January 2008 – Volume 2, Issue 1
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Dear Reader, Welcome to the first Green Business e-newsletter for 2008. The release of this newsletter coincides with the launch of our fully interactive digital edition of the premiere issue of Green Business Magazine. This edition of the newsletter includes highlights from the magazine — I encourage you to check it out at www.green-business.ca. In conjunction with the launch of the digital edition, we have also launched our first reader survey, to make sure you get all of the green business information you need. Visit www.green-business.ca and click on the Reader Survey button. Let us know what you most want to know, and you could win an iPod Touch. Just fill in the short survey and let us know that you wish to be entered in the draw. I welcome your feedback on anything else you see in the newsletter or on the website, so don't hesitate to contact me at rcolman@clbmedia.ca. Robert Colman  |
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| FEATURE STORY
Reinventing the automobile It is almost 100 years since the internal-combustion (IC) engine effectively put the electric vehicle out to pasture along with the horse — ironically, in large part, because of the invention of the electric starter. Now, however, the electric vehicle (EV) is not only being welcomed back into the automotive fold, it is being hailed as nothing less than the future of the automobile. Such rhetoric might be expected from some radical group of tree-huggers, but that is not its source. It is emanating from the very heart of Detroit — the perceived bastion of the status quo. Full story: Reinventing the automobile |
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Climate risk disclosure Corporations in the U.S. are being pressured by investors to disclose the impact of climate change or carbon-emission restrictions on their businesses. Canada’s corporate leaders should take note. Full story: Climate risk disclosure |
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Conference makes hopeful strides The UN climate change conference, held in Bali from December 3rd to 14th, ended in dramatic fashion when delegates adopted a new plan after marathon negotiations. The Bali road map sets out a timetable for negotiating a new global warming pact by 2009, which will replace the Kyoto Protocol in 2012. Full story: Bali conference makes hopeful strides Canada needs economy-wide price on carbon emissions: NRTEE report Canada can achieve deep greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions by 2050, but only by putting a price on carbon emissions throughout the entire Canadian economy beginning as soon as possible, concludes the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) in a new climate change report released Monday, January 7, entitled Getting to 2050: Canada’s Transition to a Low-emission Future. Full story: Canada needs economy-wide price… Toyota President emphasizes a “comprehensive perspective” to green development In his New Year’s message, Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe emphasized the need for a comprehensive technology development perspective to create meaningful change in the auto industry. He also shared a number of examples of how Toyota is planning to do just that, by pushing hybrid tech into more models, pursuing research on battery technology and ethanol, and building new model plants around the world. Full story: Toyota President’s New Year’s message Finalists chosen for Ceres-ACCA North American Sustainability Reporting Awards Ceres and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) announced last week the shortlist of candidate reports for the Ceres-ACCA North American Sustainability Reporting Awards for 2007. Of the 87 sustainability reports received, 21 were selected for further consideration by the judges’ panel that meets next month. Full story: Finalists chosen… |
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