The State of the Paper Industry 2007 released by the Environmental Paper Network examines how the paper is made today in the face of growing environmental awareness in the US, and calls for major changes across the industry to reduce impact and increase sustainability. The need for this assessment, the group says, is that a …
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Eco-consumption under pressure from economic slowdown and greenwash
The slowing US economy is dragging down several green industries, including demand for green homes, energy-efficient home products and renewable energy, according to Energy Pulse 2007, the third annual national consumer market study conducted by the Shelton Group. For eight different kinds of energy efficient home products, this year’s Energy Pulse survey found that consumers …
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The New Role of Corporate Leadership in Global Development
Doing Business with the World – The New Role of Corporate Leadership in Global Development (pdf 3.2 MB) by the WBCSD Development Focus Area shows how companies can contribute to global sustainable development through their core businesses in a way that is profitable for the companies and good for development. It offers a business perspective …
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Consumer goods giants to analyse supply footprint. Fuel for carbon rating products?
Wal-Mart announced that it will parter with the Carbon Disclosure Project to measure the energy use and emissions of the entire supply chain of seven product categories, and find ways to increase their energy efficiency. And in the UK several global companies are calling on their supply chain partners in the UK to measure and …
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Green IT top strategic technology
Gartner research group released a list of 10 strategic technologies for 2008 that could pose a significant impact on enterprises during the next three years. The impact could include the risk of late adoption, the need for a major capital investment or a high potential for disruption to IT or business. Green IT topped the …
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Art pioneers donationware
Alternative rock group Radiohead, has released their seventh studio album, In Rainbows, as a donationware download from their official website: that means you can pay what you like to download it. You decide what to pay for the 10 MP3 files – from nothing to £100. So far they have not revealed how many people …
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Indian rupee rising
The Indian rupee has risen to its highest level against the dollar since 1998, touching 39.32 to the dollar. The rupee has risen 12% against the US dollar this year. The Reserve Bank of India has intervened in the market to limit the rupee’s rise, purchasing more than $38 billion this year. Foreign demand for …
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Businesses attract the best by being green and ethical, in all sectors
New research by Monstertrak shows that employees want to work at green companies and are happiest at companies with solid corporate social responsibility programs in place. Results from the survey show that a surprising percentage of young workers want employment with a green company: 80% of those surveyed said they are interested in a job …
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Anti-whaling video
The Australian government has launched an anti-whaling video aimed at Japanese children. The video, which carries Japanese subtitles, urges all countries to stop catching and killing whales. (Japan opposes the international prohibition of commercial whaling. Every year it hunts hundreds of whales in Antarctica under what it describes as a scientific research programme. This year, …
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Social skills favoured in evolution
A new cycle of research of baboon behaviour is summed up in a book titled “Baboon Metaphysics” by Dr. Cheney and Dr. Seyfarth, biologists from the University of Pennsylvania. The title is a play on Darwin’s comment “He who understands baboon would do more towards metaphysics than Locke.” Their conclusion, based on many painstaking experiments, is …
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