Green Business Stories
Erratic weather inhibits economic growth
An extra degree of day-to-day temperature variability reduces regional growth rates by 5% on average—a pattern seen across economic sectors
The Circular Economy Made Real
In more and more pockets of the industrial landscape, the byproducts of one process are becoming the raw materials for another, trash is getting a useful second life, and waste is becoming a thing of the past.
The race is on to build an AC unit that doesn’t cook the planet
There's a $1 million prize for anyone that can design a room air conditioner that costs no more than twice what a standard one costs and produces five times less greenhouse gas
Greening the last mile of e-commerce
Could hubs, nudges, and EV night deliveries crack this surprisingly tough puzzle?
A review of 100 studies crushes assumptions about conflict between profit and sustainability
Only two studies found negative effects on the bottom line from adopting sustainability practices
Artificial Intelligence and Decarbonization
New experiments are pushing artificial intelligence and sensor networks into the grid—and into factories, data centers, and transit systems—in order to pull fossil fuels out.
The Great Decoupling
The story of energy use, economic growth, and carbon emissions in four charts.
The Problem with Making Nature Pay for Itself
Trying to make nature valuable has had a disappointing track record.
Keeping Clothes Out of the Garbage
How close are we to the Holy Grail of sustainable fashion?
Pollution and economic growth mostly move in sync. But some countries are bucking the trend
In a first, researchers use two decades of satellite data on pollution to show the potential to break the links between growth and emissions
