In the News: When it comes to climate change, do we take some economic pain...
By Nancy BuzbyThat’s a key question recently posed by the New York Times in response to a draft report from the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. With business leaders feeling...
View ArticleIn the News: What to do when climate change gets in the way of business –...
By Nancy Buzby It took a decade of drought in India to make Coca-Cola leaders directly associate climate change with a threat to the bottom-line. Over at Nike, floods in Thailand caused them to shut...
View ArticleEDF Climate Corps – Creating a New Generation of Leaders
By Victoria MillsIn his State of the Union Address last night, President Obama offered a new twist on the customary pronouncement on the nation’s health, saying “it is you, our citizens, who make the...
View ArticleNew Truck Efficiency Standards Are Great News for American Innovation
By Jason MathersWe've partnered with businesses, builders, and local communities to reduce the energy we consume. When we rescued our automakers, for example, we worked with them to set higher fuel...
View ArticleEnvironmental Lessons from the Super Bowl: Set Big Goals and Play to Win
By Victoria MillsWe'll hear plenty of amateur quarterbacking about this year’s Super Bowl, but there’s a lesson from the game that applies equally to sports and to business: set an aggressive goal and...
View ArticleEDF Highlights Important New Fertilizer Strategies at Walmart Sustainability...
By Jenny Ahlen At today’s Walmart Sustainability Milestone Meeting, EDF Vice President Tom Murray brought welcome attention to strategies farmers are implementing to more precisely match fertilizer use...
View ArticleEDF named “Trusted Leader” in Inaugural GreenBiz NGO Report
By Tom MurrayEnvironmental Defense Fund (EDF) is honored to be ranked by GreenBiz as one of the three trusted leaders among environmental nonprofits, along with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and The Nature...
View ArticleA momentous week for trucks: Walmart unveils “Jetson” truck and President...
By Jason MathersWhat a great two days it’s been for the future of trucks. Yesterday, Walmart unveiled a prototype, concept next generation tractor-trailer truck that they have affectionately dubbed...
View ArticleCo-loading Your Way to Green
By Guest AuthorBy Homayoun Taherian As transportation costs continue to rise, many companies are searching for ways to reduce spending by looking beyond their supply chain boundaries and collaborating...
View ArticleMethane Emissions Are Risky Business
By Ben RatnerI came to Environmental Defense Fund from the management consulting world, and was fortunate to bring a couple of lessons with me. A simple one is that successful companies keep a finger...
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