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The Future of Cities
Wolfram Haller, Siemens
SiemensToday more than half the world’s population lives in cities, which emit 80 percent of all greenhouse gases and use 75 percent of energy – figures rising. It is thus with the cities that we must start if we want to manage population growth, increasing energy demand and climate change. Many solutions are already available, including environmentally compatible energy supply, highly efficient building, transportation and water supply systems and affordable financial models. These improve climate protection, increase the security of supply, enhance the quality of life and reduce costs. For world wide success, however, cooperation on a global basis is needed, for example in United Nations programs. more[...]
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The Future of Cities
Wolfram Haller, SiemensToday more than half the world’s population lives in cities, which emit 80 percent of all greenhouse gases and use 75 percent of energy – figures rising. It is thus with the cities that we must start if we want to manage population growth, increasing energy demand and climate change. Many solutions are already available, including environmentally compatible energy supply, highly efficient building, transportation and water supply systems and affordable financial models. These improve climate protection, increase the security of supply, enhance the quality of life and reduce costs. For world wide success, however, cooperation on a global basis is needed, for example in United Nations programs. more[...]
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Sustainability 2.0 – Looking Beyond the Factory Gates
Volker Hasenberg, PE INTERNATIONAL
Celine Furnanz, PE INTERNATIONAL
ThinkstepPE INTERNATIONAL is a leading sustainability consulting service and software solution provider. PE embraces sustainability as a strategic issue that will influence future competiveness of business and will enable a business transformation in long-term. PE supported for example PUMA in developping a new sustainable packaging with the help of a Life Cycle Analysis. It also helped NiroSan Multifit to build an eco-efficient production facility. more[...]
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Sustainability 2.0 – Looking Beyond the Factory Gates
Volker Hasenberg, PE INTERNATIONAL
Celine Furnanz, PE INTERNATIONALPE INTERNATIONAL is a leading sustainability consulting service and software solution provider. PE embraces sustainability as a strategic issue that will influence future competiveness of business and will enable a business transformation in long-term. As a globally operating software and consulting company, PE also intends to help companies worldwide, through its products and services, to become sustainability leaders themselves. more[...]
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Re-Greening Popocatépetl
Editorial TeamVolkswagen plants 300,000 trees around the source region of the Rio Atoyac, thereby helping to secure water supplies in the region. more[...]
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Systematic and Holistic Program for a Balanced Industrial Ecology
M Bhaskar, TÜV Rheinland Group
Dagny Buehler-Thierfelder, TÜV Rheinland Holding
TÜV Rheinland HoldingIn Karnataka, one of the fastest-growing states of India, officials have become aware of the increasing pollution and exploitation of natural resources by the major industries and the growing population. Indian energy production has risen over 20 percent since 2000; during the same period, CO2 emissions went up by nearly 30 percent. The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has identified 118 companies – the majority small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – from all the main industries that are using resources inefficiently and are polluting the environment. More than half of the companies are located in the district of Bangalore and are a constant threat to the ecological balance of the region. more[...]
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Systematic and Holistic Program for a Balanced Industrial Ecology
M Bhaskar, TÜV Rheinland Group
Dagny Buehler-Thierfelder, TÜV Rheinland HoldingIn Karnataka, one of the fastest-growing states of India, officials have become aware of the increasing pollution and exploitation of natural resources by the major industries and the growing population. Indian energy production has risen over 20 percent since 2000; during the same period, CO2 emissions went up by nearly 30 percent. The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has identified 118 companies – the majority small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – from all the main industries that are using resources inefficiently and are polluting the environment. More than half of the companies are located in the district of Bangalore and are a constant threat to the ecological balance of the region. more[...]
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The TMS Group’s Green Campaign
Jeffrey Revels, TMS Group
TMS GroupIn 2009 The TMS Group launched an ambitious program entitled the TMS Green Campaign, which is designed to create awareness of significant environmental and energy conservation issues by promoting the “glocal” concept of “think globally and act locally.” Furthermore, the objective is to transform the awareness into actions and encourage employee-driven conservation practices within their workplaces, homes, and at the grassroots level in their communities. more[...]
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Climate Protection throughout different Process Chains
Editorial TeamThe Linde Group is a world-leading gases and engineering company with almost 48,000 employees working in around 100 countries worldwide. In fiscal year 2009, it achieved sales of €11.211 billion. The Group comprises two main divisions: Gases and Engineering. The extensive portfolio of the Gases Division ranges from the production of industrial gases to the delivery of processes, plants, equipment, and services for the widest scope of gas applications. We supply many different industries in almost 100 countries across the globe. Our Engineering Division builds plants to process and convert raw materials, also applying its wealth of process know-how to advance the field of renewable energies. more[...]
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The Linde Group - Climate Protection throughout different Process Chains
Dietlind Freiberg, McDonalds Germany
The Linde GroupThe Linde Group is a world-leading gases and engineering company with almost 48,000 employees working in around 100 countries worldwide. In fiscal year 2009, it achieved sales of €11.211 billion. The Group comprises two main divisions: Gases and Engineering. The extensive portfolio of the Gases Division ranges from the production of industrial gases to the delivery of processes, plants, equipment, and services for the widest scope of gas applications. We supply many different industries in almost 100 countries across the globe. Our Engineering Division builds plants to process and convert raw materials, also applying its wealth of process know-how to advance the field of renewable energies. more[...]
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