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US View logoBusinesses' new found focus on the environment may be welcome, but according to Conrad MacKerron, it is taking attention away from workers' rights issues – and the credibility of the entire green business movement could be at risk
03 Jul 2008
eWasteIt may be a year old, but as Dell's Jonathan Perry explains, firms looking to get rid of their old IT kit still need to pay attention to the WEEE directive  02 Jul 2008
Paul ThomasTelling customers about your environmental targets is all well and good but, as Paul Thomas argues, they are meaningless if you do not know how they are to be achieved  01 Jul 2008
Aerodynamic tweaks, skinny tyres and a modified gearbox bring big fuel savings for Skoda’s budget baby  01 Jul 2008
Preston Koerner offers his five tips on how businesses can help customers shrug off their green fatigue  27 Jun 2008
BusinessGreen.com takes the microscope to the government's long-anticipated renewable energy blueprint  26 Jun 2008
Who said what about the government's new renewable energy strategy?  26 Jun 2008
Carbon labels represent a great way of forcing firms to face up to their supply chain's carbon footprint. But how do these labels work and which one will win out in the end? Danny Bradbury investigates  24 Jun 2008
We’re in a downturn, so you would think the firms would jump at the chance of opening up potentially lucrative new services.  19 Jun 2008
With support for a US cap-and-trade scheme growing attention is turning to how carbon credits should be allocated. Clark Williams-Derry argues auctioning for one and all is the way to go  19 Jun 2008
15Hatfield, Southwark's new green meeting and conference centre, makes a compelling case for environmentally conscious events managers  18 Jun 2008
Could the downturn distract firms from their CSR agenda? Damian Wild fears it is already happening  17 Jun 2008
Project management consultant Mike Saville argues that basic managerial best practices can hold the key to meeting green performance objectives  16 Jun 2008
Attempts to establish climate change as a legal threat to endangered species could yet give environmentalists the tools they need to revamp US carbon legislation. Danny Bradbury investigates  12 Jun 2008
Want to go green, but scared what the shareholders will say? Matthew Madden argues that a little know piece of legislation currently being proposed in California could provide the answer  11 Jun 2008
With industrial plants wasting a huge chunk of the energy they generate through heat, scientists are exploring some wild and wacky ways of harnessing that lost power  21 May 2008
Carbon Trust urges companies to exploit new carbon cutting ad campaign to promote their own workplace initiatives  10 Jul 2007
The South West county is offering incentives and support as it seeks to establish itself as a green business hub  04 Jan 2007
US firms are making cost and CO2 savings by using web links instead of hopping across the Pond  03 Nov 2006
Unattended PCs are quite literally burning midnight oil - millions of pounds' worth every year  05 Oct 2006
Is the best way to make meetings less environmentally damaging simply not to have them at all?  04 Oct 2006
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The Week in Green: What we need from the G8
The G8 meets in Japan next week with three inter-related issues set to not just dominate the agenda, but tear it up, stamp on the pieces and tell all the other issues to dissappear off from...
03 Jul 2008
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BulletFirms urged to "stop being apologetic about offsets"

It's great that Clean Air Cool Planet and Forum For The Future are showing how offsets can be a key aspect of a credible carbon reduction strategy. As well as shrinking their carbon footprints, companies should...
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I think Paul makes some vital points here. Refreshing to have a PR consultancy encouraging companies to be more concrete with their environmental claims!
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