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The Langham: SWR is appointed by the Langham, London to manage waste

(25/01/2012)

SWR is now managing the entire waste contract for The Langham, London, a renowned 5* luxury hotel in London. SWR specialises in the hotel and catering sector and has been appointed to manage all of the hotel’s waste. Under the new waste contract SWR intends to raise recycling levels from the current rate of 35 percent to an impressive 75 percent over the first year of the contract and in the process realise significant reductions of The Langham’s waste spend. Kobus Maree, Safety, Risk and S... [more]

The Green Deal Skills Alliance: Climate Change Minister encourages skills for the Green Deal and launches The Green Deal Skills Alliance

(24/01/2012)

Climate Change Minister Greg Barker recently launched a partnership to ensure the UK has the right skills to implement the Green Deal, the government’s flagship policy to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. The Green Deal aims to enable private firms to offer consumers energy improvements to their homes, communities and businesses at no upfront cost and to recoup payments as a charge in instalments on the energy bill. The Green Deal Skills Alliance (GDSA), officially launched by th... [more]

TRADA Technology: TRADA Technology revised its Wood Information Sheet Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

(20/01/2012)

LCA accounts for material energy and waste flows associated with a product from ‘cradle to grave’. Many industries, rather than simply responding to increasingly stringent regulation, are now actively seeking to develop more environmentally benign products and processes. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is one of the best known tools for assessing the environmental impact of activities. Assuming that high quality and representative data are fed into the model, LCA can offer a credible assessment o... [more]

Tata Group: Electric vehicule industry : large investment and development in India

(16/01/2012)

Tata Group of India bought Corus - formerly British Steel. Tata Steel Europe is now developing a revolutionary technology to use solar electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen for fuel cells. Subsidiary Tata Motors, the largest motor company in India, bought Jaguar Land Rover for a mere one billion dollars from Ford which was making a distress sale in the last recession to avoid entering Chapter 11 like GM and Chrysler, companies that imploded due to spectacular mis-management and s... [more]

The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management: Climate change and water resources

(04/01/2012)

In the UK the concerns for future climate change are centred around the effects it will have on the south-east. However, recently published research has highlighted that future climate change will put considerable stress on the water resources of the city of Birmingham so that, coupled with expected increase in demand, adaptation measures to increase supply and/or reduce demand will be required. With the recent publication of the Water White Paper emphasising the importance of societies’ involve... [more]

Thai Airways International: Thai Airways operated First Passenger Biofuel Flight in Asia

(27/12/2011)

Last week, Thai Airways International (THAI) was the first airline in Asia to fly a commercial passenger flight using biofuels to support the Company’s Travel Green initiative which is part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. THAI operated the first passenger biofuels flight on December 22nd from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. Passengers consisted of 100 students and professors who have been invited to join the special flight. Revenues from the journey went towards developing renewa... [more]