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Its time for action on sustainability, says IBM boss

Business and government must begin taking action to make our economies sustainable, the UK boss of IBM said today.

New training course aims to fill gap in green building knowledge

A new training course aimed at those working in the building industry who have little or no knowledge of sustainability will officially launch on Monday.

Voluntary CO2 offset market participants shrink

Some major participants in the voluntary carbon market are shrinking after the United States failed to implement federal cap-and-trade legislation and the market stopped growing last year.

ICE cuts staff at Chicago Climate Exchange

Market operator Intercontinental Exchange Inc. is laying off staff at newly acquired US environmental bourse the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), industry sources told Reuters, citing a lack of US action on climate change.

Northwest needs to ‘green’ a quarter of its workforce

England’s northwest will need to 'green’ the skills of up to a quarter of its workforce by 2020 if the region is to meet its objectives of developing a low carbon economy.

Lloyds looks to train “every manager” in sustainability

Lloyds Banking Group is beefing up sustainability training in its corporate and commercial divisions with a view to one day having local managers across the country supporting their business customers to 'go green’.

British Gas opens green training centre

British Gas has today opened a new training centre in Wales that aims to provide people with the right skills to work in the rapidly expanding renewable energy sector.

SMEs to deliver thousands of jobs in ‘green recovery’, study predicts

Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are set to play a crucial role in Britain’s low carbon recovery – creating thousands of green jobs – according to a new report. 

Salaries in UK corporate responsibility sector climb

Those working in the corporate responsibility (CR) sector in the UK have seen their salaries climb and their job security improve in 2010.

Renewable energy training centre to open on Merseyside

A £280,0000 green energy training centre focused on microgeneration technologies and backed by private business is set to open later this year on Merseyside.

Student Switch Off is the business for switched on entrepreneur

A young entrepreneur who came up with the novel idea to get former fellow students to cut the energy they use in their halls of residence through simple incentive schemes is seeing his business take off.

Mandelson says Labour can deliver green jobs

In his first speech since the election campaign got underway yesterday, Business Secretary Peter Mandelson has said that Labour can deliver the green jobs Britain needs to remain competitive.

UK businesses going green but not getting on their bikes

More and more businesses across the UK are making green measures a priority in the workplace, but the vast majority still do not have a green travel plan in place, according to new research.

Government consults on low carbon skills

The Government has launched a consultation on the how to skill-up people for a low carbon economy with the announcement that it will be co-funding up to 2,500 apprenticeships in the emerging wind energy sector.

Businesses target own employees in home insulation campaign

A group of companies have joined forces with the Government in a new campaign to get their employees to insulate their homes.


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Its time for action on sustainability, says IBM boss
IBM's Stephen Leonard (fourth from right) with HRH Prince of Wales and other ceos of Start partners
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