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How to develop your career in digital?
Here, we review how to boost your career prospects in the growing digital information sector. There is currently a strong demand for talent and the right strategy will help you focus your effort, save time and reap rewards perhaps surprisingly quickly.How Can Businesses Profit From The Next Phase Of Japan’s Comeback?
Having contracted in the third quarter of 2015, Japan’s economy has entered its fourth technical recession in five years. According to economics minister Akira Amari this is due to a lack of available workers for public projects worth billions of pounds.Space: the key to an eco-friendly workplace?
Maximising floor space is good for any business. It makes your workplace look more appealing to clients, calms the stress levels of your staff members and improve their efficiency. But more importantly, an office that’s less cramped is more likely to be optimised to help the environment.The eco-office: can you avoid being part of the problem?
In an ideal world, there’ll be a time when the term ‘eco-office’ will seem as dated as ‘gramophone’ or ‘picture house’. If the world can wake up and see the impact their actions are having on the planet, then every business will become eco-friendly.Food giants launch online sustainability site to meet changing consumer demands
Bidvest Foodservice and a ‘green alliance’ made up of food industry giants, Unilever, Premier Foods, Delifrance UK, Vegware, and Jacobs Douwe Egberts have today launched plate2planet, a ‘one-stop-shop’ digital platform that aims to address the growing demand in the food sector for useful and practical information about sustainability.Solar industry puts forward emergency £1 solar rescue plan
The solar industry is putting forward an emergency rescue plan for British solar which will cost just £1 on bills in 2019 as an alternative to the Government’s proposed cuts to the Feed-in Tariff for the technology.Procter & Gamble to turn the Tide with 100% wind power
Consumer product giant Procter & Gamble has announced plans to meet its electricity demands by using 100 per cent wind power to make iconic fabric and home care brands, such as Tide and Dawn.Trust, sustainability and the real scandal of the VW emissions tests
The VW scandal helps reinforce cynicism about the ability of the private sector to act in good faith and do its bit to tackle climate change, argues Adam Corner, Research Director for the Climate Outreach & Information Network and an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Psychology, Cardiff University.UK SMEs are wasting over £82m on surplus energy, study finds
Small and medium-sized commercial office businesses in the UK are overspending by over £82 million per annum on their energy bills as a result of inefficient technology and old equipment, according to new analysis.Why video conferencing can boost a company’s green credentials
There are a lot of good reasons why your company should be looking to operate in as green a way as possible, and not all of them are connected to social responsibility.Sky and WWF raise over £9 million to help protect Amazon rainforest
Sky Rainforest Rescue, the six-year partnership between Sky and WWF, has raised over £9 million to help keep one billion trees standing in the Amazon.5p charge on plastic carrier bags comes into force in England
A five pence tax on plastic bags must be extended to all shops to prevent further damage to the environment, campaigners have warned.Leading businesses rewarded for cutting emissions in the supply chain
Seven large businesses have demonstrated their sustainability leadership by becoming the first organisations to be awarded the new Carbon Trust Standard for Supply Chain, launched today at an event at the British Academy in Central London.Insurance CEOs call on Bank of England to take climate action
The leaders of 15 ClimateWise members have today written an open letter to the Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, and the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA).« Older Entries
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