Column Archive
Fortune Magazine Sustainability by Marc Gunther
Nov 5: Despite falling oil prices and the credit crunch, green technology investors remain bullish. (more)
Oct 29: The fuel cell business is coming of age, at last, led by United Technologies and FuelCell Energy. (more)
Oct 22: A refrigeration breakthrough from the popular ice cream maker could change the business of cooling. (more)
Oct 22: A refrigeration breakthrough from the popular ice cream maker could change the business of cooling. (more)
Sep 19: When he's not fighting fires, the Treasury chief has taken on two issues he says are crucial to the country's future. (more)
Sep 3: Wal-Mart and Tiffany are trying to clean up the gold-mining industry. Not everyone is cheering them on. (more)
Aug 21: Kraft Foods, Kellogg's and other U.S. food producers come under attack as demand for vegetable oil made from palm trees soars. (more)
Aug 12: By distributing energy-efficient stoves in Africa, JPMorgan Chase aims to reduce greenhouse gases - and increase profits. (more)
Aug 6: The computer maker says it has completely neutralized its carbon emissions. Here's how. (more)
Jul 16: A chemical used in plastic baby bottles is being driven off retailers' shelves not by regulators, but by advocacy groups, politicians and giant retailers. (more)
Jun 17: Wal-Mart sustainability chief says the giant retailer is pushing harder than ever to go green. (more)
May 30: Business coalition splinters, and without widespread corporate support, the bill headed to the Senate is almost certainly doomed. (more)
May 27: The oil giant is thriving, but the Rockefellers, corporate reformers and environmentalists want fundamental change at its annual shareholder meeting Wednesday. (more)
May 22: To feed the world - without destroying it - big companies need to get smart about what they buy. (more)
May 8: The fast-food giant and Fiji Water claim customers are protecting Mother Earth when they buy taquitos and bottled water. Nice try. (more)
Apr 8: How Marriott will try to protect the Amazon and prevent deforestation by paying locals not to cut down trees. (more)
Mar 21: The coffee giant wants to help farmers tap into the fast-growing $70 billion carbon credit business. (more)
Mar 14: GE's Jeff Immelt and Wal-Mart's Lee Scott fend off conservative attacks on their environmental policies. (more)
Mar 12: In pledging $100 million to help women around the world, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein wants his firm to embrace do-gooding in a way that is defensible to shareholders. (more)
Feb 26: You know that green concerns are mainstream when even Procter & Gamble - maker of heavily packaged goods - say they want to be sustainable. But can they really do it? (more)
Feb 22: Cherokee Investment Partners buys contaminated industrial properties and turns them into green communities. (more)
Feb 14: Widespread perceptions of corruption and violence do not deter some Western firms from putting money into African nations - often with impressive results. (more)
Feb 7: Concerns about the environment, fair trade and health are changing the way that the U.K. eats. (more)
Feb 1: The famed garbage collectors are reinventing themselves as an environmentally conscious company. Is it real or hype? Marc Gunther goes on a tour. (more)
Jan 24: Environmentalists and politicians are turning up the heat on coal plants proposed by the investment giant. (more)
Jan 17: Enterprise-Rent-A-Car wants to do its part to save Mother Earth. But there's only so much it can do. (more)
Jan 10: The 23rd edition of the iconic basketball shoe is the first one shaped by Nike's environmentally-friendly approach. (more)
Jan 4: It began with two friends and seven cows, but today Stonyfield's organic is the third largest yogurt company in the United States - and the big food firms are playing catch-up. (more)
Dec 20: Andy Karsner says the new energy bill will disrupt business - and that's a good thing. (more)
Dec 13: It's great if companies announce environmentally friendly policies, but the effect on the planet isn't always guaranteed. (more)
Dec 6: While all eyes are on India and China, the technology giant sees business opportunity in the expanding economy of the world's poorest continent, says Marc Gunther. (more)
Dec 3: If it's not good for the planet, it's not on the menu at Washington, D.C. seafood eatery Hook. (more)
Nov 29: New study outlines ways that the United States can reduce greenhouse emissions by up to 50 percent, without crippling the economy. (more)
Nov 28: Activists led by Mia Farrow are trying to link the 2008 Beijing Olympics to 'genocide' in Sudan. So far, corporate sponsors aren't pulling out. (more)
Nov 16: Results from the giant retailer's audit of its social and environmental practices show just how hard it is to grow a company and be eco-friendly at the same time, writes Fortune's Marc Gunther. (more)
Oct 15: Student inventors are gathering at the Solar Decathlon in Washington to vie for the top prize and create a new generation of green homes. (more)
Oct 11: Hotels, cruise lines and tour operators are making a big mistake by not doing more to fight global warming, writes Fortune's Marc Gunther. (more)
Oct 3: Now that his dairy company has settled charges that it violated organic food standards, Aurora president Mark Retzloff wants to muzzle foes. Fortune's Marc Gunther reports. (more)
Sep 20: RecycleBank pays people to recycle. Fortune's Marc Gunther takes an inside look at the company's plan to help save Mother Earth - and profit along the way. (more)
Sep 13: Silicon Valley startup Ausra says it can generate cheap, reliable electricity from the sun. Fortune's Marc Gunther looks at whether solar power's day has finally come. (more)
Sep 4: The government says one of the nation's largest producers of organic milk has been breaking the rules, says Fortune's Marc Gunther. (more)
Aug 30: To critics, 'clean coal' is an oxymoron. To NRG Energy CEO David Crane, it's the future. Fortune's Marc Gunther reports. (more)
Aug 22: The electronics giant says it will take back all Sony products at no cost to consumers. Will rivals follow? Fortune's Marc Gunther reports. (more)
Aug 15: News Corp.'s campaign against global warming includes free light bulbs, subsidized hybrids and babes in green, reports Fortune's Marc Gunther. (more)
Aug 10: An environmental group targets chlorine manufacturers that release mercury into the atmosphere. Fortune's Marc Gunther reports. (more)
Aug 1: A South Carolina biotech firm re-engineers trees to make them grow faster and cleaner, says Fortune's Marc Gunther. (more)
Jul 25: General Electric's new eco-friendly credit card might have good intentions behind it, but spending money to save the planet doesn't make sense, writes Fortune's Marc Gunther. (more)
Jul 24: From General Motors to Google, more companies are agreeing to protect transgender people from discrimination. Fortune's Marc Gunther reports. (more)
Jul 13: An Internet community grows around the idea that one man's trash is another's treasure, reports Fortune's Marc Gunther. (more)
Jun 28: When big companies want advice on the environment, many call Green Order, reports Fortune's Marc Gunther. (more)
| Company | Price | % Change |
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| Brunswick Corporation | 2.88 | 43.28% |
| Sonic Automotive Inc | 3.11 | 22.92% |
| Sprint Nextel Corporation | 2.50 | 18.48% |
| Genworth Finl Inc | 1.36 | 18.26% |
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| Index | Last | % Change |
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| Dow Jones | 8,419.09 | 3.31% |
| Nasdaq | 1,449.80 | 3.70% |
| S&P 500 | 848.81 | 3.99% |
| 10yr | 109 11/32 | Yield: 2.67% |
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| Company | Price | % Change |
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| Sprint Nextel Corporation | 2.51 | 18.96% |
| Unisys Corporation | 0.59 | 15.69% |
| Western Digital Corporation | 11.90 | 10.30% |
| Micron Technology Inc | 2.01 | -10.27% |
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