Fast CompanyWhere ideas and people meetP&G's Sustainability Initiatives -- Not So Sustainable- (Found July 23, 2008 ) On a prematurely springlike day in Cincinnati, Len Sauers's workday begins as it often does -- with a meeting. On the 11th floor of Procter & Gamble's corporate offices, seven members of its Sustainability Leadership Council huddle around a table in a small conference room. Ten others listen in by phone from P&G offices around the world. The topic at hand is the company's commitment to develop $20 billion worth of "sustainable innovation products" in the next five years, a...http://www.fastcompany.com/article/pgs-sustainability-initiatives-not-so-sustainable?partn... Can Carbon Credits Slow Global Warming- (Found July 23, 2008 )http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/127/carbon-boom.html?partner=rss The Green Housing Boom- (Found July 23, 2008 ) "How do you inspire a revolution" It's a question that obsesses Matthew Berman. A 36-year-old New York architect with short hair and a starched blue shirt, he doesn't, frankly, look like much of a rebel. "There's this grumbling," he continues. "It grows, it brings things to the center, and then you get this explosion."http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/127/the-eco-home-of-tomorrow.html?partner=rss Wipro's University-like Ambitions to Dominate Outsourcing- (Found July 23, 2008 ) When you walk around the Bangalore campus of technology-outsourcing giant Wipro, something feels familiar. Sure, it's India, so the sun is too hot and the women float by in a rainbow of saris. But there's still a sense of dj vu. At lunchtime, young employees (average age: 27) swarm into cafeteria cliques, or stream into computer labs, or exit en masse from one three-story lecture hall into another. Oh, that's right. It feels like college.http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/127/nextinnovation-back-to-school.html?partner=rss Fast Talk Question - Will Anheuser Buschs brand be damaged in the U.S. if it is taken over by Belgian brewer InBev- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Will Anheuser Buschs brand be damaged in the U.S. if it is taken over by Belgian brewer InBevhttp://www.fastcompany.com/fast-talk-question/fast-talk-question-will-anheuser-busch%E2%80... Big Wind from Texas- (Found July 23, 2008 )http://www.fastcompany.com/articles/2008/07/interview-jerry-patterson.html?partner=rss Fast Talk Question - Will blockbuster escapist flicks like the Dark Knight see a resurgence as the economy tanks- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Will blockbuster escapist flicks like the Dark Knight see a resurgence as the economy tankshttp://www.fastcompany.com/fast-talk-question/fast-talk-question-will-blockbuster-escapist... Unless gas hits $10 a gallon, Americans will continue to buy SUVs in droves.- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Although Toyota's Prius has piqued interest, SUVs are still selling. "Surprisingly, there is still a good majority of people buying full-sized pickups and SUVs," Mark Bruschi, general manager at Shore Toyota, told The Press of Atlantic City. "We are off about 15 percent for those vehicles from where we were." Apart from the incentives offered, Bruschi reports that SUVs are doing well because people have kids, they're going skiing, or to the beach, or towing their...http://www.fastcompany.com/big-idea/unless-gas-hits-10-gallon-americans-will-continue-buy-... Fast Talk Question - Could basic cable's recent Emmy nods be the beginning of a trend that makes premium cable channels like HBO- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Could basic cable's recent Emmy nods be the beginning of a trend that makes premium cable channels like HBO less lucrativehttp://www.fastcompany.com/fast-talk-question/fast-talk-question-could-basic-cables-recent... Seven Concept Cars You Wish You Could Own- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Flashy and innovative, concepts offer auto designers the opportunity to let their imaginations run wild. From beginning to end, designers can spend anywhere from six months to two years bringing a concept to market. Some have already gone into production; others we can only cross our fingers about. BMW GINA Light Visionary Concepthttp://www.fastcompany.com/articles/2008/07/concept-cars?partner=rss |