environment

Acer manufactures Greenpeace certified laptops

January 15, 2010 - 8:02am | News | Other themes

Two new environment friendly laptops were introduced by Acer this week. The two notebook models were labeled by the environmental group, Greenpeace, as being virtually free of two toxic substances, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFR).

Acer Aspire 3811TZ and Aspire 3811TZG, which represent slim, light laptops that use Intel's ULV (ultra low voltage) Core 2 Duo microprocessors for long-lasting batteries, were certified by Greenpeace.

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Obama offers renewable energy promoting to bolster economic recovery

October 16, 2009 - 3:14am | News | Other themes

As Obama announced at a town hall meeting Thursday, clean energy will support the economic recovery and uphold the environment.

At the meeting, one of the participants asked Obama what can be done to make environmental policies more effective. So, the president suggested promoting renewable energy and reducing the nation's dependence on foreign oil.

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Green consumers don't have environment as primary concern, myths and facts

August 26, 2009 - 4:22am | Figures | News

Green Living Pulse, a new national study of green consumers, is exploding the myths about them: The environment is not their top concern, their kids are not influencing them to be green, and while many know what they should do to save the planet, they often don’t do it.

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Green projects in Korea to be supported by J.P. Morgan’s new fund

June 17, 2009 - 8:13am | Banks and internet banks | News

On Wednesday Korean media agency the Yonhap citing government officials in Seoul reported that J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. plans to launch a $1 billion fund to invest in green and eco-friendly industries in South Korea.

Under this new project the J.P. Morgan fund will invest in South Korea's eco-friendly industries such as light-emitting diodes, solar power, wind power and bio-energy sources according to South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy, says the paper.

environment | fund | green project | investment | J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

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UBS and Trucost help clients reduce investments exposure to climate regulation

June 5, 2009 - 10:02am | Investment industry | News

On Friday UBS investment Bank announced a strategic alliance relationship established between its Alternative Research business and Trucost Plc., an environmental research organization providing data and analysis on the carbon impacts of companies.

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Consumers are willing to buy eco-friendly mobile devices

May 22, 2009 - 7:25am | Figures | News

The most recent survey conducted by ABI Research in North America revealed that almost half of mobile consumers surveyed are somewhat likely or even very likely to be influenced by suppliers’ green credentials while purchasing devices. The survey was conducted in March, 2009. There were queried more than 1000 adult consumers in the US.

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EU green standards, useful or adverse for businesses?

May 18, 2009 - 8:49am | News

A new survey from Campos Research carried out on behalf of data centre provider Digital Reality Trust showed that nearly 70 percent of data center professionals were concerned about the effect that the EU's new Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) regulations would have on their operations.

data centers | environment | EU | green rules | recycling

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Solar-powered Samsung phones made of trash

February 17, 2009 - 3:26am | News | Other themes

Samsung, a global leader in hi-tech products manufacturing, announced about the launch of the five new mobile phone models including a model made from recycled plastic with a solar panel on the back for charging.

In a statement the company reported that its Blue-Earth solar powered series have a touch screen while the body is made of the plastic taken from the used water bottles. The information on pricing or the terms when the product is scheduled to release was not unveiled by Samsung.

environment | mobile phone | Samsung | solar power

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First US biodegradable card will come from Discover Financial

December 10, 2008 - 2:31am | News | Plastic cards

The first credit card made of biodegradable material is now available for American consumers. Discover Financial Services introduced its biodegradable Discover® Card option which today is the only financial product of the kind existing in the USA. Kelly Tufts, director of marketing planning & strategy at Discover Financial Services, notes that the new card will allow environmentally conscious consumers to do their part to help protect our planet.

Discover Financial | environment | Plastic card | US

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