Business and Technology News
The Business & Technology news feed includes stories about climate change solutions involving new technology, the private sector, and regional, national and international policy.
Q&A with Gov. Patrick on Massachusetts energy policy
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick shares his insights about the Commonwealth's energy policy and transition to renewable sources.
What business needs to do about carbon in the post-400 ppm era
With carbon dioxide levels past the 400-ppm threshold, risks to businesses are looming even larger, driving the needs for faster, and bigger, action.
Buildings move faster toward net zero
At last week's Living Future conference, engineers and architects discussed designing and operating buildings that achieve net zero energy use.
ICYMI: Hectares of sustainable food news, ESG pro profiles & more
It's a research-heavy week here at ICYMI HQ, with studies detailing everything from profiles of ESG professionals to solutions for sustainable cities.
Some light in clean tech investing, despite the gloom
The vast majority of clean energy investment not coming from VCs is actually a positive indicator for the maturation of clean energy markets.
Can you survive the 5 tectonic shifts to the business landscape?
In this Q&A, the author of "The Upside of Down" shares how his concept of societal resilience can help companies prepare for change.
Adidas Group scores big with sustainability venture capital fund
Footwear company's greenENERGY Fund invests in a portfolio of efficiency projects that target a strict 20 percent annual return on capital.
VERGE Boston: How ARPA-E creates the future of energy
Cheryl Martin, deputy director of the Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy talks energy innovation at the 2013 VERGE conference in Boston.
Boston becomes latest city to order building energy benchmarking
Large commercial and residential buildings must report annual energy and water use, but aren't required to act on the results.
ICYMI: Some good climate news, competition for home energy data & more
In this week's sustainability news roundup, we find big progress on climate policy, big commitments from a UK retailer and competition in the big home-energy market.