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Addressing Public Policy, Business and Technological Challenges to Sustainable Energy Supplies In 2007, the Council on Competitiveness launched the Energy Security, Innovation & Sustainability (ESIS) Initiative to explore the linkages between the United States’ need for greater energy security, the global imperative for environmental sustainability and U.S. economic competitiveness at the enterprise and national levels. […]

The Council on Competitiveness (Council) has called on the next president of the United States to put the full weight of his office behind the Council's 100-Day Energy Action Plan, released in September. The Council's roadmap for a sustainable energy future represents more than a year of collaboration by more than 200 private sector leaders, […]

Meeting the need for sustainable energy solutions is a national challenge of the highest priority. Progressive Dialogue II experts identified a number of key factors impacting the ability of enterprises to move forward with regard to energy security and sustainability. This report explores, through the lens of enterprise "users" the private sector's role in driving […]

Progressive Dialogue I: The Energy-Competitiveness Relationship This report defines the linkages between our nation's need for greater energy security, the global imperative for environmental sustainability, and U.S. economic competitiveness at the enterprise and national levels. A more fulsome understanding of the various ways in which energy is now impacting—and driving—U.S. productivity and global competitiveness will […]

Can green strategies actually help companies become more competitive? It's a puzzle forward thinkers are trying to solve. FORTUNE Magazine features the Council's Energy Security, Innovation & Sustainability Initiative.