M&S reveals three years progress of Plan A

Marks & Spencer has published the results of the third year of its attempts to transform itself into the country's greenest retailer.
http://corporate.marksandspencer.com/documents/publications/2010/How_We_Do_Business_Report_2010

Cradle to cradle design

http://www.ted.com/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_cradle_design.html

More than three quarters of corporate executives in the UK say they plan to increase spending on climate change initiatives

Despite the tough economic climate more than three quarters of corporate executives in the UK say they plan to increase spending on climate change initiatives between now and 2012.

http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?src=nl&id=18221

Olympics faces challenges too

Two of the world’s largest sporting events — the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa to be held this week and the 2012 Olympics in London — are facing environmental challenges particularly as they try to offset millions of tons of CO2 emissions, largely due to travel.
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/06/07/fifa-world-cup-2012-olympics-face-environmental-challenges/

Football to footprints: World Cup's carbon impact

Africa's first football World Cup will generate 2.75m tonnes of carbon emissions, one of the biggest environmental impacts of any sporting event in history, a study has found.
The finals in South Africa next year are expected to have a carbon footprint eight times that of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, even before long-haul international travel is taken into account. The main reasons for the discrepancy are the vast distances between South Africa's host cities and the lack of a green transport infrastructure.
The estimated output from South Africa is 896,661 tonnes of carbon dioxide, according to the optimistically entitled Feasibility Study for a Carbon Neutral 2010 Fifa World Cup, commissioned jointly by the South African and Norwegian governments. Another 1,856,589 tonnes will result from fans travelling from around the world, making the World Cup's footprint the biggest of any major event aiming to be "climate neutral", the report said.
http://www.norway.org.za/NR/rdonlyres/3E6BB1B1FD2743E58F5B0BEFBAE7D958/114457/FeasibilityStudyforaCarbonNeutral2010FIFAWorldCup.pdf

More windmills, less polar bears - scientist considers best way to communicate climate change

Symbols of hope rather than those of environmental catastrophe make more effective tools when trying to engage the public in the environmental debate, according to scientists researching climate change communication.

http://www.nhssustainability.co.uk/energy/energy-climate-change/more-windmills-less-polar-bears-scientist-considers-best-way-to-communicate-climate-change/

Ditching smart work clothes could help climate change

http://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/pm/articles/2010/04/ditching-smart-work-clothes-could-help-climate-change.htm

Greenwash tackled by environmental experts

http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?src=nl&id=18186

Make IT Green

The report links a growth in internet computing with a 'huge jump' in greenhouse gas emissions, through the way electricity is supplied to power the buildings, or data centres, where websites are maintained.
http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/usa/press-center/reports4/make-it-green-cloud-computing.pdf

Energy Security and Green Economy Bill 2010-11

The Bill will introduce access to energy efficiency measures to homes and business.
http://www.epolitix.com/legislation/legislation-details/newsarticle/energy-bill-2010-11/

EU considering environmental taxes

Speaking at a lecture in March in Brussels on growth and jobs, the European environmental commissioner, Janez Potocnik, has claimed the EU must be sending the right economic signals to ensure that the true environmental value of natural resources is reflected in their price. http://www.simplifi-solutions.co.uk/news.php#eu