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IGPN NEWSLETTER [Issue 14]
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HEADLINES
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- Maryland Team Wins Solar House Contest
- Seeing the wood for the trees ? how materiality helps companies focus on their key issues
- Coffee chains urged to improve takeaway cup recycling
- Ethical money: 10 ways to greener spending
- United Nations Releases Sustainable Procurement Guideline
- World Population Surpasses 7 Billion
- Buying Green! Handbook 2nd Edition
- Mass Solar Installation in Nottingham UK
- Breaking a Long Silence on Population Control
- Paper towels least green way of drying hands, study finds
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GREEN PURCHASING NEWS AROUND THE WORLD
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Maryland Team Wins Solar House Contest
Intended for a working couple who can use the house as home and office, the winning entry has a split butterfly roofline directing stormwater runoff into an axis at the core of the house. A green roof slows rainwater runoff to the landscape while improving the house’s energy efficiency.
Seeing the wood for the trees? How materiality helps companies focus on their key issues
Many companies are still not clear about sustainability processes, let alone reporting. Could the 'material' approach help?
Coffee chains urged to improve takeaway cup recycling
Caffe Nero and Starbucks takeaway cups. An estimated 2.5bn takeaway cups are thrown away each year in the UK.
Ethical money: 10 ways to greener spending
Every time we put our hands in our pockets we're making a choice. Guardian Money looks at how to be environment-savvy without it costing you the earth.
United Nations Releases Sustainable Procurement Guideline
UNEP (United Nations Environmental Programme) have released their new sustainable procurement guidelines.
World Population Surpasses 7 Billion
Global population trends result from varying levels of population growth and decline among countries. This informative video provides a simple and compelling overview of population trends that have created a world of 7 billion people.
Buying Green! Handbook 2nd Edition
The Second Edition of the Buying Green! Handbook has just been published by the European Commission.
Mass Solar Installation in Nottingham UK
The mass installation on 600 homes in Broxtowe and Aspley is one of the largest to be carried out in the UK in a single domestic scheme. The energy savings are thought to total around £72,000 a year. The solar industry said the government's plans to cut feed-in tariffs by over 50% in the next six weeks would devastate the number of installations on homes, schools and small businesses.
Breaking a Long Silence on Population Control
Major American environmental groups have dodged the subject of population control for decades, wary of getting caught up in the bruising politics of reproductive health.
Paper towels least green way of drying hands, study finds
Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have completed what is believed to be the first major study to assess the greenest way of drying your hands.
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