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Business in the Community launches Healthy Eating Toolkit
The Business Action on Health campaign has launched a Healthy Eating Toolkit to provide UK employers with practical advice on how to integrate health and wellbeing into their organisation. Developed in partnership with the HR consultancy Towers Perrin and created by the Food & Drink Federation in partnership with Business in the Community (BITC), the toolkit draws on the collective experience of companies such as Cadbury, Kellogg and Tate & Lyle. It has been created by employers for employers, providing examples of best practice and explaining the business case for promoting healthy eating amongst employees… Read more
24 June 2008
Alcatel-Lucent to fund advanced technology education and pursue joint research with Portuguese universities
Alcatel-Lucent has announced that it has signed several memorandums of understanding (MOU) with leading Portuguese government, scientific and academic institutions.Two MOUs are with the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia – Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), UMIC (Portuguese Knowledge Society Agency). With the first agreement the students of Portuguese Universities will have the opening to benefit from Master & Doctorate Degrees Scholarships in Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs… Read more
20 June 2008
FTSE launches broad environmental index as eco benchmarks boom
FTSE, the global index company, has launched the FTSE Environmental Opportunities All-Share Index, made up of over 450 companies in the alternative energy, water and waste management sectors, amidst a flurry of activity in the formulation of sustainable indices, Responsible Investor reports. The FTSE index includes companies from its Global Equity Index Series that have a minimum of 20% of revenues sourced from environmental markets or technologies. The top ten constituents of the new index are Siemens, Suez, Iberdrola, ABB, United Technologies, 3M, Enel, Emerson Electric, Honeywell International and Philips… Read more
20 June 2008
Intel spins off solar energy technology
To spur new development and demand for renewable energy sources, Intel Corporation is spinning off key assets of a start-up business effort inside Intel's New Business Initiatives group to form an independent company called SpectraWatt Inc.SpectraWatt will manufacture and supply photovoltaic cells to solar module makers. In addition to focusing on advanced solar cell technologies, SpectraWatt will concentrate development efforts on improvements in current manufacturing processes and capabilities to reduce the cost of photovoltaic energy generation… Read more
17 June 2008
IBM expands water management capabilities with Dublin Centre of Excellence
IBM and the Industrial Development Agency of Ireland (IDA Ireland) have announced the establishment of an IBM Centre of Excellence for Water Management. Located in Dublin, the new facility will focus primarily on innovative research and services for monitoring, managing and forecasting environmental challenges such as the movement of pollutants in fresh water, marine and oceanic environments. Earlier this year IBM established a Centre of Excellence for Water Management in Amsterdam where the primary focus is on flood management and levee systems… Read more
17 June 2008
IBM announces IT carbon strategy assessment service
IBM has announced a new service, the IT Carbon Strategy Study, to help clients starting on their green transformation identify the most rapid areas of reduction in IT carbon emission across the infrastructure. Part of IBM's Project Big Green initiative, the service enables clients to develop the guiding principles for becoming a greener enterprise and create recommendations for the actions they can take to achieve those goals. The service assesses the entire IT enterprise, not just the data center. Read more (IBM)
17 June 2008
Orange receives the APAJH 2008 Socially Responsible Company award
APAJH, a French federation defending the rights of handicapped people, rewarded the Orange (France Telecom Group) for its action in favour of its handicapped customers with the APAJH "Entreprise Citoyenne" award. At Orange, taking the needs of disabled people into account means for example adapted services, distribution channels (4,800 sales personnel trained on accessibility issues, 9 regional accessibility representatives, 151 "handicap solutions" stores, a dedicated website and a special freephone number) and communications materials… Read more
17 June 2008
Solar energy makes Volvo dealers climate-neutral
Volvo Trucks has inaugurated its first climate-neutral dealership facility in Verona, Italy. With the help of solar cells on the building’s roof, more energy will be produced than is needed to heat up the offices and workshops. Solar energy produced at the Volvo Truck Center in Verona will be supplied to the local power grid, thus generating an income from the electricity that the dealership facility itself does not need. In return, the dealership will only purchase green electricity from solar, wind-power or hydro-power sources. Read more (Volvo AB)
17 June 2008
ABB rewards energy efficient customers
ABB in Italy has introduced an energy efficiency award for companies who have made the most progress in reducing their energy consumption in motor and drive systems. The inaugural ABB Energy Efficiency award was launched at a ceremony in Milan in May. Three companies were recognized for their efforts and were presented with an ABB plaque - Iveco, TenarisDalmine and Bayer CropScience. The ABB Energy Efficiency award is an automation products initiative in Italy that recognizes customers who make the positive switch to energy efficiency, and use ABB technology to get them there. Read more (ABB)
17 June 2008
UN Principles of Responsible Investmet membership doubles in one year
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) announced at its annual meeting in Seoul, South Korea, that membership numbers had more than doubled in 2008 to 381 members with assets of more than $14 trillion, Responsible Investor reports. The number of asset owners (pension funds, insurance companies, foundations) signing up to the PRI’s six principles for integrating environmental, social and governance issues (ESG) into investment rose by 31% over the year. Read more (Responsible Investor)
17 June 2008
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