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In the second in our series on green banking, Victoria Pennington explores how reputational risks are forcing financial services firms to embrace the environmental agenda
08 May 2008
In the first of a three-part series, Victoria Pennington explores how environmental issues are affecting the financial services industry and informing banks' credit and market risk assessments
08 May 2008
Former senior advisor to the UK Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, Nick Mabey, warns that governments and businesses must begin to frame climate change as a global security issue
07 May 2008Installing solar panels can still be an expensive business, but as Rick Daubenspeck argues, new leasing options are making the technology increasingly affordable
06 May 2008"Our vision is to measure, monitor and manage CO2 emissions and energy use for all the IT devices within the corporation"
01 May 2008The idea of sharing green patents is admirable, but according to Nancy Edwards Cronin reforms are needed if the Eco-Patent Commons initiative is to prove successful
28 Apr 2008There are plenty of measures firms can take to limit the environmental impact of business conferences, even in Vegas – although ultimately holding fewer events may be most sustainable answer
25 Apr 2008Chris Burgess, Vodafone's director of corporate responsibility, reveals how and why the mobile giant came to commit to a halving of its carbon emissions
24 Apr 2008Today is Earth Day and this year promises to be bigger than ever. Jonathan Bardelline investigates how companies are seeking to reach out to customers as part of Earth Day celebrations
22 Apr 2008Founder of green events outfit UK Aware, Danny Carnegie, urges firms to ditch the impenetrable green terms and reach out to customers with more accessible marketing messages
21 Apr 2008Its economy might be taking a pounding but few countries are better positioned to take advantage of demands for a low-carbon world
17 Apr 2008Firms that fail to take corporate social responsibility seriously could be asking for legal headaches when the new Companies Act comes into force
15 Apr 2008Biofuels seem to be demonised on an almost daily basis, but is there hope for this currently much maligned sector? Primafuel chief executive Rahul Iyer insists the industry still has a major role to play in the low carbon economy
11 Apr 2008Many now accept that a global carbon market is an "impending reality", but how should businesses prepare. Stephen Mooney investigates the five steps every firm should take to ensure they are ready for carbon trading
08 Apr 2008In the second in its series on how cleantech companies are coping with recent financial turmoil, BusinessGreen.com asks those holding the purse strings what green firms can do to insulate themselves from the worst effects of the credit crunch
07 Apr 2008BusinessGreen.com asks the great and the good of the City's investment community whether recent financial turmoil will derail the cleantech boom
03 Apr 2008Can the dream of the green office ever become a reality? Jonathan Bardelline investigates
02 Apr 2008The search giant is ploughing money and expertise into clean tech firms, prompting observers to ask if it could one day have the same game-changing impact on the energy sector as it has had on the internet
31 Mar 2008Adam Werbach, head of Saatchi & Saatchi's sustainability division, says staff hold the key to greener business, all firms are greenwashers, and environmentalism is dead
28 Mar 2008Few sectors are more threatened by climate change than agriculture, but a shift towards more sustainable farming could also bring opportunities
27 Mar 2008
Mayor of London and EU commission BSI to draw up transport specification for public and private sector 09 May 2008
UN report backed by latest figures from wind and solar sectors 09 May 2008
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