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23rd Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs
The high price of energy and oil are driving brands to “green” their supply chains. This Climatechangecorp.com article highlights some of the ways that logistics providers are taking steps to improve fuel efficiency, increase payload and better manage their environmental and economic performance.
9th May 2008
Products are increasingly being designed, manufactured and packaged with a new focus on the end of their life cycle – and beyond
8th May 2008
A different approach to assessing green corporate investments in energy efficiency, whether it is upgrading equipment or replacing the inefficient lighting in a facility.
10th Mar 2008 by Sarah Whitworth
Although large companies continually grab the headlines with far-reaching announcements about carbon reduction, recycling and eco-friendly products, small businesses have just as much ability to affect the environment.
21st Jan 2008 by Alex Briggs
An article in The Observer brings home the harsh realities that consumers, business and government have to face in dealing with climate change.
12th Nov 2007
A recent article reports that China has agreed to phase out incandescent bulbs in favor energy-efficient ones.
18th Oct 2007 by Alex Briggs
China has agreed to phase out incandescent lightbulbs, according to this article.
The switch could mitigate 500 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, equal to about half the climate-warming emissions of Germany.
The European Union is scheduled to “choice edit” out inefficient lightbulbs within a decade.
China currently produce 70% of the world’s lightbulbs.
2nd Oct 2007
A CNN article has taken a holistic look at the causes and effects of global food waste:
According to the UN Food Programme, US food waste could:
satisfy “every empty stomach” in Africa
Some other key facts from the article:
The US and Japan waste up to 50% of all their food
the entire food supply chain in the […]
10th Sep 2007
Series of interviews with key Lloyds Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) experts on supply chain issues and opportunities for businesses today.
10th Sep 2007 by Anne-Marie Warris
The last few weeks has been full of climate issues on the news front, be it the EC stopping Chinese import of cheap energy efficient light bulbs. How does that square with the need consumers identified in the What assures consumers report for choice editing?
Choice editing is the term used in the report to describe instances […]
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