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Green Business

  • Report urges more solar homes, transportation solutions

    Andy Metzger State House News Service August 13, 2015

    Environmentalists are calling on Massachusetts officials to accelerate their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, urging policymakers to set new long-term targets and focus on the transportation sector and "solar-ready" new homes.

    Andy Metzger State House News Service August 13, 2015
  • AMSC revenues rocket up as losses fall

    Sam Bonacci August 5, 2015

    Devens-based AMSC more than doubled revenue in the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, while cutting losses and expanding cash reserves, the company announced Wednesday.

    Sam Bonacci August 5, 2015
  • AMSC to offer 4 million shares of common stock

    April 24, 2015

    Devens-based AMSC Thursday announced it would offer 4 million in common stock in an underwritten public offering.

    April 24, 2015
  • Governors’ energy conference yields more talk

    Brad Kane Hartford Business Journal April 24, 2015

    After a summit of the five New England governors on Thursday in Hartford, they all agreed to further collaborate on the region's energy issues but did not commit to any infrastructure projects or policy changes.

    Brad Kane Hartford Business Journal April 24, 2015
  • It's all about efficiency, cost savings

    Michael D. Grimmer April 13, 2015

    In recent years, health care providers throughout Massachusetts have been forced to become fiscally creative as they maneuver through the maze of decreasing government payments and cost-cutting pressures.

    Michael D. Grimmer April 13, 2015
  • Hospitals go green to help meet energy demand

    Emily Micucci April 13, 2015

    With one Midwestern hospital now operating off the grid, energy independence appears within reach for hospitals. Find out about the local push for renewables in our April 13 print article.

    Emily Micucci April 13, 2015
  • As solar use goes up, costs are coming down

    Livia Gershon Special To The Worcester Business Journal April 13, 2015

    Massachusetts' use of solar power has been on a tear over the past few years. In 2007, developers, businesses and homeowners had installed less than 2 megawatts of photovoltaic capacity. But that doubled the next year, then the next, and the next.

    Livia Gershon Special To The Worcester Business Journal April 13, 2015
  • ‘Recovery, improvement’ in Ameresco results

    March 5, 2015

    Framingham-based Ameresco reported financial gains in its fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 results.

    March 5, 2015
  • Massachusetts a leader in LEED-certified construction

    February 13, 2015

    The U.S. Green Building Council says in a new report that Massachusetts does the fifth-best job in the nation in sustainable building design, construction and transformation.

    February 13, 2015
  • Hub firm launches Winchendon solar installation

    July 9, 2014

    Boston-based solar energy provider Nexamp has opened a 2.3-megawatt project in Winchendon that it says will generate “tens of thousands” of dollars in new tax revenue for the town over the next 20 years.

    July 9, 2014
  • Environmentalists seek ballot initiative for bottle bill

    State House News Service June 18, 2014

    Beacon Hill lawmakers have been unable to reach a compromise for a bottle bill update as a deadline draws near, and groups opposed to the expansion and pro-update activists who are seeking to put the issue on the November ballot are inching closer

    State House News Service June 18, 2014
  • Westborough ups the effort to reduce auto traffic

    Emily Micucci June 3, 2014

    Westborough town officials took aggressive action to reduce the number of cars on the road during peak commuting hours when it launched shuttle service between the MBTA commuter rail station and major office parks on Route 9 last fall. Town Planner

    Emily Micucci June 3, 2014
  • Colleges: More prospective students checking schools’ energy efficiency

    Emily Micucci April 14, 2014

    Gone are the days when high school students chose a college solely based on the quality of sports and academic programs, and perhaps even the quality of the party scene. It seems that millennials — the generation born between the early 1980s and

    Emily Micucci April 14, 2014
  • A123 owner wins auction for Fisker Automotive

    February 18, 2014

    The owner of lithium-ion battery maker A123 Systems, which has operations in Westborough and Hopkinton, won an auction Friday for hybrid car maker Fisker Automotive with a $149.2 million bid.

    February 18, 2014
  • Butler buys Ga. cleaning and garment firms

    January 28, 2014

    Marlborough-based Butler Home Products has acquired garment and cleaning care businesses in Georgia.

    January 28, 2014
  • Brookfield Celebrates New Solar Array

    Emily Micucci November 4, 2013

    Virginia-based Washington Gas Energy Systems unveiled its fourth Central Massachusetts solar array at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Brookfield on Nov. 1, marking the start of a 20-year power purchasing agreement between Washington Gas and the town.

    Emily Micucci November 4, 2013

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While shifting cultural norms in the business community have found hiring managers outwardly working toward hiring a more diverse staff, studies in the last few years by organizations like McKinsey & Co. and Regent University found women and people of color are promoted less frequently than their white male counterparts. This produces a dynamic where company leadership at many organizations remains dominated by white males even as the company's employees become more diversified.