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Stages of ROI on Eco-efficiency

Eco-efficiency pays dividends year after year. Various practitioners have different titles and phases for implementing sustainability in organizations (and buildings for that matter). I have taken those stages and put them in financial terms. The good news is the more mature you get in the phases, the more money you make over time. 1. Pre-compliance [...]

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Employees forego pay for carbon neutrality

Think employees only care about money and time-off. Think again. New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins Colorado is most famous for its wonderful Fat Tire Amber beer. But it is also one of the leading companies in the world for creating a sustainable business. But the story of how it went to clean renewable energy [...]

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Speaking of Banks

Just for fun, lets say you inherited 4 million dollars from someone you didn’t know. You could live off the interest right? After taxes, say 200K per year. So long as you don’t screw with the principal, you have created a scenario of sustainable development. As a human you are still going to develop. Some [...]

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The Real Debacle of the Oil Spill

There are about a million reasons why the oil spill is such a problem. But the issue I see comes in the form of missed opportunity. The senate was ready to take up a rare bipartisan energy bill soon co-sponsored by a Democrat, an Independent and a Republican. Sure, the bill has its problems but it genuinely is a [...]

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The Economics of Climate Change

I have worked in several areas of green business and things are getting better for sure. Nevertheless the bottom line that is stopping growth of clean energy use is the fact that it is free to pollute. When I have this discussion with friends that do not study this stuff on a daily basis we [...]

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