BSR Insight | State of Green Business 2011
GreenBiz's fourth annual "State of Green Business" report presents the top 10 trends and 20 indices for measuring how well companies are improving their environmental performance. According to the report, green business did not die during the recession; rather, companies are diving deeper and investing in longer-term sustainability initiatives.
Some of the top sustainable business trends of 2010 include:
- Large consumer products companies—once reluctant to enter the green world—are now setting bold sustainability goals.
- Sustainable agriculture has gone mainstream.
- Existing green business standards and certifications are limited in scope, and companies are stepping in to fill the gaps by creating their own.
- Large companies are pushing for "zero waste"—and some, like General Motors, are achieving it.
- Toxic concerns are spurring the growing field of green chemistry, which seeks to transform the way products are made.
- With the goal of creating a closed-loop society, companies are finding innovative ways to turn old products into new ones.
BSR members can still save US$400 off the US$975 admission cost for the State of Green Business Forum in Chicago on February 9 and 10 and in Washington, D.C. on February 16 and 17 by using the code "stateBSR" when registering.
Topics
Consumer Products, Energy, Environment, Financial Services, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Health Care, Information & Communications Technology, Media & Entertainment, Mining, Reporting & Communications, Toxicity & Product Design, Transportation, Travel & Tourism, Water
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