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Brazil's World Cup football team to sport 'green' and yellow strip [News]

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:27:04 +0000

"Brazil, Portugal and the Netherlands among teams to wear Nike's shirts made from recycled plastic bottles" "When Kaka and Ronaldinho stride out onto the pitch for the World Cup in South Africa this summer, few of their millions of fans are likely to notice that their yellow jerseys are made from old plastic bottles." Read the Guardian article.

Managing Peak Demand With Water Heaters [News]

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:09:40 +0000

In Idaho, farmers are paid to turn off their water pumps during [some summer afternoons]. A small company in Kansas pays its customers $12.50 a month to take part in the company`s program. Read the Green Inc. article.

Green Valentine's Day gifts: Chocolates [News]

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:02:24 +0000

"It's a favourite with all ages, it's affordable and it's readily available. What's not to like about ethical chocolate?" Read the article on UK's Guardian.

Nike Makes Environmental Strides and Abandons Carbon Offsets [News]

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:12:19 +0000

The New York Times Green Inc. published a post about a move by the world's biggest athletic gear brand. "Nike Makes Environmental Strides and Abandons Carbon Offsets" By LEORA BROYDO VESTEL A new corporate responsibility report issued by the shoe and apparel manufacturer Nike highlights the progress the company has made in reducing its environmental footprint and the ways in which its climate change strategy is evolving — including its decision to abandon carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates as means of achieving carbon neutrality. Read the rest of the story

Why Kraft must keep organic cacao farmers sweet [News]

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:33:10 +0000

Green & Black's was founded by Craig Sams, a food specialist, and his partner Josephine Fairley. They sold their business to Cadbury in 2005. Now Kraft bought Cadbury and owns the brand. Sams contributed to the UK newspaper Guardian. Bellow are the quotations from the article. "When we decided to pay fair prices and offer long-term guarantees to cacao farmers in Belize we didn't have to justify our actions to shareholders or even to the rest of the team at our office." "So today, looking at Kraft's track record, what can we expect its takeover to mean for the commitment of Cadbury and Green & Black's to socially and environmentally-progressive policies such as Fairtrade and organic ingredients?" "A brand is like a child. It is born into this world, fragile and in great need of parental care and attention. Eventually you send it off to school and university, entrusting it to the care of others. Then it embarks on its career. Green & Black's, to follow the analogy, was nurtured to maturity and eventually got a good job at a big multinational." "Frankly, it's the consumers who don't buy organic and fair products that upset me the most. Consumers have a choice, companies don't, they only sell what customers buy." Another article to read to know more about the brand's marketing success: Green & Black’s Marketing Success

Green Products for Holidays [News]

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:21:38 +0000

Ahem! Only if they bought green products instead! What presents did you buy for this holiday season? What did you get? Read this funny and realistic article published on Times. Guilt, shame and pain all wrapped up in gifts

2020 vision [News]

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:48:52 +0000

This article may sound almost like a fiction, but it is worth a read as we found the predictions interesting. Written by Robin Barton, a Green Lifestyle writer 2020 vision: Second-hand Prius, anyone? Car use declines across Europe as society returns to medieval values Summary: -London becomes a Green bubble capital while the rest of the world is experiencing a depression -Last paragraph, "The cap-and-trade policies in the US, the EU and Australia, brought about by the UN climate-change conference of 2009, were the first mistake. The EU had already committed to a 20 per cent cut in CO2 emissions from 1990 levels by next year, but thanks to its Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), running since 2005, these could be delivered while actual CO2 emissions rose. Alchemy indeed. And the EU's target of 20 per cent more energy from renewable sources has proved as hard to pin down as the wind itself."

Time to Scrap the White Pages? [News]

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:54:48 +0000

Here is the New York Times's Green Inc. article. BANthePHONEBOOK.org says, "up to 5 million trees are cut down each year to create the white pages phone book" and "over 80% of consumers would support an 'opt-in' program (only receive a white pages phone book if you request one)." White Pages created the Facebook fan page for the project. It has nearly 6,000 fans as of Dec 21, 2009.

Healthy diets do not necessarily have a low environmental impact [News]

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:59:48 +0000

Here is the link to a response to an Guardian article: Click. The Response series of the UK newspaper is an unconventional method to involve those who are featured in the original articles.

Buy Smart Website Launched [News]

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:56:32 +0000

Buy Smart is a website launched this year and maintained by the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), which provides free consultation and information on green purchasing.

European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme [News]

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:50:07 +0000

[Theatro Naturale] Seven organisations have won the European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) Awards for excellence in environmental management. The awards recognise outstanding achievements in environmental management. The 2009 awards focused on the supply chain including green procurement. This year 32 organisations from 12 European countries were nominated. The seven winners were selected by a jury of six experts in the field of environmental management and public procurement. Read the article on Theatro Naturale International.

Suwon Conference News Coverage [News]

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:51:26 +0000

A video clip of the coverage by Korean Media, Ariran TV News, on The 3rd International Conference on Green Purchasing Suwon.

What Does It Mean When Procurement Goes Green? [News]

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:27:53 +0000

John Davies, vice president of the GreenBiz Intelligence unit, gave a report on green purchasing on GreenBiz.com last week. He writes, "Green purchasing by companies is up in a down economy. Our recent October 2009 survey of more than 450 companies found that over the past 12 months there was a 63 percent increase in green purchasing, from computers to chemicals to cleaning supplies. Perhaps even more encouraging, none of the respondents from large companies (those with revenues over $1 billion) identified any decrease in buying green. But when it comes to businesses buying green, what do they really mean?" Read more about: -Leading the Way: Office Supplies, Cleaning Products, and Computers -Measuring The Green They Manage -Selling Green in the Future

Don't Even Purchase Clothes, Rent Them [News]

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:59:19 +0000

"Large wardrobes of seldom-used clothes are no longer environmentally acceptable and people should instead rent outfits and accessories, according to the Government’s waste watchdog," reported Ben Webster of Times Online. Summary of the Article -Waste & Resources Action Programme (Wrap) released a report -a fifth of all household spending in Britain to be converted to renting by 2020 -Wrap identifies five categories of goods suitable for renting including high-end clothing -less clutters reduce the size of living space and thus reduces carbon impact Read the entire article

Japanese car wins World Solar Challenge in Australia [News]

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:50:36 +0000

AFP, 28 October 2009 - A Japanese sun-powered car won the World Solar Challenge on Wednesday after averaging speeds of more than 100 kilometres (62 miles) per hour in a four-day race through Australia's desert Outback. Visit here to read the rest of the article