Green Business 
Sainsbury’s ‘milk bags’ save 1.4m Kgs of packaging(2)
According to Sainsbury’s, Britons consume 9.3 billion pints of milk every year - that’s enough to fill 2,000 Olympic sized swimming pools, and only 1 in 4 plastic milk bottles are actually recycled. The remaining 3 in 4 cartons go to landfill creating unnecessary waste. Sainsbury’s reports that sale of their ‘milk bags’ currently stand […]
Sigma Capital invests in Ampair wind turbines and Energyflo filtration
Sigma Capital Group, the specialist asset management and advisory group with specialist funds relating to clean energy and energy efficiency, has today announced two new investments for its Sigma Sustainable Energy Fund II (”SSEF II”) worth a total of £3m in two innovative cleantech companies, with more new companies expected to be added to the […]
Nick Clegg promises $3bn Green Jobs plan
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has set out a £3 billion green jobs plan to “serve the interests of the 100,000 square miles of the UK” rather than the City of London.
The party plans to invest in wind energy, energy efficiency in public buildings and homes, and in bringing empty homes […]
Deutsche Telecom signs smart grid deal with ABB
Deutsche Telekom’s ICT subsidiary T-Systems has signed an agreement to develop solutions for smart grids with ABB, the automation and power technologies specialist. The companies claim this will give consumers and energy providers transparency over, and control of, electricity consumption. Further possible benefits are greater efficiency for distribution network operators.”By joining forces, ABB and Deutsche […]
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