Category Archives: Behavior

Eco-Challenge Series Seeker Spotlight: EMC

By | Published: May 14, 2012

InnoCentive, EMC and EDF recently announced a new Eco-Challenge seeking solutions for tracking shipments of used electronic components and subsystems and ensuring that they are disposed of responsibly. Safe, legal and transparent e-waste disposal is an ongoing concern for both industry and environmental groups, which want to make sure heavy metals and chemicals are not [...]

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Moving Away from PR Focused Sustainability

By | Published: April 12, 2012

By Lillias MacIntyre, Program Associate, Corporate Partnerships, EDF Defining “sustainability” in general terms can be difficult, since definitions evolve over time with new ideas or trends.  Sustainability today encompasses contexts of natural resources and the environment, economics and social equity, but generally speaking,  to be sustainable is to use “methods, systems and materials that won’t [...]

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Postponement: A logistics sustainability strategy worth NOT putting off

By | Bio | Published: April 3, 2012

Timing is everything, and companies facing choices around freight transportation modes must consider transit times, inventory levels and demand forecasts when making decisions. Ease pressure on these variables and you enable companies to utilize cheaper and more carbon-efficient modes of transportation. In many cases, companies can increase the flexibility of their supply chains by developing [...]

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Tapping IT Energy Savings: 4 Insights from the Experts

By | Published: March 6, 2012

By Mike Walker, President at Beacon Consultants Ten years ago, US EPA's ENERGY STAR Program approached my company, a consultancy that helps solve social problems involving large-scale human behavior change, with an interesting dilemma. Nearly every computer monitor sold in the US, they claimed, had built-in power saving “sleep” features that slashed electricity use by [...]

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Dedicated effort, knowledge sharing and other learnings from the Greenbiz Forum

By | Bio | Published: February 27, 2012

By Jake MacArthur, 2011 EDF Climate Corps Fellow at REI, MEM Candidate at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Member of Net Impact A few weeks ago, I attended the GreenBiz.com Forum 2012 in San Francisco. The mix of keynotes, conversations, workshops and opportunities to network with other [...]

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Sometimes it’s all a matter of perspective: EDF Climate Corps fellow finds savings at CA Technologies

By | Bio | Published: February 21, 2012

By Shunsuke Numata, 2011 EDF Climate Corps fellow at CA Technologies, MBA Candidate at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management As an EDF Climate Corps Fellow at CA Technologies, it became readily apparent the company had already implemented many textbook energy management and reduction initiatives (i.e. installation of metering systems and replacement of [...]

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How Carpooling Can Reduce Your Company’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By | Published: February 1, 2012

This is a guest blog by Jef Cozza, Director of Amovens Although it’s taken longer than we would’ve liked, corporations are now seeing the value in reducing their carbon footprint. Companies such as Swiss Re, LG Electronics and Sprint, have all made greenhouse gas reduction a cornerstone of their sustainability policies. But while many corporations [...]

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Connecting the Dots and Breaking Down Barriers

By | Bio | Published: January 26, 2012

Two things have been on my mind this week. First is the 2012 State of Green Business Report released by GreenBiz. The report shares a mixed view of the condition of the green economy we are collectively bringing to bare. While companies are consistent in dedicating resources to setting and meeting notable environmental goals, the [...]

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Companies Save Millions By Hiring For Corporate Sustainability

By | Bio | Published: January 24, 2012

I recently moved into a new house and for the first time in my life, I have a cleaning lady.  Like most people I know, on the day before she’s scheduled to arrive, I clean up a little. Because just having someone whose job it is, and knowing that she’ll be focused on that job, [...]

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Changing Culture Changes Behavior: Labor Union Treasure Hunts find lasting success

By | Published: January 19, 2012

Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) innovative partnership with labor union IUE-CWA took me close to home with its second Treasure Hunt at CCL Container in Hermitage, PA, a facility that designs and manufactures aluminum based packaging products for a wide variety of industries, producing a 100 percent recyclable product.  The Treasure Hunt identified over $180,000 in [...]

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