Green Business


Recent Green Business Articles

"How We Make It Greener"

Portland-based company The Good Flock reveals how building a green business from top to bottom saves money and earns loyal customers.  View slideshow

7 Tips for a Social Entrepreneur

Looking to start a benefit corporation, a nonprofit, or a for-profit company with a social purpose? Those who’ve done it say social entrepreneurism takes g...  View slideshow

Take Your Green Business Idea to the Next Level

Starting a green business isn't easy, but these days even the most established companies are trying to find ways to go green. The market is open to entrepren...  Read more

10 Steps to Greener Packaging

Thinking of going green? Switching to eco-packaging can be tricky. These steps will make the process a little smoother.  View slideshow

How to Fax Without Paper

Faxing machines are going the way of the beeper. Here are some new faxing tools to save money, time, and paper for your company.  Read more

Why It Pays to Be Green

A new report suggests that sustainable business practices are not only good for the environment, but improve employee relations, as well.  Read more

Should You Switch to Green Packaging?

More companies are opting for recycled packaging and other environmentally friendly packaging materials, but making the switch can be tricky.  Read more

Hot New Market: Smarter Window Glass

The market for energy-saving window glass heats up.  Read more

The Benefits of Going Organic

Farmland LP’s unusual approach to making money on real estate  Read more

How EcoScraps Turns Trash Into Treasure

A look at that rare business that gives everyone involved an incentive to do the right thing  Read more

7 Ways to Green Your Business

Greening your business can motivate employees, decrease overhead, and build your brand as a socially conscious company. Here are seven energy-saving tips fo...  View slideshow

Best Courses 2011: Sustainable Product and Market Development for Subsistence Marketplaces

Learning how to serve customers in emerging markets  Read more

What the Students Say: Sustainable Product and Market Development for Subsistence Marketplaces

Things look different when you finally meet your customers, as student Jenna Goebig learned.  Read more

How to Build Sustainability Into Your Supply Chain

Sourcing and transporting goods can be the most overlooked—and inefficient—parts of how a business is structured. Here's how to examine and improve the e...  Read more

A Sustainability Pioneer

Wendi Goldsmith leads a business that helps other companies to embrace going green.  Read more

The Story Behind the Alex Bottle

A reusable bottle that's eco-friendly and easy to clean.  Read more

Majora Carter Gets Down to Business

Two years after leaving her nonprofit, Sustainable South Bronx, the expert on urban greening and sustainability talks about founders' syndrome, funding a mis...  Read more

Cleaning Up—and Greening—the Jewelry Industry

In the wake of the blood diamond controversy, there's a growing niche for sustainable and ethically created fine jewelry. Small businesses are stepping in to...  Read more

Getting Green Products on More Retail Shelves

Big retailers tend to be afraid of start-ups that make eco-friendly products.Here's a proposal on how to change that mindset.  Read more

Part Guru, Part Glamour, and Fully Sustainable

At 26, model Summer Rayne Oakes is on a mission to transform the $300 billion fashion industry into a model of sustainability.  Read more

From Nonprofit to For-Profit Success

Amy Norquist took her environmental nonprofit experience and created Greensulate, which builds rooftop meadows.  Read more

The Entrepreneur Behind Yes to Carrots

Ido Leffler, the co-founder of Yes to Carrots, answers readers' questions.  Read more

Hot Market: Eco-Friendly Homeowners

Forget McMansions—tomorrow’s home is smaller and greener.  Read more

Libya's Domain Over Domain Names

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: Bad...  Read more

America's Fastest-Growing Environmental Services Company

CleanScapes president Chris Martin took cleaning up the streets of Seattle very seriously, eventually landing a $36 million deal with the city.  Read more