NAIROBI, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) — Ministers of environment from more than 100 countries began a week-long meeting in Nairobi, Kenya on Monday to discuss ways of adopting a green economy to improve capital base and ecosystem services. The ministers attending the 26th UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum also said governments have a key role [...]
As the low-carbon revolution gathers pace globally, Britain’s businesses have an unprecedented opportunity to profit from it. Already worth £3,000 billion annually, the world’s green economy is forecast to grow by a quarter over the next five years, outpacing overall growth. The early pioneers of this green business revolution are already profiting from the move [...]
New York City is the only city in the US that never sleeps. It is also one city that often smells, especially in the summer. One reason is the city’s aging sewage system, to which the city’s 8 million residents contribute 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater daily. All that wastewater goes through several processes until [...]
The world is in desperate need of a clean source of energy and a shift towards Solar seems to be the best solution, says Hari Kiran Chereddi, Managing Director, Sujana Energy Solar is the colour and mood of the moment. Solar has today become an important part of Going Green movements and has moved towards [...]
Small businesses employ more than 52% of working Americans, according to the Small Business Administration, and comparable percentages in other developed countries. It follows that small businesses generate a substantial portion of the business world’s environmentally harmful waste. To help small business owners and employees minimize their environmental impact, here are 20 simple ways to [...]
Nike is taking a leadership position and opening its Environmental Design Tool to everyone on the web. The tool, which Nike has used internally for years, has been released in the hopes that it will spur collaboration between apparel designers and reduce consumption of natural resources like water and oil. The online tool allows textile [...]
The 2011 State of Green Business Forum, conducted by GreenBizGroup, started today in San Francisco, and follows with forums in Chicago and Washington D.C. in the next two weeks. The Forum is one of the standard bearers in the world of sustainable business conferences. It brings together thought leaders, innovators, and executives across all industries [...]
In case you were wondering, green is still in. It seems that every business is marketing and promoting some initiative to spark renewed interest in their products and services, despite whether they are truly green or not. However, many companies really are betting on green creativity as a way to position themselves for a consumer [...]
