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The State of Sustainable Business in America – Help us help you
We have posted over 150 Green Business Matters blogs during the last year and a half and thought we should step back for a moment and take a look at the service we are providing. To do this we would … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Environment, Marketing
Tagged 2012, Baltimore, Columbia, feedback, Green, green business, green business profiles, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Ned Tillman, sustainability
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Omega Trading Company finds rescuing used office furniture financially rewarding
Karl Wagner and his colleagues at Omega Trading Company figure they have rescued tens of thousands of office workstations (cubicles) from one-way trips to the dump. “A lot of what we reuse would otherwise go in landfills, and almost all … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Business Profile, Environment, Opportunities
Tagged as-is, cubicle, EPA, Federal, furniture, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Karl Wagner, office furniture, Omega Trading Company, OTC, re-manufacture, refurbish, scratch and dent, sick building syndrome, used, workstation
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Sustainability consultants are bully on the future of their industry
It looks like we’re in the right business. Ned and I were very pleased by what we read in the Sustainability Consultant Survey, a report published last month by Green Research. Essentially, the report said that people in our field are optimistic about the future based … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Opportunities, People
Tagged Accenture, Green Research, hocoblogs@@@, KPMG, McKinsey, PwC, Sustainability Consultant Survey
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‘Cradle-to-cradle’ thinking mirrors nature’s closed-loop system
by Karin DeLaitsch Many answers to human dilemmas lie in the natural world surrounding us. This is particularly true in addressing the problem of how to handle a product at the end of its useful life. In nature, we can … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Environment, Guest Contributors, Opportunities
Tagged closed-loop system, Cradle to cradle, cradle to grave, design, disposal, hocoblogs@@@, human dilemmas, life stages, manufacture, natural world, planned obsolescence, utilization
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Solar panel roads
Under the heading of dreaming big, we bring you Scott and Julie Brusaw (pictured), co-founders of Solar Roadways. This married couple proposes to pave America’s roads with a special, tough glass that houses solar panels capable of generating enough electricity … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Business Profile, Energy, Environment, Opportunities, SGNewsletter, Technology
Tagged DOT grant, electric vehicles, hocoblogs@@@, roads, Scott and Julie Brusaw, smart grid, solar, solar panel, Solar Raodways, TED presentation, utilities
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DOD leads the way on sustainability initiatives
Twenty years ago, I attended a major technical conference in Denver put on by the Department of Defense (DOD). At the time, half of my business was conducted on military bases so I went to hear what the top people … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment, Opportunities, Technology
Tagged Department of Defense, DoD, economic, environmental, fuel, hocoblogs@@@, intel, jeopardize, military, operations, president bush, president obama, social, waste could jeopardize military operations
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Sustainable Utopias
by Karin DeLaitsch I am sometimes amused by what is regarded as progressive. There is a 900-acre agri-burb aptly named Serenbe located 32 miles southwest of Atlanta that was made famous this spring when it was selected as the site for the 2012 … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Guest Contributors, Opportunities, People
Tagged 2012, agri-burb, agri-burbs, apple orchards, Atlanta, community cohesiveness, farm-to-table, green belt, Green House, green space, harvesting rain water, HGTV, hocoblogs@@@, open space, Progressive, Serenbe, Utopia
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BridgePath Scientific capitalizes on opportunities for reuse
“We have a number of sustainability best practices that we attempt to follow,” said Patrick Haley (pictured), president and CEO at BridgePath Scientific in Frederick, Md. “We run a lot of the standard programs, like recycling, but what sets us … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Business Profile, Environment, Marketing, Opportunities, Technology
Tagged BridgePath, carmax, centrifuge, credentialing, credentials, equipment, freezer, Haley, hocoblogs@@@, incubator, lab, laboratory, Patrick, Scientific, scientist, used
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Finding Sustainable Growth’s ideal client – an important step in matchmaking
My partner, Frank, asked me the other day who I thought was our ideal client. I admit that I had to stop and think about it. Ironically, this is a question that we challenge our customers to consider on a … Continue reading
Posted in Business Management, Opportunities, SGNewsletter
Tagged clients, customers, employees, engaging staff, Green, hocoblogs@@@, ideal client, objective look, operations, outside advice, plans, qualify, ready to make improvements, strategic choices, sustainability, sustainable, Sustainable Growth LLC, waste, waste streams
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uShip offers 100% climate-neutral transport across Germany, mainland Europe
by Nicola Crozier Perhaps you’ve turned your office into an eco-friendly haven. You’ve taken all the necessary steps to become a more sustainable business; or have you? There’s a good chance you’ve forgotten something — shipping.
Posted in Business Management, Business Profile, Environment, Guest Contributors, People
Tagged climate-neutral, commute, commuter, commuters, commuting, Germany, greenhouse gas, hocoblogs@@@, mainland Europe, Nicola Crozier, rail, road, shipping, transport, truck, trucks, u-Ship, van, water
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