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isPermaLink="false">http://www.ecopreneur.co.za/?p=4010</guid> <description><![CDATA[GreenBiz Group’s fifth annual2012 State of Green Business Report offers a somewhat mixed view of the current green and sustainable business landscape. “Things aren’t going as well as we’d hoped,” says Joel Makower, principal author of the 84-page report. “For the first time since we began doing our assessment, in 2008, several of the indicators [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.ecopreneur.co.za/2012/01/29/mixed-results-for-2012-state-of-green-business/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2012 Green business opportunities and challenges</title><link>http://www.ecopreneur.co.za/2012/01/24/2012-green-business-opportunities-and-challenges/</link> <comments>http://www.ecopreneur.co.za/2012/01/24/2012-green-business-opportunities-and-challenges/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:23:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Green Business Opportunity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[business sustainability]]></category> <category><![CDATA[carbon efficient business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cleaner sources of energy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[climate summit in Durban]]></category> <category><![CDATA[energy challenges]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[energy infrastructure]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Green]]></category> <category><![CDATA[green business in 2012]]></category> <category><![CDATA[green businesses]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Green Economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[green policy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[green technologies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[green tourism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[new green businesses]]></category> <category><![CDATA[renewable]]></category> <category><![CDATA[skills shortages]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social networking sites]]></category> <category><![CDATA[UK green business]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.ecopreneur.co.za/?p=3992</guid> <description><![CDATA[As business optimism in the general economy falls, GreenWise asks business leaders, NGOs and academics what are the opportunities and challenges for green business in 2012? On business sustainability  Jon Bentley, Smarter Energy lead, IBM Global Business Services 2012 will continue to offer opportunity for green businesses, but it is clear that success will rely [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.ecopreneur.co.za/2012/01/24/2012-green-business-opportunities-and-challenges/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Green energy and growth: China&#8217;s five-year plan</title><link>http://www.ecopreneur.co.za/2011/03/01/green-energy-and-growth-chinas-five-year-plan/</link> <comments>http://www.ecopreneur.co.za/2011/03/01/green-energy-and-growth-chinas-five-year-plan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 07:23:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Green]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Solar and Renewable Energy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gross margins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[growth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[renewable power sources]]></category> <category><![CDATA[service-based economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[solar power]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.ecopreneur.co.za/?p=2609</guid> <description><![CDATA[It is official: China is now the world’s largest consumer of energy, surpassing the US in 2009, according to the International Energy Agency. According to internal statistics, Chinese energy consumption was up another 5.9% in 2010 and while the PRC has made strides in energy efficiency, China consumed 5.3% more coal, 12.9% more crude oil [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.ecopreneur.co.za/2011/03/01/green-energy-and-growth-chinas-five-year-plan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How Sustainability Creates Jobs</title><link>http://www.ecopreneur.co.za/2010/02/19/how-sustainability-creates-jobs/</link> <comments>http://www.ecopreneur.co.za/2010/02/19/how-sustainability-creates-jobs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:24:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Green Business Opportunity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Ecopreneur]]></category> <category><![CDATA[business opportunities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Business Opportunity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[carbon emissions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economics For Equity And Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Green]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Green Economy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Green Energy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[green jobs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Green News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Greenhouse Gas Emissions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hsbc]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pew Charitable Trusts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pew Research Center]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pollution]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Union Of Concerned Scientists]]></category> <category><![CDATA[University Of California Berkeley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wind Energy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wind power]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.ecopreneur.co.za/?p=1468</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jonathan Lim &#8211; Huffington post The #1 argument by corporations and politicians who oppose reducing pollution, fighting climate change and moving America to a cleaner, greener, more sustainable future is that doing so will cost the country jobs and hurt the economy. In fact, since many corporations and politicians claim to believe that climate change [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.ecopreneur.co.za/2010/02/19/how-sustainability-creates-jobs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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