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  • SF Hits Waste-Reduction Target Two Years Early

    Recycling and composting helped San Francisco divert 77 percent of its garbage from landfills in 2008, which it hailed as a national record and the highest of any city in the U.S.

    SF Hits Waste-Reduction Target Two Years Early
  • Climate Corps 2010: Shining a Light on Energy Savings

    A little knowledge on lighting goes a long way. EDF Climate Corps fellow Sarah Will has helped REi identify almost 0,000 in potential energy savings, and lighting improvements account for a big chunk of the money. Now she can’t help eyeing commercial lighting wherever she goes and contemplating possible savings.

    Climate Corps 2010: Shining a Light on Energy Savings
  • Royal Caribbean Charts Incremental Progress on Cruise Ship Impacts

    Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited, the world's second largest cruise operator, has cut fuel consumption by about 4 percent with better designed ships, smarter sailing practices and energy efficiency measures that include installing solar window film in every ship in the fleet.

    Royal Caribbean Charts Incremental Progress on Cruise Ship Impacts
  • New Guide Spotlights Expanding Roster of Green MBA Programs

    Net Impact's latest guide profiling Masters of Business Administration (MBA) programs is more than twice as big as its first iteration in 2006, which bodes well for students navigating a growing field of schools offering sustainability curricula.

    New Guide Spotlights Expanding Roster of Green MBA Programs
  • Farms, Forks and Feuds on the Road to Sustainable Agriculture

    Food is precious and perishable, and agriculture is extremely complicated. Adding sustainability to the mix makes it more so. Farmers and representatives for food processors, crop science companies, coffee growing cooperative and some of the world's major brands gathered in San Francisco recently to confront this thorny topic.

    Farms, Forks and Feuds on the Road to Sustainable Agriculture

 

 
Press Releases PDF Print E-mail

Read press releases from the San Francisco Green Business Program and our recognized businesses:

Bar Architects Increases Green Business Practices

2008 Green Business Awards Ceremony (PDF, 531K)

Barkley Court Reporters, the First Green Court Reporting Agency in the Bay Area (PDF, 497K)

Wells Fargo Haight Street Store Goes Green

 

 
Program News PDF Print E-mail

The San Francisco Green Business program is making news! Read some of the latest news stories below.

Apparently It's Easy Being Green - Biz Miss Blog, July 2009

Beausoleil Architects Goes Green, May 2009

A Yearlong Road to Green Certification - GreenBiz.com, July 2008

San Francisco businesses learn it's easy to be green - San Francisco Business Times, July 2008

It's Becoming much easier to Go Green - SF Chronicle, June 2008

 

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