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Carrier bag usage continues to fall

The number of carrier bags issued by UK supermarkets has fallen by more than 40 per cent since 2006, according to figures released today by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme).

Toyota plans five million cumulative hybrid sales by 2015

Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday it wants to reach cumulative sales of five million hybrid vehicles in the early part of this decade.

Chargemaster expects eightfold growth in sales in 2011

Chargemaster Plc said it expects sales of its electric vehicle (EV) charging units to grow eightfold in 2011 following the launch of a range of new charging solutions in April.

Electric car competition set to hot up as Mitsubishi drops price of i-MiEV

Mitsubishi Motors said today that it was reducing the price of its electric car, the i-MiEV, bringing it into line with rival, the Nissan Leaf.

Destination green: Thomson and First Choice step up commitment to sustainable tourism

Louise Bateman talks to Jane Ashton, head of sustainability at First Choice and Thomson, about the tour operators’ latest campaign to get their customers to take greener holidays.

Ellen MacArthur on why 'green' is no longer good enough

In a world where communication rules, it is sometimes useful to sit back and reflect on the meaning and substance behind the words we use, or the ones we sometimes feel we’re bombarded with.

Message in a box: how Alara Wholefoods is making organic an 'everyday' purchase

Alex Smith, founder of Alara Wholefoods, talks to Louise Bateman about getting people to buy organic again.

Peugeot pilots car club in UK

Carmaker Peugeot is looking to break into the growing UK car club market, launching a pilot vehicle rental service in two English cities.

Organic industry fights back with £2m campaign

The organic industry, which is experiencing its worst trading conditions in 20 years, is to launch a £2 million consumer awareness campaign after securing funding from the European Union (EU) and retailers and brands.

GE withdraws aggressive cleantech sales goal

General Electric Co abandoned its $25 billion (£16.7 billion) sales target for its energy-saving products, but said it would double its investment in cleantech research and development.

Environment worries to lift electric car sales

Global sales of electric vehicles are set to rise this year due to worries about security of oil supply, the environment and fuel costs, UK consultancy JD Power said on Friday.

Greenlight's Matthew Whiteway on BP, ads and CSR

Since the oil spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, BP has leveraged paid search campaigns in Google and Yahoo to steer users away from the negative brand listings on the search engine results pages (SERP).

Nissan begins limited test-drives for Leaf EV

Nissan Motor Co on Friday kicked off a week-long test-drive event for its Leaf electric car, saying it had a combined 20,000 orders in Japan and the United States six months before the car goes on sale.

Growing number of British public wants business to act on climate change

The British public is less concerned about climate change than it was five years ago, but more people think companies should take greater responsibility to tackle it, according to a survey published today.

Green technologies help Bosch weather economic storm

Bosch Group, the German-owned global supplier of technology and services, saw sales in the UK fall by 19 per cent in 2009, brought on by the recession, but the company said environmental technologies had helped the business weather the economic storm.


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