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		<title>Sustainable Companies Stocks Outperform the Competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Companies striving for sustainable outcomes outperform their competition in nearly every financial measure. And most importantly in this case, stock performance. Canadian publisher Corporate Knights recently published its 8th annual list of &#8220;100 Most Sustainable Companies.&#8221; According to the Corporate Knights Global 100 website: The graph below measures the monthly total return of the Global 100 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eric Lowitt, Author of &#8220;The Future of Value&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s podcast we hear a great story from Eric Lowitt about how he is following his dreams and helping move sustainability forward in the business sector. I can&#8217;t wait to get my hands on his new book &#8220;The Future of Value&#8221; when it comes out in late September. Eric has a passion for sustainability [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volvo Meets Ten Year Goal In One Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saves $10 Million on 850K Investment Energy reduction is not as difficult as we initially believe it will be. Our mental models are a bigger problem than getting it done. As part of the part of the U.S. Department of Energy&#8217;s Save Energy Now LEADER Initiative, Volvo Truck&#8217;s New River Valley plant set a 10 year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Paradox of Power in Sustainability</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a society we often say terms like &#8220;business wants (fill in the blank here).&#8221; Saying &#8220;business&#8221; wants one thing is like saying all Italian-Americans want one thing or all men want the same thing. There are lots of businesses with lots of leaders who see the world through all kinds of lenses. Over the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast, Rick Heede, Climate Mitigation Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Heede is the founder and principal of Climate Mitigation Services. He has studied climate change since the early-1970s and has worked on energy and climate solutions since 1984. He worked with Armory Lovins at the Rocky Mountain Institute from 1984 through 2002 on issues ranging from energy policy, energy-saving office equipment, home energy measures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High ROI on Sustainability</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 14:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Again, proof by the biggest capitalists that sustainability pays big ROI. Bloomberg just produced its third sustainability report. This is the first one to be made public. My favorite highlight is that for every $1 spent on sustainability they have seen $2 in savings in operating costs, which goes directly to the bottom line profit. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast; Sustainability Roundtable, Inc. founder Jim Boyle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 15:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Boyle shares an inspirational story of how he put his vision of a sustainable society into action by creating the Progressive Business Leadership Network, and then went on to create the Sustainability Roundtable, Inc. (www.sustainround.com). The Sustainability Roundtable, Inc. provides a new model of sharing that allows companies and governments to reach sustainability goals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green is a fad, sustainability is a trend</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember in the late 80&#8242;s through early 2000&#8242;s the complaints I would hear about &#8220;fads&#8221; in quality. TQM, ISO, Lean, Re-engineering&#8230; the list of buzzwords goes on and on. A funny thing happened on the way though. American quality has gotten significantly better over the last 25 years. The truth is, any given label might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainability is just an accounting problem</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the end we as individuals and businesses pollute because it is free or nearly free to do so. The actual costs of our actions are recognized elsewhere in taxes, healthcare or put off for future generations to pay. They are called externalities. All of the products (like water, coal, oil and other extracted things) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to Turn Your Business Around&#8230; Go Green</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever business you are in, the best way to put yourself on a track to long term success is to master the green trends of your industry. Are you a builder? Green building is the only growing trend in the space. A pest control company? People want green solutions over the conventional. Parts supplier to a [...]]]></description>
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