Green Biz : 50 Green, Profitable Companies Reveal Their Strategies and Successes

by AMERICAN BENCHMARK PRESS

• ISBN13: 9780307383495
• ISBN10: 0307383490
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-18
• Publisher: American Benchmark Press

Summary

Can a business be profitable and environmentally responsible? These 50 forward-thinking companies answer with a resounding YES! From Alcoa to Xanterra, the companies profiled in these pages have taken the lead in linking growth and profitability with a commitment to protecting and preserving the earth. The sustainable strategies created by these dynamic, positive innovatorsdetailed in the individual "greenprints" withinwill enlighten consumers about the degree to which they are working to reduce their carbon footprint and general impact on the environment and will inspire and instruct other businesses to implement their own environmental initiatives. The profiles also address the on-going challenges the companies face as they search for global solutions that encourage wise use of resources, address climate change, and assure economic growth.

Table of Contents

Green Strategies

Alcoa

AMD

Aspen Skiing Company

Aveda

Bank of America

Baxter International

Ben & Jerry's

The Body Shop

BP

Bristol-Myers Squibb

BT

Citi

Clif Bar & Company

Coca-Cola

FPL Group

General Electric

Goldman Sachs

Google

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

Herman Miller, Inc.

Hewlett-Packard

Honda

HSBC

IBM

IKEA

Intel

Interface

Levi Strauss & Co.

McDonald's

Mohawk Fine Papers

National Grid

Nike

Novo Nordisk

Patagonia

PG&E

Rio Tinto

SC Johnson & Son

Seventh Generation

Staples

Starbucks

StatoilHydro

Stonyfield Farm

SunEdison

Sun Microsystems

Tesla Motors

Timberland

Toshiba

Toyota

Vodafone

Xanterra Parks & Resorts

A Green Book Made by a Green House

Company Contacts

Green Partners

Green Terms and Abbreviations

Index

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