March 1, 2009
Philip Beresford
THE global rich are going green as never before. This first Sunday Times Green Rich List shows that the enthusiasm among the world’s wealthiest for investments in areas as diverse as electric cars, solar power and geothermal energy is unaffected by the recession.
The Green List has unearthed 100 tycoons or wealthy families …
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for: ‘May, 2010’
Eco barons lead the way
Positive signs for carbon reduction
30 May, 2010
The world’s leaders did not deliver an international agreement in Copenhagen and the US is dragging its feet on a climate bill. But there are some positive signs for the future, says US climate guru Lester Brown who says the key driver for this will be genuine competition in developing new energy technology …
Gulf oil disaster: Obama to press for climate and energy bill
By Delilah Jean Williams
26 May, 2010
BP began its “top kill” procedure at 2:00pm ET, on Wednesday. They will proceed with a great deal of caution and the first few hours are anticipated to be preliminary preparations.
The Obama administration recognizes the loud and clear message from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The only sure prevention …
The four Ds of cleantech marketing
February 19, 2009 by Steve Weiss
In 2008, more than 400 cleantech companies were successful enough to collectively raise $8.4 billion. And large companies invested billions to re-fashion themselves.
Yet most of these companies will underperform their potential, often due to fundamental marketing and product issues.
With a tough economy, reduced oil prices and a 50 percent plunge …
New Zealand stands by carbon trading plans
Tom Young, BusinessGreen, 24 May 2010
New Zealand will go ahead with its proposed carbon trading scheme despite Australia abandoning its plan to price carbon last month, prime minister John Key said this morning.
There had been reports in the press that the Key administration might follow Australia’s lead and abandon its emissions trading legislation in the …
Record Number of Clean Technology Venture Deals in 1Q 2010 Finds Cleantech Group and Deloitte
SAN FRANCISCO – March 31, 2010 – The Cleantech Group™, founders of the cleantech sector and providers of leading global market research, events and advisory services for the cleantech ecosystem, along with Deloitte, which provides audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services to cleantech companies, today released preliminary 1Q 2010 results for clean technology venture …
Global Water Scarcity: Risks and challenges for businesses
A new Lloyd’s 360 Risk Insight report says businesses must act now in the face of diminishing water supplies.
Businesses around the world must act now if they are to fend off the threat of a growing water shortage.
This stark warning comes from the latest Lloyd’s 360 Risk Insight report, ‘Global water scarcity’, which looks at …
Measuring the Green Economy
This report from the U.S. Commerce Department measures the size and economic impacts of green products and services.
The report looks at data from 2007 and finds that green jobs represented at the broadest sense 2 percent of the economy. Among the other findings of the report:
• The number of green jobs ranged from 1.8 million …
Carbon market grows to $136b
Tuesday, 04 May 2010
Charles Okonji
AfDB, others to tackle climate change
A climate change specialist, Ms Uzoamaka Nwamarah, has estimated the carbon market at about $136 billion as at January 2010.
She explained that despite its huge potentials, Africa was a very insignificant player in the carbon market.
Nwamarah, while speaking on prospects for an Africa carbon facility, at …
GreenNet 2010: IT can cut global carbon emissions by 7.8 gigatons
APRIL 29, 2010
For technology to truly achieve its environmental benefits, organizations need to abandon stale practices
By 2020, information and communications technology (ICT) could slash carbon emissions globally by 15 percent, equal to 7.8 gigatons, while reducing energy spending by $300 billion. Keynote speaker Molly Webb, head of strategic engagement at The Climate Group, cited those figures …
