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Posted by admin in Business, Green on 06 25th, 2010 | No Comments
Putting a Price on Nature’s Services
Putting a Price on Nature’s Services
The apparent conflict between commerce and nature is a false one, because in the long run everything we buy, sell, eat, and produce is derived from nature.  If we destroy nature, we destroy our own livelihoods.   Read the rest here:  Putting a Price on Nature’s Services
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New FTSE Index Highlights Investor Climate Risk
New FTSE Index Highlights Investor Climate Risk
"Tilted" index ratings aim to help investors identify those firms and sectors facing the lowest and highest climate risks. Go here to see the original: New FTSE Index Highlights Investor Climate Risk
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Posted by admin in Business, Green on 06 25th, 2010 | No Comments
Fighting Climate Change with a ‘Stuff Tax’
Fighting Climate Change with a ‘Stuff Tax’
The U.S. faces three systemic, growing, 21st century challenges: a huge deficit, high unemployment and climate change. But there is a way out of this. Why not tax consumption, instead of production?   Excerpt from: Fighting Climate Change with a ‘Stuff Tax’
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Posted by admin in Business, Green on 06 25th, 2010 | No Comments
Updated Packaging Tool Adds Impacts From Shipping, Refills
Updated Packaging Tool Adds Impacts From Shipping, Refills
A new version of a web-based packaging impact tool allows companies to see how single-use packaging compares to refills. Users can also figure out the transportation-related impacts of different types of packaging. See the original post here: Updated Packaging Tool Adds Impacts From Shipping, Refills
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Posted by admin in Earth, Green on 06 25th, 2010 | No Comments
Glastonbury Festival Goes Greener Than Ever
The UK’s Glastonbury music festival has always been a front-runner in championing green issues. Celebrating it’s 40th anniversary today (Wednesday), the festival is bigger and more importantly, greener than ever before. Launched in… More: Glastonbury Festival Goes Greener Than Ever
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Posted by admin in Business, Environment, Green on 06 25th, 2010 | No Comments
The Full Costs of BP’s Mistakes: The Advent of ‘Avatar Environmentalists’
The Full Costs of BP’s Mistakes: The Advent of ‘Avatar Environmentalists’
There are signs that the world is seeing BP’s disaster as a first glimpse into the future of corporate governance, leading to the creation of a new kind of corporate oversight from citizens. Continued here: The Full Costs of BP’s Mistakes: The Advent of ‘Avatar Environmentalists’
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Posted by admin in Earth, Green on 06 25th, 2010 | No Comments
The Great Green Wall to Be Built in Africa
Imagine a 4,400-mile long wall, nine miles thick, traversing 11 countries. Now imagine that wall to be made completely of trees. That’s the concept behind the transcontinental “Great Green Wall,”  a massive undertaking of the… Original post:  The Great Green Wall to Be Built...
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Posted by admin in Business, Green on 06 24th, 2010 | No Comments
Energy Star Helps Automakers Cut 750K Tons of CO2
Energy Star Helps Automakers Cut 750K Tons of CO2
An Energy Star program aimed at increasing the energy efficiency of manufacturing plants has helped the auto industry cut the amount of electricity and fuel needed to make vehicles, slashing greenhouse gas emissions by 750,000 tons. The rest is here:  Energy Star Helps Automakers Cut 750K Tons of...
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Posted by admin in Business, Eco, Environment, Green on 06 24th, 2010 | No Comments
GE to Invest $10B More in Ecomagination R&D by 2015
GE to Invest $10B More in Ecomagination R&D by 2015
General Electric is committing $10 billion to ecomagination research and development in the next five years after reaching a $5 billion investment milestone for its portfolio of environmentally sensitive products, services and technology. Read the rest here:  GE to Invest $10B More in Ecomagination...
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Posted by admin in Business, Green on 06 24th, 2010 | No Comments
On the Verge of a Sustainability ‘Tipping Point’
On the Verge of a Sustainability ‘Tipping Point’
CEOs believe that a new era of sustainability is beginning to come into view, with 80 percent in a new study envisaging a ‘tipping point’ occurring within 15 years — a point at which sustainability will be fully embedded in the core business strategies of the majority of companies...
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