GreenBiz
GreenBiz Group is a media and events company that advances the opportunities at the intersection of business, technology and sustainability. Through its website, three annual events (GreenBiz, VERGE, Circularity), peer-to-peer network and research, GreenBiz promotes the potential to drive transformation and accelerate progress — within companies, cites, industries and in the very nature of business.
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02-18-14
Business Turns the Table in First-Ever Corporate Ratings of Activists
The Nature Conservancy, Environmental Defense Fund and WWF topped the first-ever corporate ratings of environmental advocacy groups, according to a new report. The study was based on a survey of more than 200 companies.
The GreenBiz NGO Report, released today at the annual
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01-21-14
Business Progress on Sustainability Has Stalled, Says New Report
Companies around the world are struggling to make progress on climate change, resource efficiency and natural capital dependency, according to the 2014 State of Green Business report published by GreenBiz Group in partnership with Trucost plc.
The seventh annual edition of the rep...
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12-10-13
GreenBiz Forum 2014 Attracts the World’s Biggest Companies
Dozens of the world’s biggest companies have registered to participate in the 2014 GreenBiz Forum, GreenBiz Group’s flagship event for sustainability executives, to be held February 18-20 in Phoenix.
The Forum brings together sustainability leaders from business, nonprofits, and the public...
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10-10-13
GreenBiz Group Set to Launch First Ballroom-sized Microgrid
GreenBiz Group will turn the switch on the first-ever ballroom-sized microgrid, a functional and replicable system that heralds the future of distributed energy production.
Called VERGE Interconnect, the microgrid will be a centerpiece of
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09-24-13
VERGE San Francisco Revs Up Focus on Connected Cars and Sustainable Mobility
The near-term future of vehicles — smart, clean, connected and increasingly efficient — will be at the forefront of a four-day conference in San Francisco, taking place October 14-17 as part of the city’s Innovation Month.
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09-10-13
Sustainable, Resilient Cities Take Center Stage at VERGE SF
The role of technology in creating sustainable and resilient cities will be a key topic at a four-day conference in San Francisco, taking place October 14-17 as part of the city’s Innovation Month.
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08-20-13
VERGE Accelerate Provides Global Stage for Tech Start-ups
Up to 18 innovative start-ups at the convergence of energy, buildings, transportation and cities will vie for recognition by some of the world’s largest companies this fall. The event, VERGE Accelerate, will allow young companies to compete for the approval of cleantech innovation leaders and inv...
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08-07-13
VERGE SF Puts the Spotlight on Tech, Data and Cities
The convergence of data, analytics, cities, buildings and transportation will be center stage at VERGE SF 2013, the flagship of a global event series produced by GreenBiz Group. The event will look at how inf...
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07-31-13
VERGE Interconnect to Feature a Microgrid at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco
GreenBiz Group announced that it will build a functional, temporary and replicable microgrid to power the exhibition hall at its VERGE San Francisco event in October, a living and vivid demonstration of the potential of distributed energy generation and smart systems.
VERGE Interconnect wi...
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07-09-13
Verge São Paulo to Convene Energy, IT, Building and Transportation Executives
GreenBiz Group, a media and events company, will bring its acclaimed global event series, VERGE, to São Paulo, Brazil, November 12-13, the final stop on its three-continent 2013 schedule.
VERGE focuses on the intersection of technology and sustainability – in particular, the convergence of...