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Is there a business case for building green?
By GLOBE - Net, April 04, 2013
A new report argues that green building can play a key role in tackling climate change and resource conservation issues.
Policy and incentives drive energy efficiency retrofits
By GLOBE - Net, December 04, 2012
Programs and policies rewarding the most efficient buildlngs can also have the effect of educating companies on their buildings' effects on the environment as well.
Call to improve anti-corruption, carbon emissions reporting
By GLOBE - Net, August 21, 2012
As the Global Reporting Initiative develops the next generation of its Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, sustainability experts are asked to weigh in.
Why sustainability is crucial to risk management
By GLOBE - Net, July 24, 2012
Creeping environmental, social and governance risks are a threat to financial stability, says new report.
Big Business, Investors Urge Tough Climate Action
By GLOBE - Net, November 03, 2011
Investors controlling tens of trillions of dollars have asked policymakers to write better and clearer rules, in order to enable the transition to a low carbon economy.
GE Report Finds Gas Flaring Wastes 5 Percent of World's Supply
By GLOBE - Net, April 06, 2011
In a time when energy is scarce, unused fuel is simply being burned away in the common but highly wasteful practice of gas flaring, according to a new report from General Electric.
Is Green IT Dead and Buried?
By GLOBE - Net, January 18, 2011
A new report from Verdantix says that new sustainable technology services are eclipsing the outdated green it services market.
The High-Rise Urban Farms of the Future
By GLOBE - Net, November 24, 2009
Moving farms off land and into skyscrapers is on the verge of becoming reality. The main hurdle isn’t technology; it’s one of engineering and funding.
China Leads the World in the Race to Go Green
By GLOBE - Net, September 01, 2009
China is taking advantage of the green technology revolution that the challenge of climate change provides, according to a new report launched recently by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair...
Japanese Utilities to Test 'Low Emissions' Coal Plant
By GLOBE - Net, August 10, 2009
Two of Japan's largest utilities have joined forces in a new company, Osaki CoolGen Corporation, to undertake a large-scale demonstration test of oxygen-blown coal gasification combined cycle...