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News / Carbon & Climate

Plan now for climate-related disasters: UN report

...1 percent of GDP between 2001 and 2006, compared with 0.1 percent for high-income countries. The report's release dovetailed with an unprecedented March heat wave in the continental United States and ...

28 Mar 2012

Plan now for climate-related disasters: UN report

News / Carbon & Climate

New North American rules on cleaner ship fuel take effect

...15 to just 0.1 percent sulfur, a level that Oceanox -- a company that sells special equipment called scrubbers that reduce sulfur in shipping fuel -- says will render fuel oil all but obsolete. "This ...

1 Aug 2012

New North American rules on cleaner ship fuel take effect

News / Waste

Contract for 660,000 TPA waste to energy project in China

...11. The facility is expected to require an investment of approximately RMB 1 billion ($168 million) on a BOT basis and the company said that it has obtained a concession period of 30 years. With a des...

8 Feb 2012

Contract for 660,000 TPA waste to energy project in China

News / Water

China adopts new regulation to protect West Lake

...11. The number and scale of activities held at the site will also be restricted under the new regulation, Ye said. To avoid excessive commercial exploitation, authorities said earlier that they will a...

6 Jan 2012

China adopts new regulation to protect West Lake

News / Energy

Trans-Asia gives up 8 wind contracts

...16, 2011, has yet to be approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission. The registration of the San Lorenzo project with the Board of Investments was approved on June 15, 2011. This will enable the proj...

10 Mar 2012

Trans-Asia gives up 8 wind contracts

News / Energy

Hydro-electricity plant to go into operation this year

...110 MW hydro-electric plant with an investment capital of nearly VND3 trillion (US$142.9 million) is expected to generate 500 million Kwh per year. It was built on Nho Que River on the rocky plateau o...

17 Jan 2012

Hydro-electricity plant to go into operation this year

News / Waste

StarHub sets up e-recycling bins around Singapore

...10 per cent are recycled," said Montefiore. "If we recycled just 1 million cell phones, it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to taking more than 1,300 cars off the road for an entire ye...

29 Mar 2012

StarHub sets up e-recycling bins around Singapore

News / Carbon & Climate

Sceptic now agrees global warming is real

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31 Oct 2011

Sceptic now agrees global warming is real

News / Policy & Finance

BYD rises after report electric cars exempted from usage tax

...15, before changing hands at HK$21.50 as of 1:45 pm in Hong Kong. The stock has risen 28 percent this year, compared with a 3.1 percent increase in Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index. As many as 42...

16 Jan 2012

BYD rises after report electric cars exempted from usage tax

News / Waste

Higher service charge for solid waste management

...1 next year and to district council areas in 2014 on condition that the concessionaires or appointed contractors used new garbage trucks. “The concession company or selected contractors should also pr...

7 Feb 2012

Higher service charge for solid waste management

News / Energy

Chinese-owned Ralls Corp sues US over wind-farm order

...1:12-cv-01513, US District Court, District of Columbia (Washington.)

14 Sep 2012

Chinese-owned Ralls Corp sues US over wind-farm order

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Istanbul protest is — and is not — about the trees

...1st of June. It is true that the protests centered around Gezi Park began seven days ago when bulldozers moved in to rip up the park’s trees in preparation for the construction of a shopping mall. A g...

6 Jun 2013

Istanbul protest is — and is not — about the trees

Press Releases / http://www.verdantix.com

Accenture, Deloitte, IBM and Logica lead the sustainable technology services market due to accelerating innovation strategies, says Verdantix

...13% 20% 13% Deloitte 33% 27% 33% 7% Accenture 20% 40% 40% 0% Hitachi Consulting 20% 27% 33% 20% Capgemini 13% 33% 27% 27% Fujitsu Services 13% 27% 47% 13% Infosys 7% 27% 47% 20% Orange B...

14 Feb 2012

Accenture, Deloitte, IBM and Logica lead the sustainable technology services market due to accelerating innovation strategies, says Verdantix

News / Waste

Firm to prepare managing waste guideline

...1, PPSPPA took over waste management and enforcement of waste regulation from City Hall. "We are currently conducting a survey on the amount of non-hazardous waste generation from various industries...

4 Jan 2012

Firm to prepare managing waste guideline

News / Manufacturing

Bioplastics growth not a risk to world food supplies, says report

...11, bioplastics are likely to provide less than 1% of world plastics, according to a new whitepaper. Reasons cited in the report for holding back bioplastics included that they are "generally two or t...

14 Sep 2011

Bioplastics growth not a risk to world food supplies, says report

Press Releases / Advanced Biofuel Center

Multidimensional Moringa can combat malnutrition while fuelling the future

...1 billion people, still live in extreme poverty, and that one in seven — or 14 per cent — is undernourished, while public health challenges, including pandemics and epidemics, remain omnipresent threa...

26 Jun 2012

Multidimensional Moringa can combat malnutrition while fuelling the future

News / Energy

Firms' CEOs urged to catch 'Green Wave'

...16 per cent higher selling price. Energy savings of between 20 per cent and 40 per cent were achievable in every building and business. According to International Energy Agency figures, a $1 investmen...

26 Mar 2012

Firms' CEOs urged to catch 'Green Wave'

Research / Johnson Controls

Driving transformation to energy efficient buildings: Policies and actions, 2nd edition

...1 spent on energy efficiency avoids more than $2, on average, in energy supply investments. Investments in building efficiency free up scarce resources for other purposes. Buildings consume near...

13 Aug 2012

Driving transformation to energy efficient buildings: Policies and actions, 2nd edition

News / Carbon & Climate

Bayer, Nestle lead carbon-cutting effort as climate risk grows

...10 was rounded out by UK drinks-maker Diageo Plc, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia Oyj, German insurer Allianz SE, Swiss bank UBS AG and Japanese electronics maker Panasonic. Top 10 A total of 51 of t...

12 Sep 2012

Bayer, Nestle lead carbon-cutting effort as climate risk grows

News / Carbon & Climate

EU urges roadmap on climate action

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3 Oct 2011

EU urges roadmap on climate action

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