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Despite increasing clutter among green labels and products, and an ever-more-worrisome economy, sales of Fair Trade-certified products nearly doubled over last year. What does that say about green consumers?

A panel at the forthcoming conference focuses on the looming implementation of a law that will require thousands of companies to get an unprecedented level of transparency into their supply chains -- and how companies can get up to speed, quickly.

New research from Verdantix also finds eight categories of energy management software on the market, which can make integration a headache.

Many environmental initiatives started out a simple compliance-based requirements, but as more companies go above and beyond what the law requires, there are ample benefits to tracking and reporting both kinds of projects together.

The annual Meeting of the Minds conference is focused on big challenges -- like making cities smarter, more connected and more sustainable -- but the minds at the meeting are more than up to the task.

The food-service giant has released its first annual sustainbaility report, taking stock of its performance on 14 sustainability goals over the last two years, and setting a benchmark for future improvements.

Pressure for suppliers to produce low carbon products and reduce their own emissions will grow in the coming years, driven in part by shareholder pressure.

GE Power & Water's outgoing chief sustainability officer, Jeff Fulgham, is headed to Banyan Water after more than two decades at GE, hoping to create a growth business by saving water for big water users.

Sustainability software darling Hara is now pursuing energy management, with a new CEO, new software products and new service offerings.

LG Group will invest more than $6.7 billion in green businesses by 2015, which it expects to yield about $8.4 billion in revenues and create 10,000 new jobs by the end of 2015.

SolarCity said Friday that the Department of Energy won't be able to close a $275 million loan guarantee by its Sept. 30 deadline. The guarantee was to back a massive project that would bring solar energy systems to as many as 160,000 private military residences.

There's no simple way to get companies up to speed on sustainability, but these six ideas can give any company the skills to get started.

The biennial contest in Washington, D.C., which is kicking off today on the National Mall, holds lessons for the solar and building industries as well as students.

The inquisition-like 'fact-finding exercise' about green jobs yesterday on Capitol Hill tells us a lot about the state of our political dialogue, but also about the role government should play in subsidizing energy of all kinds.

The third annual global day of action on climate change takes place on Saturday. Here's a strategy from 350.org and Green Media Ventures that can help you make an environmental campaign stand out from the competition.

Business leaders should be paying attention to the emergence of models based on collaborative consumption. But how is this model different from a traditional business model and how can traditional businesses join the movement?

From car-sharing to self-driving cars, a panel at this year's Meeting of the Minds conference explored how the world's biggest automakers think city-dwellers will get around in the future.

SolarCity will install solar energy systems on the rooftops of another 60 Walmart stores in California, bringing the total to roughly 130, about 75 percent of its locations in the state.

The potential energy savings being identified by EDF Climate Corps fellows continues to climb: $650 million this year alone.

A study that's billed as the biggest real-world look at how electric vehicles pair with a renewable-energy grid finds that smart charging and smartphone apps are the only way to keep the grid afloat and cars on the road.