The impact of transport The existence of a stable transport and logistics network has become an integral part of our modern way of life. We expect to be able to buy things from the comfort of our own home and have them on our doorstep the next day. The task of ensuring that goods get [...]
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We live in increasingly energy conscious times. As a result businesses come under pressure to make the day to day functioning of their company as sustainable as possible. From simple email footnotes that read – do you really need to print this email – to switching off computer terminals and plug sockets at the end [...]
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Environmentally friendly, sustainable, and socially-conscious are not quite the words you would normally associate with the business world. Today, as natural resources continue to be depleted by the world’s 7 billion people, it is time to think again and discover the benefits of obtaining a green MBA. Combining all of the business savvy of traditional [...]
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Being green is still a relatively new philosophy; so much so, that there is still ample opportunity to both create new and improve upon existing home, lifestyle, style and technology products that focus on environmentally-smart form and function. Throughout 2011 we saw industry and innovation that turned up the aesthetic and performance notches on basic [...]
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For all the bad apple industries contributing to greenhouse gases, no one thinks to look to fashion as a major culprit in wrecking environmental havoc. But in fact textile manufacturing is one of the leading purveyors of damage to our natural environment—cotton crops alone use 22.5% of all pesticides in production and an average 600 [...]
Read more →Are you listening? ‘Bioplastics,’ in a word, now seem to have the potential to become one of the biggest business stories of the 21st century; much in the way conventional plastics has been for the past 60 years. The marketplace for biodegradable plastics is growing rapidly as American and European consumers demand sustainable, ‘green’ alternatives to [...]
Read more →There are many questions sustainability staff will be asked at some point in their career, and a past measure of success was how quickly you could put together an intelligent response. These days, most sustainability staff members know the answers offhand, making it a little easier for companies to get out in front of the [...]
Read more →Today, Google announced it will be investing $280 million to pay for approximately 10,000 rooftop solar systems to be installed on the roofs of homes across the United States, at no cost to the homeowner. This astounding alternative energy investment is part of Google’s overall plan to reduce its net greenhouse gas emissions to zero. [...]
Read more →Many businesses are going green these days, but only the best green businesses would be ranked as one of the Top 5 Global Green Retail Brands – or so you would think. A recent ImagePower survey on global green brands has shown that what people think of as the most eco friendly brands in the [...]
Read more →This morning at the Microsoft Campus in Mountain View, California, 30 of the hottest tech startups from around the world are going to be competing for the top 6 spots of the highly coveted Launch: Silicon Valley 2011 showcase, provided by Silicon Valley Association of of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE). Of the 30 contenders, 5 are [...]
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