Dive summary:

• All it took to make sustainability a corporate value was for companies to see that doing good was good form the bottom line, and that understanding is spreading rapidly.
• In a recent study of available data, Siemens and McGraw-Hill Construction found that a majority of corporations in the U.S. have woven sustainability into their corporate practices.
• Toyota, whose cars are sold in some LEED Platinum showrooms, has a group that helps dealers become more efficient by being more eco-friendly.

From the article:

The 80,000-square-foot dealership reuses rainwater to wash cars and generates 20 percent of its power from rooftop solar panels. "When you add all these things together, it's a no-brainer," says [Phil] Maguire. ...