In this landmark report, Joel Makower and the editors of GreenBiz.com answer the question: How are U.S. businesses doing in their quest to be more environmentally responsible? It introduces the GreenBiz Index, 20 indicators of progress, tracking the resource use, emissions, and business practices of U.S. companies: carbon, materials, energy, and toxics intensity, clean-tech investments, e-waste recovery, paper use, employee commuting, among others.

The trends in the movements towards the greening of environment in 2007 are summarized in 10 points:

• Climate Commitments Heat Up
  
• Car Companies Finally Get into Gear
  
• The Greening of Transport Gathers Speed
  
• Green Marketing — and Greenwashing — Make a Comeback
  
• Companies Get Deadly Serious About Toxics
  
• Computing Loses Its Bite
  
• The Big Dogs Flex Their Muscles
  
• Green Building Elevates Expectations
  
• The Greening of Banks Earns Interest
  
• 'Zero' Becomes the New Black

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