April 10, 2012 We are coming up soon on the 2nd anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. While the oil spill has been capped, the beaches cleaned, and most businesses returned to normal (or so we’re told), it is important to examine the lessons learned. While petroleum engineers [...]

November 8, 2011 This seems a bit of an oxymoron. After all, how much can banks contribute to environmental sustainability? Banks do not require a lot of water to operate or release toxic pollutants into the air. To my knowledge the printing of money does not have a large carbon footprint. While banks and all [...]

May 3, 2011 This blog has provided many reasons for a company to go “green”, including “The 8 Purely Business Reasons to Go Green”, found on our website: www.CCESworld.com. Well, now a pretty viable 9th one has come up. A recent published study from the University of Minnesota shows that among S&P 500 companies those [...]

January 25, 2011 Last week in my blog, I discussed the growing issue of energy risk. It is almost a certainty that we will have future energy price volatility and overall cost increases, as we see this winter with gasoline prices and news reports of more accidents (i.e., Deepwater Horizon) and potential impacts on the [...]

January 18, 2011 Some companies are unwilling to devote the time and effort to reduce their energy usage because of the initial cost (which is coming down as technologies improve) or the thought of investing in something “green” during an economic recession. Well, investing in energy savings is a core business issue with many benefits. [...]