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Source: Pew Charitable Trusts, 2009, based on the National Establishment Time Series Database; analysis by Pew Center on the States and Collaborative Economics.
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Source: Pew Charitable Trusts, 2009, based on the National Establishment Time Series Database; analysis by Pew Center on the States and Collaborative Economics.
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Auckland Eco City Plan Making its Way Forward
The Auckland Super City is envisioned to be an Eco City or Sustainable City and making it to be the most habitable city in the world. This develops as Auckland Super City mayoralty candidate Len Brown announced to students at King’s College in Otahuhu his plans of incorporating Waitakere’s eco-city into the Super City. Waitakere City is the 5th largest city in New Zealand and its 1st Eco City. It has a strong economy, attractive road and transport access and eco-system protection program. It uses natural resources better and produces less waste. Significant improvements on the well-being of resident were noted thus making it famous for its well placed clean green image.
Brown said his main goals include environment with economic progress and building strong communities. His environmental goals include reducing Auckland’s’ carbon footprint to 40% and an introduction to green waste collections. A sustainable city includes programs and designs with consideration to environment. It is a city wherein the citizenry are dedicated in minimizing the usage of energy, water, and reducing carbon emission and water pollution. It should adapt renewable source of energy, programs on recycling and reusing and other practices parallel to environmental care. Continue reading
Flying on Greener Skies
Air travel was once a point of contention in green circles. The possible consequences of emitting toxic and greenhouse gasses at high altitudes are not fully understood, and are very difficult to measure. However, in response to the concern several airlines have demonstrated sterling social responsibility by putting measures in place to reduce carbon emissions before official regulation came into play.
British Airways [NYSE: BAY] was the first airline to initiate a voluntary carbon offset scheme, which it introduced in 2005 amid rising concern about aviation pollution. BA’s “Carbon Offset Scheme” is available to passengers during the booking process. It is an entirely voluntary program letting passengers make donations to offset the share of the carbon dioxide that their flight generates. BA calculates the carbon emission through a CO2 emission calculator that generates an estimate of the carbon produced during the journey. Money raised helps to fund hydro-electric power plants and wind farm projects around the world. In addition, BA also voluntarily reassessed their carbon footprint in 2008 by applying the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Standard and their calculations now include direct and indirect emissions, such as those from their suppliers.
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Epicor and Village Green Global Partnered for Green IT Sustainability
More and more companies are getting involved in the “greening” of the IT industry. A great example of this is the Computer Savers Computing Initiative’s (CSCI) coordinated efforts in slashing a total of 32 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions generated as a result of computer use over the last three years. This has fueled them in expanding their focus to include commercial and networking systems and devices like routers, switches, cables, WLAN, security and access devices.
Next in line for the “green IT” prize is Epicor Software Corporation [NasdaqGS: EPIC] and Village Green Global, Inc. after announcing their strategic partnership that will extend the abilities of Epicor’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) suite in the area of sustainability. The venture will assist companies to analyze, identify, track, audit, manage, and report on carbon emissions, environmental impact and energy consumption. Founded in 1984, Epicor Software is a worldwide leader delivering business software solutions to the manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality and services industries. It provides enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain management (SCM), customer relationship management (CRM), and enterprise retail software solutions that permit companies to drive increased efficiency and improve profitability.
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Samsung Focuses its Effort on Eco-Management
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd [NASDAQ: SSNLF] has intensified its efforts towards being recognized as an environmentally friendly company through its PlanetFirst™ initiative. The project is aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions from its manufacturing sites and developing a greater range of environmentally-friendly technologies and electronic devices.
The company has invested 1.01 trillion Korean Won or the equivalent of US $865 million to implement the plan. Senior vice president and head of the CS & Environment Center, Park Sangbum said that the company has committed itself to meeting or surpassing its Eco-Management objectives by 2013. They are looking into opportunities to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from several aspects of manufacturing and understanding how their actions impact the environment. Through this effort, Samsung aims to become a leader in sustainability among private businesses.
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Ford Wins Top Honors with Eco-Conscious Designs
Ford Motor Company [NYSE: F] has managed to rise from the ashes of the automotive crisis stronger than ever, snagging the prestigious awards in two distinct market sectors for their Fusion™ passenger sedan and Transit Connect™ commercial vehicle. A panel of 49 automotive journalists at the Detroit Auto Show named the vehicles North American Car and Truck of the year, respectively. It represents a huge stride for a domestic automaker to sweep the awards in this fashion, especially in an era of bailouts and struggling sales (although it should be noted that Ford is the only American Car Manufacturer who didn’t require bailout money during the financial crisis).
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Successful Tesla IPO “Charges” Electric Car Market
In the midst of a struggling economy, it always feels good to hear about a company that has managed to carve out some success despite the trying times. It feels even better when that company is a key player in the green technology sector. In this case the company is Tesla Motors [Nasdaq: TSLA], the manufacturer of the groundbreaking Tesla Roadster.
A June IPO (Initial Public Offering) for Tesla managed to raise 200 million dollars in equity financing for the company, the first US automaker to go public in 54 years. The success of their financing push in the midst of the current financial turmoil is an encouraging sign for the electric car market in general, signaling that investors (and hopefully consumers) are ready to move on the technology. In addition since IPO’s in general have lost popularity with investors since the dot com crisis earlier this decade, the relative strength of Tesla’s IPO may be another herald of success.
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Leading Tech Businesses Work to Reduce Pollution from IT Sector
Key players in the information technology industry were able to reduce thier carbon dioxide emissions by a total of 32 million metric tons of over a period of three years, according to a study performed by Natural Logic covering the period starting July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2010.
Natural Logic helps companies and communities prosper by identifying strategies to increase environmental performance. By increasing efficiency and reducing impact, these techniques help to build profit, bolster competitive advantage and increase quality of life for the companies and communities they serve.
A few of the larger companies that were most recognized for thier efforts to cut energy used by thier computers and computer networks are: Cisco Systems Inc. [NASDAQ: CSCO], Google Inc. [NASDAQ: GOOG], Intel Corp. [NASDAQ: INTEL], Dell Inc. [NASDAQ: DELL], Hewlett-Packard Co. [NYSE: HPQ], and Microsoft Corp. [NASDAQ: MSFT]. Continue reading
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China is Now the World’s Biggest Energy Consumer
The International Energy Agency has recently revealed that China has surpassed the US in terms of overall energy use. The data gathered by the agency is a testament to China’s unstoppable economic growth and rapid industrialization. China’s insatiable need for more power has profound implication on the United State’s energy security.
The Paris-based International Energy Agency stated that China used 2.252 billion tons of oil equivalent in 2009 while the US consumed 2.170 billion tons of oil equivalent. Oil-equivalent is a type of measurement used to gauge the amount of overall energy used including other energy forms such as natural gas, coal, nuclear, and even renewable resources such as wind and hydropower. However, these figures have been denied by China.
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GE to Pledge $200 Million Investment on Power Grid Technology
GE and its partners are launching yet another project to increase Power Grid Technology by working together with key industries that are interested in renewable energy. Some of the key players are Emerald Technology Ventures, RockPort Capital, Foundation Capital, Kleiner Perkins, and Caufield & Byers. Jeff Immelt, GE Chairman and CEO, said that GE is putting $200 million in capital investment to fund ideas that will pave the way for the creation of technologies that will support energy generation in renewable energy sector.
The challenge entitled “GE ecomagination Challenge: Powering the Grid” aims to attract scientists, businessmen, newbies and old ones to collaborate and share their insight to create the next generation power system that will help the demands of people of the current century. Immelt believes that pushing innovation at the heart of scientists and investors and policy makers will accelerate efforts to improve how we use energy and the way we generate it. The company is seeking qualified partners that will join their ranks in discovering new ways to power up the grid to create a cleaner energy source that will be used in the future. Continue reading
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Australia trying to match Germany’s green energy efforts
Germany is one of Europe’s leaders in environmental awareness. But this did not happen overnight as the country was also hit by the disastrous pollution of the Rhine River in the 70s. These and the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in 1986 opened Germany’s eyes towards the development of clean energy to avoid the ugly environmental impact of unsafe power production. The country is eager to bring this kind of consciousness to the rest of Europe by bringing up issues that concern the impact of energy production on the environment as a whole.
Barbel Kofler, a member of German parliament, has compared its effort to Australia which is enjoying more renewable energy more than the Germany. She also stated that Australia’s current status is seen as one of the worst in terms of protecting the environment and reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The German politician also called on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to work the earliest on this issue to address the pressing need to reduce global CO2 emissions in the atmosphere and to reduce the impact of climate change.
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