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Intertwine Alliance and Book Giveaway announcement

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 05 September 2013 in Newsletter Archive

The Intertwine Alliance - EP Partner The Intertwine Alliance is built on regional efforts dating back to 1988. The Alliance was formed in 2008 and launched as an independent non-profit organization in July 2011. With a small infrastructure footprint, TIA is developing a unique collaborative approac...

Prosperity, Growth and Sustainability

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 06 August 2013 in Newsletter Archive

Can We Have All 3? Sustainability explained through animation short animated movie explaining sustainabilitygo to video... UK Manufacturers Gain through Resource Efficiency Next Manufacturing Revolution Report and Programme of Action Launch...

UK Manufacturers Gain - Resource Efficiency

Posted by Greg Lavery on Monday, 22 July 2013 in Energy Efficiency

Next Manufacturing Revolution Report and Programme of Action Launched Co-authored by Lavery Pennell, the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing and 2degrees, this landmark report summarises 12 months of research examining non-labour resource efficiency performance compared to interna...

6 growing corporate sustainability trends

Posted by plantitfilm on Tuesday, 14 May 2013 in General Environment

Sustainability-related inquiries from investors and shareholders are part of the new trends, according to a group of surveyed executives. Ernst & Young LLP and GreenBiz Group conducted a survey in late 2012 of executives and other sustainability-minded thought leaders, asking the group what gro...

Keen businesses should be seen to be clean and green

Posted by Aaron on Thursday, 11 April 2013 in Green Products/Services

Adopting "clean technology" doesn't have to cost the earth, whether you're a large global enterprise or a local shop, but it could ensure the long-term survival of your business. As the population continues to grow, the demand for food, water and energy will rise by as much as 50% by 2030, says the...

How Cloud Computing Can Save The World

Posted by amir on Wednesday, 20 February 2013 in Clean Technology

Cloud computing, or the practice of using remote servers to store data and software, is changing the way the world does business. The cloud can be accessed from anywhere where there’s an internet connection, and therefore allows business data to be stored and continuously updated in one, central loc...

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Clean technology gaining ground in U.S.

Posted by bchristo on Thursday, 23 August 2012 in Clean Technology

by Angie Bergenson Cleantech Group releases new report on clean technology patents The Cleantech Group, a market research firm that focuses on clean technology, has published the latest edition of its Clean Energy Patent Growth Index. The report aims to provide insight on the trends that are influ...

Strong customer pressure on biz to go green

Posted by bensor on Friday, 10 August 2012 in Green Products/Services

Businesses' growing concerns over their public profile and the need to meet corporate social responsibility (CSR) obligations mean vendors and suppliers are increasingly under pressure to be eco-friendly to stay competitive. This was recently highlighted when Apple in July rejoined the Electronics ...

The Next Manufacturing Revolution

Posted by Greg Lavery on Friday, 20 July 2012 in Sustainable Development

Radically better ways of doing business have begun to unlock enormous value for a few far-sighted manufacturers - and now a new organization plans to help UK firms join the revolution A new not-for-profit group has been set up to help the UK benefit from an imminent revolution in the manufacturing...

Six themes for business success after the financial crisis

Posted by Greg Lavery on Tuesday, 17 July 2012 in Sustainable Development

By Greg Lavery Our work with business and thought leaders has identified a profound change in the way that businesses are run in the after-financial-crisis (afic) world. This discussion identifies the causes of the change and how businesses are responding. On the input side, capital is scarce, res...

Report urges UK food industry to adapt to climate change

Posted by bchristo on Thursday, 12 July 2012 in Food

By Alex Blackburne Food businesses that adapt properly to the impacts of climate change are the ones that will prosper in the future, according to a report by the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra). The study, called Adapting to climate change in the food industry, was writ...

A New Generation of Sustainable Investment, Trade and Development

Posted by plantitfilm on Monday, 09 July 2012 in Sustainable Development

Sustainability wasn't always a hot theme, particularly in the world of finance. But looking at the new UNCTAD World Investment Report, that's quickly changing. Every year, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) publishes the World Investment Report, which looks at "non-equi...

Corporate hijack - the business lobby at Rio+20

Posted by bchristo on Monday, 02 July 2012 in General Environment

by Olivier Hoedeman There is a growing outcry at the corporate capture of United Nations action on sustainable development - a campaigner reports from the Rio Summit The lobbyists will be out in force at this week's Rio Summit on sustainable development - fighting to make sure that any proposals t...

10 Steps to An Effective Office Recycling Challenge

Posted by amir on Thursday, 28 June 2012 in Recycling

by Amy Marpman There’s nothing like a little friendly competition to get people motivated. Corporations can take a lesson from college campuses, where a growing number of challenges like Recyclemania are successfully getting students to compete to conserve and reduce waste. As my colleague Sandra ...