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Energy-Efficient Data Centres Can Seek Energy Star Label
Data centre operators in the US can now seek the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star label for energy efficiency if they can show they rank in the top 25 per cent of their peers in performance. The EPA will base its labeling decision on a data centre’s
Europe studies tech for smarter driving, lower-carbon transport
Can information and communication technologies (ICT) really have much of an impact on the carbon footprint of our cars, trucks and buses? Participants in a European-funded research programme believe the answer is “yes.” The three-year eCoMove project aims to develop and test a variety of “green” transport technologies and applications
In UK, Starbucks ranks tops, though still not great, in CSR
The UK coffee‐shop industry is failing to communicate a basic standard of corporate responsibility reporting, scoring badly on the CleanAnalysis Navigator Maturity Model™. Analyst and consultancy group CleanAnalysis’s “Bitter or Sweet” report places Starbucks ahead of Caffè Nero and Costa, in both the consumer perception and the environmental
Anti-corruption group warns of 'carbon cowboy' crimes
An investigation that’s led to the arrest of the CEO of a UK-based carbon credit firm underscores the growing risk of a new type of criminal enterprise: carbon crime. Global Witness, an organisation that works to exposes corruption in international trade and exploitation of natural resources, spent the past
How to cut carbon? Ditch the CDs for downloads
With World Environment Day coming up tomorrow, Deutsche Telekom has found an easy way to help reduce carbon emissions: download your software instead of buying it as files on disc. Ditching so-called “hardcopy” software packages in favour of direct downloads could reduce the global software industry’s carbon footprint by
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Dubai's blazing sun helps keep new offices ... cool?
Under the blazing sun of Dubai, the newly expanded offices of one business are keeping cool with an environmentally friendly technology powered by … the heat of the sun. Dubai’s first solar cooling plant is providing air-conditioned comfort in the offices of ESAB, a global supplier of welding products. The
Sustainability: The big new corporate game-changer
Going “green” needs to be high on every organisation’s agenda, whether it’s by improving IT operations and infrastructure, lowering operating expenses, reducing or avoiding capital expenditures, aligning with corporate green initiatives or by complying with new, complex regulations such as the UK’s Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy
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As resources deplete, expect a raft of 'postdated bills'
Britain’s new Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Chris Huhne, made a most insightful statement this week when he revealed the UK will face some £4 billion in expenses over the next four years to decommission ageing nuclear power plants. His comment? “(W)hat we are effectively paying for here
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In the quest for sustainability, game-changers will win out
Radical newcomers are running between the slow feet of big business. You open a search engine and enter the term “forest investment.” It draws up the leading land acquisition consultants, and a few ads. Nothing unusual for the user — but the funds generated by the clicks and screens go straight
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Can business and sustainability mix? Summit aims for answers
How can businesses and sustainability efforts best work together to build a better future? That question will lie at the heart of a nine-day summit to be hosted by the Prince of Wales’ Start initiative this fall. Being organised in partnership with IBM, the “Smarter Business for a Sustainable Future”
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Carbon capture and storage: False hope or our only hope?
With oil and coal still on track to provide most of our future energy needs — especially in fast-developing countries like China and India — many see carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology as a vital strategy for keeping the economy humming without choking the atmosphere with greenhouse gases. Britain’s Lord