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The battle between the world’s leading retailers to deliver the deepest cuts in plastic bag use intensified last week when supermarket giant Wal-Mart announced it is to cut plastic shopping bag waste from its stores globally by a third by 2013.
The company, which 
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New PC from HP shows why green thinking is good for business as Amy Fetzer discovers
HP’s slick new TouchSmart PC doesn’t look green with its sleek touch screen technology designed to tempt style-conscious consumers looking for cutting-edge gadgets. Yet under its shiny black
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In Web discussions and blogs centered on environmental health and sustainability, Toyota and Honda have an unlikely stable mate: General Motors, a bane of environmentalists for spending millions to lobby against fuel economy mandates.
In a new report by J.D. Power and Associates’ Web
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Tackling climate change could potentially generate millions of new employment opportunities, according to a new United Nations-backed study – the first of its kind on the emergence of a “green economy” and its impact on labour – released today.
Entitled “Green Jobs: Towards Decent
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Business leaders including directors at Tesco, Lloyds TSB and other top high street names have urged Gordon Brown to drop his slowly, slowly approach to tackling global warming and go for “transformational change”, saying the prime minister should not be held back by
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The prospect of U.S. regulation of climate-warming carbon dioxide has sparked a pre-emptive outcry from the Chamber of Commerce, which warned of bureaucratic gridlock if proposed limits are put in place.
In a report to be released on Tuesday, the pro-business
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Even the most ambitious carbon emission reduction goals being set by industry are unlikely to avert “catastrophic” temperature increases of more than four degrees centigrade, according to a major new study assessing the potential commercial risks and opportunities associated with climate change.
The report from the Carbon Trust and management consultancy McKinsey & Co claims that [...]
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Successful sustainability initiatives have become a key component of global firms’ brand strength, according to the consultancy behind the annual Best Global Brands Report.
Speaking ahead of the publication today of the latest edition of the report, Rune Gustafson, London chief executive at Interbrand, said that it was becoming almost impossible for a firm to retain [...]
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By Amy Fetzer
Employ a sustainability expert at faculty management level and he or she will earn back their salary in savings several times over. Turn waste into a resource not a drain on resources by diverting it from landfill through recycling, composting or energy recovery.
These were some of the powerful yet practical messages delivered at [...]
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The public demand for stories about the caring, sharing side of investment bankers is unlikely to be huge right now, writes Adam Jones in the Financial Times.
“But bankers aren’t necessarily the only turn-off in ‘caring capitalism’ ventures these days. I’ve been wondering for a while whether tougher economic conditions will lead to a broader backlash against the CSR industry [...]
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The majority of Fortune 50 corporations use the Internet to disclose some information on their environmental performance but most are missing opportunities to involve stakeholders, tap the interactive potential of the web, and provide transparency in their reporting, new research suggests.
Researchers at Brigham Young University and KDPaine and Partners set out to test a new [...]
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Eighty-seven percent of investor relations professionals say they believe companies can improve long-term shareholder value through better carbon management - reducing emissions that affect the environment - and that communications technologies can help companies achieve their overall corporate social responsibility goals.
Those are among the key findings of a new study conducted by Verizon Business and [...]
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