Tag Archives: Environment

The Rush To Go Green

The current Arab revolution is a hugely fascinating powder keg whose ramifications are many. Beyond the political rhetoric of the West – the subtle ‘I told you so, folks, democracy is the only answer’ of leaders – the very real … Continue reading

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The Travel Corporation: The Future is Green

Both companies and governments alike have realized in the last five years that in order to survive and progress, a sustainable environmental model needs to be in place. Gone are the days where a green agenda was only the province … Continue reading

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Branding a Disaster

Big Polluters, bad policies, bald profiteering, business parasites…BP – it used to mean British Petroleum, and then Beyond Petroleum, and now it’s Bad Pickle (sorry – it’s hard to stop). There are, of course, much bigger fish to fry than … Continue reading

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BP Wants to Share the Blame

Whist oil still gushes into the Gulf of Mexico to the tune of 200,000 gallons a day, executives from what’s turning out to be one of the worst environmental disasters in American history, are pointing fingers at each other for … Continue reading

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Some Are Hard To Like

It’s the nature of business and businessmen/women to cultivate a certain level of avarice, otherwise you’re in the charity game and you don’t stay in business for long. But there is a distinction that should be made between gains or … Continue reading

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Where Are We Headed?

Every year the world’s movers and shakers gather in the otherwise sleepy, picturesque Swiss ski town of Davos for the World Economic Forum to discuss what has happened in the last twelve months, and try to share ideas and policies … Continue reading

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Change is Never Easy

Yes, that title is a platitude, but an apt one. As the batons fly through the air raining down on hippies in Copenhagen, It’s seems a good time to discuss the (non) movement of the climate change negotiations in Denmark. … Continue reading

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Waiting To Take The Lead

With the Copenhagen environmental round-table rapidly approaching, energy leaders are saying that businesses can’t afford to wait for their governments, and citizens can’t afford to wait on businesses to make the leap to clean energy. The head of the UN … Continue reading

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