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IDC Green Initiative Offers Resources to Help Business and IT Executives Meet Emerging Energy, Environmental, and Sustainability Demands
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- IDC and its family of Industry Insights companies today announced the launch of a holistic Green initiative, designed to help decision makers understand the role of technology in addressing the challenges and opportunities amidst today's energy, environment, and sustainability requirements. "A recent survey of IT executives...
Tags: International Data Corp., Strategy, sustainability
Research articles 2008-10-21
CEA Issues First-Ever Industry Environmental Sustainability Report
Consumer Electronics Industry Demonstrates Progress Toward Environmental Sustainability ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Consumer Electronics Association CEA([R])today released the first industry-wide consumer electronics CE environmental sustainability report. Environmental Sustainability and Innovation in the Consumer Electronics Industry analyzes the CE industry's progress toward greater environmental sustainability. Conducted for CEA by independent...
Tags: Consumer Electronics Association, electronics, Strategy, sustainability
Research articles 2008-10-20
Chantal Wolf-Laeufer Paints a Vision of Sustainability Using Rohm and Haas's Acrylic Technology at Cefic Exhibit in Strasbourg
LAUTERBOURG, France -- Chantal Wolf-Laeufer, a local artist, will mark the opening of the Cefic exhibit at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on July 8, 2008, by painting a picture in the theme of sustainable development using interior paints which contain acrylic technology from Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE:ROH). ...
Tags: European Parliament, Manufacturing, paint, Strategy, sustainability, technology, vision
Research articles 2008-07-07
Rohm and Haas Promotes Sustainability at Cefic Exhibition in Strasbourg
Company Displays Innovations that Support Sustainable Development at Chemical Industry's 'Building Blocks for Climate Change Solutions' Exhibition MORGES, Switzerland -- As part of its commitment to sustainability, Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE:ROH) is participating in the European Chemical Industry Council Cefic exhibition, "Building Blocks for Climate Change Solutions". The...
Tags: European Parliament, exhibition, Strategy, sustainability
Research articles 2008-07-02
Invention Machine Customer Speaks on Driving Sustainable Innovation Through Biomimicry At Front End of Innovation
Going Green has moved beyond buzzword status to become a business imperative that can lower costs and provide a competitive advantage in the marketplace, according to a recent Aberdeen Group report. Yet, an alarming number of companies are taking on green initiatives without a holistic vision and most are overwhelmingly...
Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., benefit, Strategy, sustainability
Research articles 2008-05-13
FPA's 2008: Environmental Summit.(FPA UPDATE)
Recently, FPA held its 2008 Environmental Summit. From January 24-26, flexible packaging converters and suppliers examined environmental topics and issues specific to the flexible packaging industry. Presenters of the 2008 Environmental Summit included: Marybeth Kelliher, Department of Homeland Security, who discussed "DHS ...
Tags: chemicals, Environmental, Strategy, sustainability, U.S., U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2008-02-01
Lisa Nelowet Grice Joins ENVIRON
Ewire -- ENVIRON is pleased to announce that Lisa Nelowet Grice, CIH, has joined the firm as a Principal based in the Denver, Colorado office. Formerly CH2M HILL's Vice President for Strategic Services, responsible for Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Management, and Energy Services, Ms. Grice is an internationally known expert in...
Tags: emission, Strategy, sustainability, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2007-11-20
2007 Innovative Solution Awards
Today's pace of change is exhilarating. Innovative uses of technology across and beyond the organization which result in high impact and value creation are the basis for competitive advantage. DM Review created this Innovative Solution Award to recognize solutions that are groundbreaking and provide quantifiable business value. DM Review is...
Tags: Databases, DM Review, FINANCE, ROI, ROI/TCO, SOFTWARE, Strategy, sustainability
Research articles 2007-11-01
Sustainable strategies: beverage companies take on environmental concerns.(SPECIAL REPORT)
The United States is in the midst of a green movement--not for the first time, but with more pressure, perhaps, on consumer products companies than ever before. In fact, a recent study released by the Grocery Manufacturers Association and Deloitte Consulting said sustainability is "unlike any...
Tags: beverage, bottle, Coca-Cola Co., Manufacturing, PET, recycling, strategy, sustainability, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2007-08-01
Letters to the editor
The Washington, D.C., junta is tearing apart the U.S. economy, society and international goodwill. America deserves, and urgently needs, a new social contract based on the notions of fairness, sustainability and international cooperation. The White House needs a new resident, of the stature and vision of FDR, with a New...
Tags: fairness, goodwill, Strategy, sustainability, White House
Research articles 2007-06-29
Competing with boundless energy efficiency: although every company is feeling the effects of rising energy costs, some manufacturers have gained competitive advantage by making energy efficiency part of their business strategy. It's a sustainability strat
REGARDLESS OF INDUSTRY sector, companies are being impacted by energy's growing cost significance. While those rising prices signal the need for greater operating efficiency, management's biggest energy challenge is in recognizing and fulfilling its increasing competitive potential. For some manufacturers energy efficiency as...
Tags: Johnson Controls Inc., strategy, sustainability, Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 2007-05-01
NEWS BRIEFS
* EVERY LITTLE YELPS Tesco has hit out at suppliers and other retailers, which it says are trying to blame the supermarket for their own poor performance. Responding to concerns raised by the Competition Commission's Emerging Thinking report into competition in the grocery sector (Web news, 24 January), Tesco said...
Tags: Airbus S.A.S., Strategy, sustainability, Williams
Research articles 2007-04-12
Upcoming green chemistry events.(EVENTS/ EVENEMENTS)(Calendar)
Joint meeting of the 1st Asian-Oceanian Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry and the 7th Annual Green and Sustainable Chemistry Symposium March 7-9, 2007, Tokyo, Japan Engineering Sustainability 2007--Innovations that Span Boundaries April 15-18, 2007,...
Tags: conference, Leadership, National Science Foundation, Pittsburgh, Strategy, sustainability
Research articles 2007-02-01
Strategies Application in Project Evaluation - The Case of Bumbuna Hydroelectric Project (BHP), Sierra Leone1
Abstract This paper discusses environmental sustainability vis-à-vis regulatory compliance and environmental policy issues as related to the challenges and benefits being experienced by the Bumbuna Hydroelectric Project BHP in Sierra Leone. The paper's goal is to present strategies by applying established theoretical concepts and frameworks to the BHP case. It...
Tags: benefit, FINANCE, financing, Strategy, sustainability, World Bank
Research articles 2007-01-01
Understanding sustainability
IT'S GREEN. IT'S DYNAMIC. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE education. Remember when positive pressure first hit the scene? What a confusing time, but all of us in the openings industry seemed to work our way through it. Just like positive pressure, this change will affect us all, whether we are in...
Tags: Environmental, Quality, standards, Strategy, sustainability, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2006-11-01
Companies Must Develop New Risk Management Strategies to Counter Wider Variety of Threats, Deloitte Chief Says.
DAVOS, Switzerland, January 25 /PRNewswire/ -- - Globalization Has Increased Exposure of Corporations Well Beyond Financial Events William G. Parrett, Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Deloitte, today told attendees at the World Economic Forum that the importance of risk management...
Tags: Deloitte LLP, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, FINANCE, financial, Globalization, SECURITY, Strategy, sustainability
Research articles 2006-01-25
Hot-Button Topics for Managers in 2007
Much of success in business comes from listening to your customers, and the same is true for those of us writing for a management audience. Your insights shape the conversation, inspiring us all to question what defines strong leadership, what motivates employees to go the extra mile, and what propels...
Tags: Management, Strategy, Lori Deschene, Tools & Techniques, Construction, Globalization, Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Customer, Sustainability
Blog posts 2007-12-18
Payoffs of E-Development projects are huge when risks are well managed; The World Bank urges both developed and developing countries to learn from past lessons to increase the impact and sustainability of e-development projects.
M2 PRESSWIRE-10 November 2005-WORLD BANK: Payoffs of E-Development projects are huge when risks are well managed; The World Bank urges both developed and developing countries to learn from past lessons to increase the impact and sustainability of e-development projectsC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10112005...
Tags: E-government, FINANCE, Government, payoff, Strategy, sustainability, World Bank
Research articles 2005-11-10
Partial harmonization of EU directives limit municipal water and wastewater treatment equipment market; Water sector needs to be reformed and restructured for financial sustainability.
M2 PRESSWIRE-19 September 2005-FROST & SULLIVAN: Partial harmonization of EU directives limit municipal water and wastewater treatment equipment market; Water sector needs to be reformed and restructured for financial sustainabilityC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:19092005 London, UK - The fulfilment of...
Tags: directive, E-mail, financial, Frost & Sullivan, Strategy, sustainability
Research articles 2005-09-19
Easy being green
It was 1962 when the first excerpts from Rachel Carson's environmental opus Silent Spring reached the world through the pages of the New Yorker, condemning the harmful pesticides that had become an agricultural staple since World War II. Though incredibly effective in eradicating the insects that had plagued farmers for...
Tags: emission, Europe, financial, Strategy, sustainability, U.S., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2005-07-01
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