Posts Tagged ‘green’
Eco-labeling vs. Greenmuting: What’s Right for You?
By Peter Korchnak*
A while ago someone asked me whether my business card was printed on recycled paper. Yes, it is, I replied.
Why, then, the response went, is there nowhere on my card a corresponding symbol to be seen?
And, what if, when deciding whether to keep the card or do business with my company, a prospect [...]
Philips Unveils Solar LED Floodlighting in Time for FIFA 2010 World Cup
Imagine if lights went out in the middle of a match between Brazil’s Samba Boys and South Africa’s Bafana Bafana during quarters at the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa? What would follow – riots, probably.
For ardent soccer fans, take heart, Philips Lighting is coming to the rescue, courtesy of the sun, with a [...]
Nobel Laureate to Keynote at Africa’s Premier Green Business Summit
Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) will keynote at the inaugural Green Business Africa Summit & Expo 2010 (GBASE02010), an event that will bring to the mainstream issues around sustainability in the business environment as well as green corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Africa.
“Dr Pachauri [...]
Forests and Businesses: Uneasy Bedfellows
By Catherine Sasman
Too few businesses use appropriate industry-led approaches to tackle the threat of wholesale deforestation, The Forest Dialogue has found.
The Forest Dialogue (TFD) is made up of a group of individuals from different regions across the globe that has committed itself to the conservation and sustainable use of forests.
The group has now come out [...]
Kenyans Welcome First Solar-Powered Phone in Africa
By Alan Boswell
Kenyan telecommunications company Safaricom has launched Africa’s first fully solar-powered phone. The mobile phone’s timely release comes as Kenya is suffering from a major power shortfall.
The new solar-powered mobile phone went on sale this past week. Kenyans can buy the phone for a little under $40.
Jacque Sherry, a 28-year old accountant in Nairobi, [...]
