Is green dead? Not on your life
28 May 2008The media frenzy over green taxes ignores the fact that fuel prices will continue to rise regardless, making environmental issues ever more central to firms' decision making
Green businesses ready to navigate turbulent 2008
04 Jan 2008The prospect of recession and a consumer backlash could make for a tough year, but the green business movement is healthy enough to cope
Bush rejects opportunity to guarantee US clean tech dominance
02 Oct 2007In standing alone in opposition to binding emission cuts President Bush is blowing an historic chance to secure the future of America's booming clean tech industry
Why plastic bag bans are bad news for business
01 Oct 2007Local bans on plastic bags are well meaning but the patchwork approach to green legislation they represent create an almighty headache for businesses
Why businesses should worry about noise pollution
21 Sep 2007A new study showing that noise pollution can lead to increased stress levels and even heart attacks should ring alarm bells for risk managers
Arctic scare stories highlight need for speed
21 Sep 2007The latest news on the break up of the Arctic ice scheet should focus business minds
Can bloggers ever be green?
17 Sep 2007The link between web space and energy use is largely ignored, but as the number of blogs continues to grow is it time to address their environmental impact?
When is a green car not a green car? When it's in Norway
14 Sep 2007Norway's plans to ban the use of words such as "green" and "clean" may be designed to halt the greenwashers, but they there is a danger stifle demand for more efficient vehicles
Change in political climate must inform green investments
11 Sep 2007Major new green strategy documents from the Lib Dems and Tories hint that large scale reforms to environmental policies are finally on the agenda
Why IT is cleaning up its act
11 Sep 2007Over the past few years the IT sector has transformed itself from an industry with the kind of environmental record that made strip mining look pretty conscientious into a champion of green business practices. So what has driven this change, and what does it mean for corporate IT chiefs?
BBC bottles it over Planet Relief
05 Sep 2007In scrapping plans for a series of programmes on climate change the BBC has displayed a monumnetal lack of nerve
IT fails the A-level test, again
03 Sep 2007The claims that A-levels are getting easier hide the problem of falling numbers in technical subjects
The BBC should stand up to its climate campaign critics
29 Aug 2007Criticism of the BBC's plans for a climate change campaign is rooted in the discredited view that there is doubts about the cause of global warming
What's so wrong about a green arms manufacturer?
24 Aug 2007It is easy for pacifists to condemn the development of an fuel efficient tank, but there is no reason why the defence industry should not embrace green technologies
"Pay as you throw" will only work if you have to pay plenty
23 Aug 2007Polluter pays schemes are great in principle but will only work if the polluter has to pay punitive amounts
Could IBM be the world's first green business behemoth?
17 Aug 2007The IT giant has been making some interesting clean tech investments of late and could be positioning itself to cash in on the green spending boom
Government's climate change bragging is more myth than reality
13 Aug 2007The government likes to think it is leading the fight on climate change but in truth we are lagging far behind our European cousins
ID card minister seizes poisoned chalice
13 Aug 2007The new minister for identity faces a Herculean task sorting out the identity card nightmare
Sorry Oracle, Green IT means you too
08 Aug 2007Suggesting software has little impact on the amount of energy used by IT hardware is short sighted and disingenuous
Why walking might not damage the planet "more than going by car"
07 Aug 2007or why media reporting on climate change simply has to improve



