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UK overpaying £1bn for power
Liam O'Brien reports in Supply Management: British companies are paying £1 billion too much for their energy because of poor buying decisions, according to a new report.
Morley Calls for Environmental Reporting
UK Environment Minister Elliot Morley stressed that business could no longer afford not to report on the environment. This came as he published for consultation, a new generation of guidelines, to help UK business manage...
Companies step up the pressure for greener business travel
The Financial Times, 6 July 2005 reports - George W. Bush, US president, may have difficulty admitting the extent to which human activity - such as rapidly increasing air travel - is to blame for global warming but airli...
Weak climate deal at stunned Gleneagles
Leaders at the G8 summit are preparing a common statement underlining the seriousness of climate change but without any concrete commitments on targets or actions.
Environment Agency for England & Wales Worried by Hazardous Waste Apathy
Worrying figures from the Environment Agency reveal that less than a third of businesses know about the new rules for hazardous waste. The figures, published at the end of June, come as the Environment Agency sets out it...
G8 – Lack Of Targets but Progress Made
The G8 Summit in Gleneagles has ended with a call from UK Prime Minister Tony Blair for a new dialogue on climate change, clean energy and sustainable development. While environmentalists criticised the lack of concrete ...
UK – new guidance helps councils on sustainable procurement
Authoritative new guidance on best practice in sustainable procurement, launched last week by WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme), could help councils to significantly boost their performance when it comes ...
London 2012 – A Sustainable Olympics Are Promised
Building on the ecological and sustainable ideals developed in Sydney and Athens, London's bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games was a bid for the most sustainable Games ever. As the government department for sustainable de...
Lords to G8: UK climate policies "wildly optimistic"
US Kyoto scepticism will draw comfort from a UK House of Lords report slamming the United Nations' International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for being under political influence. The Select Committee on Economic Affair...
Resource for the Masses
In the same month that world leaders meet to discuss future policy on climate change at the G8 summit, practitioners will come together to discuss how an accurate set of data and resource flow management systems will hel...