Green fraud - crime's new frontier
LONDON, UK: A new frontier for fraud and market abuse has opened up as the scale of sustainable business activity and 'green' projects grows while the controls and systems that protect them remain...
View ArticleElectric cars for short hops in new scheme
LONDON, UK: Electric cars becoming an economically rational choice for short hop journeys and now 100% electric vehicles to be made available in pioneering pilot scheme for PwC.Read more... | Send to a...
View ArticleIt's a 'Wrap' - of Olympic proportions
LONDON, UK / JOHANNESBURG, SA: The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has confirmed that Worldwide Olympic Partner The Dow Chemical Company will produce a...
View ArticleAirlines must build trust in the air, says PwC report
LONDON, UK: Building trust in the air: PwC reports on how the world's airlines cover corporate sustainability.Read more... | Send to a friend
View ArticleUnilever's CMO: 'We need to walk ahead of our consumers'
LONDON, UK: Speaking at the Marketing Society annual conference, and a year on from the launch of Unilever's Sustainable Living Plan, Keith Weed, Unilever chief marketing and communications officer,...
View ArticleGreenwash risk for ethical finance companies
LONDON, UK: Acting on their social, environmental and ethical concerns has become second nature for the majority of Brits, but new research from Mintel finds when it comes to finance, cynicism prevails...
View ArticleTIME joins the World Green Summit as Global Media Partner
London, UK / New York, US: TIME has confirmed its global media partnership with the World Green Summit (www.worldgreensummit.org) - the business, finance and government forum during the high-level...
View ArticleUnilever's sustainable living plan - update
The Unilever Sustainable Living Plan, first published in November 2010, has published an update on its progress. As part of the update, it announced that by the end of 2012 it will reach its target of...
View ArticleInterbrand releases 2nd annual Best Global Green Brands Report
LONDON, UK: Interbrand, one of the world's leading brand consultancies and author of the annual Best Global Brands Report, has released its 2012 Best Global Green Brands Report. Toyota (#1), Johnson...
View ArticleEnvironmentally friendly purchases heat up in emerging markets
NEW YORK, US: Purchases of environmentally protective products have grown significantly in two of the world's leading markets - China and Brazil; but the widespread perception that these products are...
View ArticleCool technology with a conscience
By [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/didbygraham/4394387409/, didbygraham on flickr]] - CC BY 3.0, [[https://commons.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Commons]]</span>UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's has...
View ArticleTesco saves £4m through HR practices reducing carbon footprint
UNITED KINGDOM: Academics at Loughborough University have helped Tesco reduce its carbon footprint and save on its energy bill by proposing alterations to the working practices of its store staff.Read...
View ArticleL'Oréal to sell The Body Shop for €1bn
©Hermin Utomo via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>#NEWSWATCH: Beauty products giant L'Oréal has signed a contract to sell The Body Shop to Brazilian cosmetics maker Natura Cosméticos for a reported...
View ArticleInside the Lush life of an ethical cosmetics buyer
Working as a buyer for ethical handmade cosmetics company Lush, your travels could take you sourcing neroli oil in Tunisia, blue chamomile oil in Hungary, benzoin resin in northern Laos and shea butter...
View ArticleIt may not be possible to slow down fast fashion - so can the industry ever...
The fashion industry has some major sustainability problems. By 2030, it is predicted that the industry's water consumption will grow by 50% to 118 billion cubic metres, its carbon footprint will...
View ArticleDonatella Versace says label will stop using fur in products
©Piotr Trojanowski via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>LONDON, England - Donatella Versace has said her family's luxury fashion label will no longer use real furs in its products, according to an...
View ArticleCould online shopping help us reduce our carbon footprint?
© lightpoet via [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]].</span>The full lifecycle emissions from a products' consumption is in many cases dominated by the manufacturing processes and the product's use....
View ArticleEnvironmentally friendly purchases heat up in emerging markets
NEW YORK, US: Purchases of environmentally protective products have grown significantly in two of the world's leading markets - China and Brazil; but the widespread perception that these products are...
View ArticleCool technology with a conscience
By [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/didbygraham/4394387409/, didbygraham on flickr]] - CC BY 3.0, [[https://commons.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Commons]]</span>UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's has...
View ArticleTesco saves £4m through HR practices reducing carbon footprint
UNITED KINGDOM: Academics at Loughborough University have helped Tesco reduce its carbon footprint and save on its energy bill by proposing alterations to the working practices of its store staff.Read...
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