad here. Contact us to receive more information. © Greener World Media, Inc. All rights reserved.

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