EDF Climate Corps Turns Over a New Leaf
By Victoria MillsToday, Environmental Defense Fund launched a new class of EDF Climate Corps fellows to catalyze energy savings in organizations around the country. This year’s class is bigger than...
View ArticleEDF Climate Corps – Creating a New Generation of Leaders
By Victoria MillsTyrone Davis In his State of the Union Address last night, President Obama offered a new twist on the customary pronouncement on the nation’s health, saying “it is you, our citizens,...
View ArticleEnvironmental Lessons from the Super Bowl: Set Big Goals and Play to Win
By Victoria MillsWe'll hear plenty of amateur quarterbacking about this year’s Super Bowl, but there’s a lesson from the game that applies equally to sports and to business: set an aggressive goal and...
View ArticleEDF Climate Corps fellows – right where they need to be
By Victoria MillsWatch the episode featuringEDF Climate CorpsMonday May 26th at 8 pm on Showtime When the producers of Years of Living Dangerously – Showtime’s groundbreaking new series about climate...
View ArticleCorporate Buyers Demonstrate Demand for Renewables. Now it’s Time for the...
By Victoria MillsLast month, twelve major corporations announced a combined goal of buying 8.4 million megawatt hours of renewable energy each year and called for market changes to make these...
View ArticleEDF Climate Corps Fellows Finding Gold in the Value Chain
By Victoria Mills Energy efficiency is a goldmine, but not everyone has the time or resources to dig. That’s why for the past seven years, over three hundred organizations have turned to EDF Climate...
View ArticleIt’s Got to Be About What You Do: KKR’s Green Portfolio Program Matures
By Tom Murray and Victoria MillsKen Mehlman, Global Head of Public Affairs, KKR Last week in Atlanta, Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts (KKR) Member and Head of Global Public Affairs Ken Mehlman summed up...
View ArticleNew Case Studies in Energy Management Show the Path from 'Why' to 'How'
By Victoria MillsBusiness leaders have long agreed on the “why” of environmental management: seeing the value in increased profits, reduced waste and a smaller carbon footprint. But the “how” has often...
View ArticleDenver Housing Authority Sets Bar for Municipalities Nationwide
By Victoria Mills and Cheryl RobertoTo many, it may seem that pursuing environmental sustainability would fall relatively low on a municipal housing authority’s goals. After all, providing moderate...
View ArticleWant Climate Action? Time to Pick Up Your Megaphones
By Victoria MillsExperts are saying 2015 may turn out to be the hottest year on record. But thankfully, as my colleague Tom Murray predicted earlier this year, 2015 is also shaping up to be a year for...
View ArticleA strong climate deal makes dollars and sense for American business
By Victoria MillsThe chorus of business voices calling for climate action has grown steadily in size and strength in the months leading up to the Paris climate talks. Now that COP 21 is finally here,...
View ArticleWhy Google and the Rest of Corporate America Needs the Clean Power Plan
By Victoria MillsThe Clean Power Plan (CPP) is topping the news as major coalitions of supporters have filed amicus briefs with the D.C. Circuit Court. With leading brands like Google, Apple, Adobe,...
View ArticleCOP22 – Continued Progress Needs U.S. Business Leadership
By Victoria MillsAs world leaders gather in Marrakech for the 22nd annual Conference of the Parties (COP 22) it’s worth celebrating the remarkable progress made recently in the global fight against...
View ArticleThree reasons for companies to defend the Clean Power Plan
By Victoria MillsUS businesses turned out in force at COP 23 in Bonn, demonstrating to the rest of the world that they are committed to action on climate change, despite the US government’s withdrawal...
View ArticleBusiness leadership on climate and clean energy is blooming this spring
By Victoria Mills The momentum driving companies to cut carbon emissions shows no signs of slowing down, despite the lack of leadership from Washington, D.C.: According to the new Deloitte Resources...
View Article4 Reasons Companies from BP America to Unilever are Thanking Rep. Curbelo for...
By Victoria Mills For the first time since 2010, a Republican has introduced a climate bill. Business leaders are welcoming its market-based approach to fighting climate change. Yesterday, 34 U.S....
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