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Business and government must begin taking action to make our economies sustainable, the UK boss of IBM said today.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
Those working in the corporate responsibility (CR) sector in the UK have seen their salaries climb and their job security improve in 2010.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A group of companies have joined forces with the Government in a new campaign to get their employees to insulate their homes.