Selling Sustainability

Posted on February 8th, 2008 by admin under Green Business.

Anna Clark, BusinessGreen, Friday 8 February 2008 at 00:00:00

How do you get the sustainability message through to colleagues and
customers? Anna Clark argues it is time to take some tips from the sales team

For the past two years, media attention around companies going green has mounted to a crescendo. Are we finally reaching the long-awaited critical mass? Not even close….

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WhatGreenCar?

Posted on February 8th, 2008 by admin under Green Business.

Lem Bingley, BusinessGreen, Thursday 7 February 2008 at 00:00:00

A useful web site that rates new cars on sale in the UK by their overall
environmental impact

WhatGreenCar.com is a web site designed to help visitors assess the environmental impact of different cars on sale in the UK….

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IT delivers ten-fold energy savings for rest of the economy

Posted on February 8th, 2008 by admin under Green Business.

BusinessGreen Staff, BusinessGreen, Thursday 7 February 2008 at 00:00:00

Despite concerns over an IT energy crisis, new research suggests that IT
systems are delivering an economy wide improvement in energy efficiency

For every extra kilowatt per hour of electricity used by ICT equipment, the US economy increased overall energy savings by a factor of around 10….

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Clean energy investment to top $7 trillion by 2030

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BusinessGreen Staff, BusinessGreen, Thursday 7 February 2008 at 00:00:00

Report warns adoption of clean technologies could prove surprisingly rapid
once cost tipping points are reached

Investment in clean energy technologies could exceed $7trillion by 2030 as public policy and private investors continue to underpin a major shift in the global energy mix….

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Web pundits mistaken: hypersonic hydrogen jet is not so green

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Danny Bradbury, BusinessGreen, Thursday 7 February 2008 at 00:00:00

Green commentators have praised plans for the A2 zero-carbon jet, but its
designer says the hydrogen-fuelled aircraft raises fresh environmental questions

Press reports of guilt-free aviation from a futuristic aircraft design are overstated, according to the aeroplane’s designers. The A2, a proposed hypersonic airliner based on reusable spacecraft technology, could theoretically travel at…

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Will Web 2.0 help deliver Green 2.0?

Posted on February 8th, 2008 by admin under Green Business.

Danny Bradbury, BusinessGreen, Thursday 7 February 2008 at 00:00:00

Social networking sites offer a prime marketing opportunity for green firms
to connect with customers, test new products and even generate some serious
whuffie

Those business execs used to the quiet mumble of conversation with valued contacts over drinks might pooh-pooh the idea of social networks….

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Is it the end of the road for US renewables tax breaks?

Posted on February 8th, 2008 by admin under Green Business.

Sarah Griffiths, BusinessGreen, Thursday 7 February 2008 at 00:00:00

Experts warn billions of dollars of clean energy investment could be lost if
US axes renewables tax incentives

Over 100,000 jobs and nearly $20bn investment could be at risk if renewable energy tax credits are not renewed by Congress, according to an economic study released this week by…

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