June 5th 2010, Milan – Gucci is pleased to announce the launch of a worldwide eco-friendly program designed to progressively reduce the company’s impact on the environment. The centrepiece of this new initiative is packaging newly designed to reduce materials, exclusively use FSC Certified paper and to be 100% recyclable. The initiative will be introduced in all… Read More →
Mediterranean Sea – Greenpeace activists took direct action this afternoon to stop bluefin tuna fishing in the Mediterranean. Activists from the Greenpeace ships Rainbow Warrior and the Arctic Sunrise launched high speed inflatable boats in an attempt to submerge one side of a purse seine fishing net to free the trapped tuna. As the action started on… Read More →
The bluefin crisis is the result of decades of destructive over-fishing by purse seine and longline fishing operations. These fishing methods, which take too many fish too fast, have left the Atlantic bluefin unable to recover, forcing responsible artisanal fishing operations to have to halt bluefin fishing. Greenpeace has consistently joined the call by scientists to halt… Read More →
Lake Baikal is one of the planet’s greatest lakes and the lake of superlative degrees: the deepest (1,637m), the oldest (about 25 million years), inhabited by the most diverse flora and fauna among fresh-water lakes.
The 15th Guide to Greener Electronics (May 2010) provides an updated ranking of 18 consumer electronics producers, based on scores for toxic and climate / energy-related policies. zoom. Guide to Greener Electronics ranking at a glance.
Today 21 member companies of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), and nine leading environmental organizations, unveiled an unprecedented agreement – the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement – that applies to 72 million hectares of public forests licensed to FPAC members. The Agreement, when fully implemented, will conserve significant areas of Canada’s vast Boreal Forest, protect threatened… Read More →
The new BMW Group’s Energy and Environmental Test Centre. A car must hold out against all climatic conditions. Whether in rain or snow, hot or cold weather, or varying air pressure, all vehicles’ systems must function at their best. Rain must not inhibit full braking power, kicked-up snow from vehicles ahead must not adversely affect the engine… Read More →
Brussels – 18 Mai 2010 – EU legislators are now in the process of deciding future restrictions on hazardous substances in electronics through the EU Restrictions on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive.i An alliance consisting of Acer, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Sony Ericsson, together with public interest organisation ChemSec, Clean Production Action and the European Environmental Bureau, call on… Read More →
Sony Ericsson joins forces with an alliance of public interest organizations and global technology brands to persuade the European Parliament to ban the use of hazardous substances in consumer electronics from 2015 onwards. Brussels 19 May 2010 – In a partnership announced today Sony Ericsson joined Acer, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and public interest organizations ChemSec, Clean Production Action… Read More →
New bus to use greenest hybrid technology and enter service in 2012. Futuristic design to become ‘an emblem of 21st century London’. The final design of the New Bus for London, based on the much-loved Routemaster, was today unveiled by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and London’s Transport Commissioner, Peter Hendy. The bus will use the… Read More →