ASU students are developing garbage truck of the future
A first-of-its-kind class project harnesses the power of industrial design to solve real-world business challenges.
ASU agribusiness researcher earns Elsevier Atlas Award
Economist Tim Richards, the Marvin and June Morrison Chair in Agribusiness in the Morrison School of Business, and his co-author won the prestigious Elsevier Atlas Award for their research paper on innovative markets for food waste.
The Sustainability Consortium gives retailers tools for responsible products
The ASU and University of Arkansas organization works with companies to define, develop, and deliver more sustainable goods.
Sustainability in the supply chain: A new competitive advantage
Professor Kevin Dooley leads a global research team that works with more than 100 of the world’s largest brands, providing science-based metrics and tools to help them better understand where their materials come from and influence the social and environmental impacts of their products.
Partners in addressing climate change: Business, policy-makers and consumers
Climate change will cost us, and the bill is likely to be big, according to the recent United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Most accurate forecaster: Kinder, gentler economic outlook
Despite dire predictions that the price of oil, the recent credit crisis and the ailing housing market will bring the U.S. economy to its knees, one prominent economist has faith in its resilience. Dr. Ken Mayland, recipient of the 2007 Lawrence R.
Economics and the ethics of climate change policies
How much are we willing to pay today to reduce the ill effects of climate change in the future?
Environmental squeeze prompts utilities to change tune
Electric utilities are in the business of selling electrons. The more they sell, the more they earn. But today, a whirlwind of forces is sweeping electron sellers into counterintuitive activities such as promoting conservation and offering rate structures designed to cut peak consumption.
Conspicuous consumption: How utilities want to lighten your load
A big change may be ahead in the relationship you have with your electric utility. That's because the worrisome carbon footprint is stomping all over the options electric utilities have to meet increasing demand for power.
Computing IT's give-and-take role in sustainability — part two
With about one billion computers currently in use, information technology rightfully owns some of the blame for the world's sustainability ills. The lifetime toll for a computer includes substantial resources for manufacture and delivery, then more energy consumed in home offices and companies.