The Pros and Cons to Being a Green Business
June 30th, 2010Recently I’ve met with a couple of green businesses, at opposite ends of the spectrum. The first one is a manufacturing company making all-natural chemical cleaning products for commercial use. For the past several years they have had an annual sales growth of over 100%. This year it looks like they will far surpass that [...]
The Importance of Taking Your Biz Carbon Negative
June 30th, 2010Yesterday morning I was listening to Al Gore on CNN being grilled on all the hoopla around climate change: Is it really man-made? (Today less Americans think so than a few years ago.) Are environmentalists hypocritical for changing their position on nuclear power? What about ClimateGate? (The recent stolen e-mails from scientists in regards to climate change.) [...]
Why Managing Waste is So Crucial in Your Biz
June 30th, 2010The oil spill is now estimated to pouring up to 40 million barrels into the Gulf of Mexico. At four times that of the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, this makes it the worst environmental disaster in US history, and one of the worst oil spills in the world. This waste has already cost [...]
7 Mistakes To Avoid When Scaling Up Your Green Biz
June 30th, 2010This past week I’ve been meeting some really great green alternative energy companies. My team received over 200 e-mails recommending these businesses for the possibility of being videoed by Planet Forward for broadcasting. The best of which will air country-wide on PBS. As I’m sorting through all of these green companies, I have been speaking with [...]