Carbon Credit
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Asia is going green, like it or not
News Businesses in Asia may not be as strongly bound by law to go green as Western counterparts, but economic pressures will take care of that, says ILOG chief scientist.
Tags: Green IT, Logistics planning, Inventory management, Supply chain management (SCM), Ilog, Carbon Emission, Asia, Supplier, Emission, Europe
Tech vets making leap to green tech
News Clean-tech companies are hiring IT veterans as they look to bring Silicon Valley-style entrepreneurship to slow-moving industries.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Leadership
Bob Metcalfe takes helm of biofuel company
News Tech veteran of Xerox Parc, 3Com and a VC, he's now trying his hand in biofuels.
Tags: Executive recruiting
A US$5 solar stove for rural poor, paid for by polluters
News The Kyoto Box, an award-winning solar cooker made of cardboard, aims to reach millions for free with the help of the carbon credit market.
Tags: Green IT, Carbon Credit, Carbon Emission, Emission, Kyoto Box, Jan Bohmer, Deforestation, developing country, food, White House
On the trail of Dell's carbon footprint
News While the PC maker is certainly early with its carbon-neutral claim, other companies will soon follow. As they do, there will be a need to seriously vet these claims.
Tags: Green IT, Desktops, R&D, Recycling, Supplier, Carbon Footprint, Emission, Computer, audit, SEC
Green IT is a goldmine, not a burden
News Industry analyst Bruce McCabe says companies innovating around sustainability tech stand to make billions over the next decade.
Tags: Green IT, Business development/management, Green IT, venture capital, software, audit, U.S., information technology, supply chain, strategy
IBM to count carbon emissions for cash
News IBM has partnered with two other companies to build an application that they say can accurately measure corporate efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Tags: Business ethics
Banks use tech to boost green credentials
News Financial institutions such as Morgan Stanley and HSBC are making environmental issues a key element of their day-to-day business.
Tags: Green IT
