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Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2011

Harvard Business Review

The ongoing failure of policy at a global level (with the important exceptions of some successes/workarounds such as new mileage targets for cars and trucks and a carbon tax in Australia ). The best analysis of the resource scarcity mega-trend came from asset manager Jeremy Grantham. Right now, the U.S. Nuclear on the outs.

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Innovation Is as Much About Finding Partners as Building Products

Harvard Business Review

The innovation alone is a herculean task, but imagine being that upstart pioneer trying to develop the technology, while at the same time going up against entrenched, powerful competitors with deep industry knowledge, assets, and channels who’ve been around for a hundred years or more. This is an incredible moment for innovation.

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Top 10 Sustainable Business Stories of 2012

Harvard Business Review

After Sandy raged across the eastern coast, Businessweek blared on its cover " It's Global Warming, Stupid." Individual companies are feeling the bite: analysts at Morningstar estimate that input costs at Tyson Foods will rise by $700 million — more than its 2012 net income. It wasn't just energy. and plug-in sales up 228%.