Sustainability
Balancing impacts through responsible business practices, supply chains and energy use.
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08-04-10
Putting the Green Back in Greenbacks: First Nationwide Web-Based Barter/Currency for Green Businesses to be Launched
The recession's squeeze on green businesses in the United States will be loosened a bit starting next week with the launch of the "Green America Exchange" (GAEx), an enhanced barter network with a complementary currency and interest-free lines of credit designed to support a...
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08-04-10
Indonesia has Chocolate on its Mind: Help for Cocoa Smallholder Farmers
International cooperation includes Swisscontact, the World Cocoa Foundation, Armajaro Trading Ltd (UK), and Mars Incorporated (US).
21-month US$6.8 million pilot program trains 12,500 farmers directly. Goal: Increase product...
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08-03-10
FutureMark Announces New Customer Wins and Growing Environmental Paper Adoption
Today FutureMark™ Paper Company, the only North American manufacturer capable of producing up to 100% recycled coated paper for magazines and catalogs, announced the expansion of its customer base. FutureMark reported new business wins in the first half of 2010 from Home Dep...
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08-03-10
Cambridge academics push for higher carbon emission targets
Timed to coincide with the opening of the latest round of UN-backed climate change negotiations in Bonn, Climate Strategies, an independent network of international climate academics hosted at the University of Cambridge, reiterated warnings today that the carbon emission re...
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08-02-10
Some firms should start CRC registration inmediately!
With the CRC registration deadline on 30 September, organizations are required to register under the CRC energy efficiency scheme as soon as possible, especially if they have complex company structures, or are owned by entities based outside the UK.
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08-02-10
UK Government publishes Smart Meter Implementation Programme Prospectus
Along with its first Annual Energy Statement the UK Government has published a Smart Meter Implementation Programme Prospectus, jointly produced by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and Ofgem (the UK's electricity and gas market regulator).
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08-02-10
Caux Round Table 2010 Global Dialogue
The Caux Round Table announces its 2010 Global Dialogue in Beijing, China, for October 22, 23 and 24, 2010 at the Bailuyuan Education Training Center.
Registration is available on the Caux Round Table website at
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07-30-10
Energy Efficiency Listed as the Top Sustainability Issue
A new report called "Sustainability in business today: A cross-industry view" shows that there is no single way that firms are looking to sustainability. Definitions, methods and even levels of engagement vary from company to company, but businesses are taking sustainability...
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07-30-10
UK Businesses Face Abrupt Rise in Energy Bills
Businesses will face an abrupt rise in energy bills as a result of the government’s plans to cut carbon emissions and secure energy supplies.
The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition published what it said was the first yearl...
