Darn it, Harry. We had heard British Columbia in Canada was quite far ahead in its clean tech innovation. Greenbang’s always wanted to go there, but has not yet made it. Canada.com says: “But unlike several European countries, B.C. has shown little desire to nurture the industry.
In the second of Greenbang’s British Motor Show video reports Rowan Horncastle speaks to the NICE Car Company about its growth.
You have to love it when a plan works. It seems that in the 10 weeks since the British retailer, Marks & Spencer, began charging five pence for its plastic bags 70 million fewer bags have been used. The number alone is impressive, but the proportion is even more so.
A couple of years back Greenbang did some research into recycling batteries. Cutting out most of the literature, introduction and methodology (and shrinking the conclusion too) she found that it was a blummin’ nightmare to do. Indeed, it’s estimated that 660 million batteries end up in landfill sites each
Greenbang’s been slightly distracted of late by the solar race taking place in North America. After 51 hours, 41 minutes and 53 seconds the 2,400-mile North American solar race was finally won by the University of Michigan. Driving from Dallas to Calgary the winning car was over 10
It seems the huge corporate brand behind Coke has finally started to realise that corporate social responsibility needs more than just lip service. The company, Coca-Cola Enterprises, published its third company wide report. For the first time, Coke has actually thought to include a road map. How nice of them.
How does Lotus make its car as green as possible? Rowan Horncastle has met with Lotus’ Lee Preston to discuss the car and its design.
Greenbang recently sat down with one of the marketing reps from Eschelon, a company that makes electricity meters capable of telling you when electricity was used and not just how much. In a similar vane to the Climate Group, the company believes that billing strategies could be used to adjust
The corporate consultants Maplecroft has just released its risk report on climate change. The report looks at 168 countries and includes the first ever (or so the company says) vulnerability index with a set of best to worst rankings. As the release states: It identifies the world’s highest carbon
What’s the most bandied about phrase in IT? Aside from solution and paradigm, Greenbang has a feeling that green computing might rank highly up there. Greenbang’s eight year old nephew has said of green computing: “It’s not environmentally friendly, it’s environmentally less destructive.” Admittedly, the nephew
We’re back to the old question about hydrogen. How do you safely store it. Cooling the gas to 253 degrees below zero takes energy. And, as a gas very little can be stored. However, a press release fell onto Greenbang’s desk this morning that suggests a company has
The German airliner Lufthansa has just published the English version of its sustainability report, Balance. The 115 page report is your standard CSR report and has sections for the business, stakeholder information, the fleet, work life balance, training etc. Eventually, on page 54 you get to the environment section. What
