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London Turns Rising Groundwater Into Liquid Asset
ENS) – Engineers are finding innovative uses for London's rising groundwaters, including filling lakes at Buckingham Palace. Read More
Brazil Poised To Join Top Ranks Of Can Recyclers
AP) – Brazilians don't pay deposits on containers, rarely separate their trash and think little of tossing an empty soda can from a car window. "Please Don't Litter" signs are roundly ignored. Yet Brazil is poised to catch up with Japan as a leader among the world's biggest countries in recycling aluminum cans. Read More
Climate Change and Social Engineering
Some key lessons gleaned from the recent climate-change talks in The Hague. Read More
Marriott Develops Its First Carbon-Neutral CHP Plant
The London Heathrow Marriott has announced that its new combined heat and power plant will be carbon neutral, the company's first ever such initiative. Read More
Ski Areas Graded on Environmental Practices
ENS) – Skiers have a choice this winter between truly environmentally friendly resorts and those whose "green" practices are more of a snow job. A coalition of grassroots conservation groups on Wednesday released a "scorecard" report that grades commercial ski areas throughout the west on a host of environmental criteria. Read More
Team Spotlights Top 50 Corporate Sustainability Reports
Multinationals are becoming more transparent but fail to address major environmental and social impacts, according to a new report. Read More
Nike Endorses Beyond-Compliance Aims
Sports apparel giant Nike has signed on with The Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies to endorse the group's code of voluntary, "beyond-compliance" environmental conduct. Read More
Calvert Launches First Socially Responsible Tech Fund
Reuters) – Calvert Group, a mutual fund company best known for its socially responsible portfolios which exclude companies involved in tobacco, gambling, weapons and other activities, has launched what it bills as the first-ever socially screened technology fund, the company said yesterday. Read More
Will Fish Farming Overtake Cattle Ranching?
Aquacultural output is the fastest-growing sector of the world food economy. Indeed, fish farming is poised to overtake cattle ranching as a food source. Read More
Brazilian Cemetery First to Land ISO 14000
In a cemetery world first, a Brazilian company has landed an ISO 14000 certification, proving its commitment to establishing environmentally friendly business management guidelines. Read More