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Updated: Green anger as London plans to jet 11 million Olympics tickets in from USA

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Green Party calls on London Organising Committee to review purchasing policies, after Arkansas firm bags major ticketing contract

08 Feb 2012

Blue chips told to clean up their supply chain

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Carbon Disclosure Project report calls on top companies to boost efforts to reduce Scope 3 emissions

01 Feb 2012

Defra: Flooding is businesses' number one climate risk

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Major report warns of catastrophic climate impacts for UK unless urgent adaptation measures are adopted

26 Jan 2012

DOE: Rare earth shortages may damage clean tech growth

Report identifies five minerals used to make wind turbines and electric cars that are likely to face supply challenges through to 2015

06 Jan 2012

Tories and Labour renew backing for GM food crops

Farming minister tells conference GM can help meet rising food demand, while Mary Creagh MP calls for 'open mind' on GM

05 Jan 2012

Pop goes the Aussie carbon bubble

05 Jan 2012

California wine industry to get green performance metrics

Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance trialling measures to help wineries record and communicate their environmental impacts

22 Dec 2011

Organic food and drink sales slump

Overall sales of 'ethical' goods and services – from produce to transport and funerals – rose by nine per cent despite decline in organic food, according to the Co-operative

15 Dec 2011

Siemens submits plans for £210m Hull wind turbine plant

Proposed factory, built by Associated British Ports, is set to create 700 jobs manufacturing 6MW turbines

13 Dec 2011

Food and drinks firms remain on track to meet ambitious carbon targets

Food and Drink Federation launches drive to encourage businesses to cut water use

08 Dec 2011

Green energy firms urged to bid for £125m fund

Business Secretary Vince Cable launches Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative to boost UK competitiveness

07 Dec 2011

Consultancy aims to wave goodbye to lengthy life-cycle analysis

New tool to help large companies measure carbon footprint across complex supply chains and thousands of product lines

06 Dec 2011

Supermarkets struggle to cut supply chain waste

But WRAP report shows retailers such as Marks & Spencer and Kraft Foods ahead of schedule to reduce packaging and household waste

06 Dec 2011

Industry bags £1.4m to build Green Deal skills

Training should help firms secure the 100,000 retrofitting jobs expected to be created by the flagship energy efficiency scheme

05 Dec 2011

"Picking a fight with the small kids" - Green quotes of the week

Who said what in the world of green business this week?

18 Nov 2011

Asda's green policies save £70m

Retailer 'on track' for cumulative savings of £800m by 2020

18 Nov 2011

Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney to follow PUMA's green accounting lead

PPR Home annouces plan for group environmental profit and loss statements by 2015

17 Nov 2011

PwC and the fashion faux pas

17 Nov 2011

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