Fabian Pattberg



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The Wednesday Sustainability News Update

pig The Wednesday Sustainability News UpdateIt is a Wednesday evening and the middle of a busy consulting week here in Germany and I finally found the time today to catch up on the latest Sustainability developments of this week.

This will also be the purpose of this post. Was there anything interesting in terms of Sustainability news this week?

Short answer: Not much unfortunately. Companies do not publish anything of interest during January it seems.

So far the headlines are still dominated by Barack Obama and his first actions for tackling Climate Change.

One interesting story might be that Nicolas Stern is opening up his own UK climate research centre. Good news but not really exciting in my opinion.

Another noteworthy news item was that Denmark is launching its own electric car network in the next few years. The company that was awarded the contract will be developing the sophisticated plug-in car infrastructure across Denmark. Lets wait and see but this definitely sounds like a good plan by the Danes again.

But that was really it from this week so far. A typical January week in my opinion.

Have a good rest of the week everyone.

Fabian

Picture Credit: enggul

My Top Sustainability News Stories of the Week – 23.01.2009

I could not really end this week without another post on my top Sustainability news.

So here are three choices of interesting Sustainability stories from this week.

The first is about investment in sustainability or green initiatives, the second about the future of the utilities sector and the final news item on the latest research on the state of the Amazon rain forest deforestation. A pretty diverse selection but interesting news items in my opinion.

Happy browsing.

While Everything Else Stops, Green Still Means Go

Despite the economy, investment in short term green initiatives is still going strong as companies realize how quickly they can cut costs through efficiency projects. Interesting article.

Ten Predictions for the Utility Industry

Energy efficiency will become the “first fuel” choice for electric utilities, according to a list of Top 10 Predictions for the North American Utility Industry, published by Rick Nicholson, vice president of research at Energy Insights.

Group: Amazon deforestation drops sharply

Deforestation in the Amazon dropped sharply in late 2008, a Brazilian environmental group said Friday. The government credited improved law enforcement, but environmentalists say a slowing economy likely contributed. Good news for the Amazon finally.