June 2010
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We've Moved!
Thank you for dropping by.
I moved this blog to Posterous.
The new address is:
http://dewita.biz/blog or
CLICK here to go there..
- Dewita
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Smart Grid Disconnect?
What’s missing here? According to a recent survey, “[n]early 70 percent of Americans have never heard the phrase “smart grid.” However, once they are learn more about the subject, they expect utilities to deliver.
What have you seen, experience?
May 2010
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Most Competitive Economies 2010: Where Growth...
Most Competitive Economies 2010
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By Mark Scott
Where Growth Thrives
As the global economy struggles back from the worst recession in decades, which countries are best placed to profit from the recovery? In its 2010 World Competitiveness Yearbook, the IMD business school in Lausanne, Switzerland, sheds some light on that question. By...
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Al Gore's 7 Reasons why Sustainability is Good...
Al Gore made his business case to sustainability when speaking at the SAP Sapphire conference in Orlando.
The seven reasons why sustainability makes good business sense, according to Al Gore:
Pollution is waste and the result of inefficiencies. The message: Polluting companies are inefficient.
Sustainability enhances brand reputation.
There are long-term returns in being sustainable. At some...
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EPA issues rules on biggest carbon polluters →
Starting next year, the EPA would require large power utilities, manufacturers, and oil refiners to get permits to operate or prove they’re using the latest green technology to cut emissions when building new capacity.
[via Reuters]
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EPA Dings Pep Boys $5M
Pep Boys agrees to pay $5 million in civil penalties for violating the Clean Air Act for importing and selling engines, vehicles from China that don’t meet environmental requirements.
As part of the agreement, Pep Boys is required to export or destroy over 1,300 non-compliant vehicles and engines, and to mitigate the adverse environmental effects of equipment already sold to consumers. The...
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Clean Energy: What Google is Doing?
This is what Dan Reicher (director of climate change and energy initiatives at Google) said about their doing in the clean energy sphere. “This is where energy technology (ET) meets IT (information technology).” He’s talking about their product, Google meter, which gives people the power to control their electricity use at home.
You can watch the rest here.
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Human Interactions Makes People Happier than...
Sure do. The Happiness Barometer findings, based on Coke Happiness Index, finds that people are far happier when they are around their loved ones.
The happiest time (in people’s lives), according to the Happiness Barometer:
39 percent of people surveyed in 16 countries said that “..catching up with the loved ones after work..” is their happiest time.
20 percent said eating...
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Offshore Drilling? Ain't Worth It
What does nature teach us in this oil spill? A lot. Eleven lives presumably dead. The income stopper that threatening the fishing and shrimping industries in Lousiana. Many of these fishermen are small businesses. If they can’t fish, they can’t deliver the goods to customers, if they can’t do that - there’s no income. No income, means the fishermen can’t feed their...
April 2010
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Power to the People: Smart Meters and Social... →
Innovative use of technology and social networks.
Finland has long been a leader with smart meters and smart grids. It is no surprise then the small Scandinavian country has big plans for its smart power infrastructure: the melding of smart grids, cloud computing and social networks. The result could be a collection of virtual micro grids — and more grassroots power management. ...
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Green Solutions.. from Sweden
I stumbled into this magazine, Green Solutions from Sweden, published by Clean Tech Region. Thought that this is something worth sharing. The content is supposedly to support the mission of Sweden’s clean tech industry. However, it’s valuable content, in the sense that you can learn a lot from it.
Our own Sec. of Energy, Steven Chu, got a story there.
The very first info ad you see...
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Hilton Branding Sustainability
This is where marketing meets sustainability. Hilton CEO Chris Nassetta officially announced that they’re going full fledge with their eco-initiatives across multiple brands in their portfolio.
Sustainability is now their “new” brand standard.
What this means is that by December 31, 2011, all of our more than 3,500 properties within our global portfolio of brands will use...
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“Sustainability is here to stay. It’s not a fad or flavor of the month. The...”
– William McCracken, Chairman and CEO CA
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Sustainability Quick Hits
Sustainability Gets Sophisticated [Greentech]
A survey of 189 companies in energy intensive and non-energy intensive industries. Compliance to regulatory requirements is high on the list as one of the top drivers to sustainability.
Peter Senge urges collaboration on sustainability efforts [MIT Sloan Management Review]
Senge, who is the author of well-known books such as The Fifth Discipline...
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Leading CEOs Share Best Sustainability Practices →
The report, “Enhancing Our Commitment to a Sustainable Future 2010,” provides best practices and metrics from Business Roundtable member companies that represent nearly all sectors with $6 trillion in annual revenues.
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Forget Climate Change Deniers, Students are...
Sometime last week, I ventured out to George Washington University campus, attending ‘the Business Response to Climate Change’ conference. This conference was a student lead conference hosted by GWU Energy Group, Net Impact GWU chapter, Sustainable GW, GWU School of Business MBA Associations. These students are not waiting for things to happen. They made it happen. They invited...
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WatchInteresting observations from the guys at Fortune.
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Walmart: Sustainability is about the money
All the green talk at Wal-Mart, it’s about the bottom line. When speaking at Fortune Brainstorm Green Business Conference in Laguna, Wal-Mart Chairman Lee Scott said that the decision ’..to adopt renewable energy and supply chain initiatives is more about the bottom line than it is about image.’
[via Environmental Leader]
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WatchThe key: they look at the company as a system. They have more than 900 bottling operations globally and some 20 mil access points (vending machine etc.). Listen also how they talk about sustainable agriculture.
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WatchThis video is from Walmart on ‘Greenhouse Gas - Why it Matters.’ I’m curious. If we change the messenger - Walmart in this case vs. environmentalists or NGOs or Al Gore - how will it change the dynamic of conversation on greenhouse gas?
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How to Use Google and Twitter to Find Your... →
Must read. Very well thought out and comprehensive information.
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WatchCoach John Wooden redefined success.
Success is..
Peace of mind attained and through self satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you’re capable of.
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Starbucks Secret Sauce to Social Media
Yes, Starbucks! There’s always this challenge to build meaningful relationships with you customers. Since Starbucks been on the social media a while (in social media time), might as well learn from them.
Actually, Starbucks have plenty of sauces mix in their social media. Here’s their company social media secrets, according to Mikal Belicove [h/t Alltop]:
1. It’s about...
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Can the Green Economy Survive in a Policy Vacuum? →
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10 Ways for Small Businesses to Use LinkedIn →
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5 Small Business Tips for Social Media Success →
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Seismologists Turn Toward Social Sites To Gain...
Helping to better understand activity patterns, some seismologists informally monitor chatter from colleagues and friends that spread across social sites like Facebook, as well as publicly available videos that people upload to YouTube. The latest earthquake struck Sunday in Mexicali just south of the Mexico and California border in Baja. Kaelynn, in the middle of making a video in her room...
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Tumblr Popularity in World of Sharing up +276%
Tumblr leading the pack in popularity among the movers and shakers in the world of sharing, according to the latest stat from AddThis. It’s popularity is up by +276% followed by 100zakladok, a Russian bookmarking site. Check out the top 10 list of movers and shakers here.
What’s interesting is Tumblr is more popular in France than in the U.S.
[via AddThis]
Then while there, I...
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Social CRM: Lessons for Retaining Customers with... →
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“I think that, if you want to attract the right investor base long term, it’s...”
– - Paul Polman
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WatchFast Company named Walmart one of the most innovative companies in 2010. Walmart, Patagonia - both are practicing sustainability - because they’re “convinced” that they can make more money by saving the environment.
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March 2010
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This is Why Cap-and-Trade is Dead
By now you’re probably have heard that the ‘term’ cap-and-trade is officially dead. Via Talking Points Memo.
“I think the term ‘cap and trade’ is not in the lexicon anymore,” Salazar said, adding that supporters — including senators working on legislation — will focus more on ideas such as slowing pollution, creating jobs and becoming energy...
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What Type Of Social Media Ads Are The Most...
Well, among the seven most common formats, sponsored content ads — in which consumers viewed a page that was “brought to you by” a leading brand — were the most engaging, yet produced the least purchase intent, according to a new study conducted by research firm Psychster, and commissioned by cooking/recipe hub Allrecipes.com. Corporate profiles on social-networking...
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How to Get an Influencer Attention →
It’s a long post by Tamar Weinberg, but it’s worth the reading. Here is Seth Godin:
“PR people shouldn’t try to get my attention.
Readers with something to say should email me.
Marketers should make great products that loyal readers or long-time friends or trusted colleagues choose to tell me about!”
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Growing lean, green, money making machines →
Something that we all can learn. Government sustainability program for small businesses can help boost participation. Check it out.
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How Green is my Appliance? Ask Green Bay, Wis →
Interesting observations of consumers who buy environment friendly appliances: love of the outdoors.
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GM Drives with Social Media Strategy
GM’s content strategy is not about messaging. Their content strategy puts community first. Chris’ team asks what is the audience interested in? He asks his team “would you watch this video if you didn’t work at GM?” As an example, they recently launched a new video series called Department 180 which tells the quality story at GM. Rather than shooting a conventional video about quality control in...
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National Geographic Special Issue on Water Goes...
This morning I got email from National Geographic to download its special issue on Water for free. Yes, free. So I clicked on the link. The link took me to Zinio, a magazine stand. You filled out your info first before your mouse get access on the issue.
I was blown away. This is what all magazine should do. It’s heavy on content. You combine superior reporting with interactivity. Everybody...
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5 Ways to Make Friends With Strangers on Your Blog →
Just be YOU.
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CSR Best Practices
Corporate social responsibility, the wiki version. (It’s a mouthful).
Corporate social responsibility (CSR), also known as corporate responsibility, corporate citizenship, responsible business, sustainable responsible business (SRB), or corporate social performance,[1] is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model. Ideally, CSR policy would function as a built-in,...
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Energy security through diversity →
BP’s Exec. Director, Tony Hayward, says that energy efficiency is very important. Via BP. (h/t Climate Group)
Creating a low-carbon economy will be far from easy and over time will require the wholesale re-engineering of the global economy. It will demand very significant investment by industry, which in turn requires a clear and stable regulatory regime. The complexity and scale of...