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Big firms say EU carbon reforms do not go far enough
2015-10-26 14:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Proposed reforms to the EU carbon market do not go far enough and need to be supplemented by a phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies, a group of major companies said in an open letter to European Union environment ministers meeting on Monday. The European Commission in July outlined its plans to bolster the Emissions Trading System (ETS), on which permits to pollute trade at around 8.5 euros per ton, seen as too little to drive a shift to lower carbon energy. Environment ministers of the 28 EU states...
Big six energy firms face price call
2015-06-02 12:19:32| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The major energy suppliers in the UK are facing pressure from the new government over their prices.
Big Japan firms plan bigger pay hikes but smaller firms expected to lag
2015-03-18 08:28:56| Automakers - Topix.net
Japanese blue-chip firms announced wage hikes on Wednesday that topped increases last year, but overall pay raises across corporate Japan are not expected to offset higher costs of living for workers or be enough to drive a sustainable economic recovery. Major exporters like Toyota Motor Corp were responding for a second year to public calls from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government for help in generating a virtuous cycle of higher profits, wages and prices to decisively end two decades of deflation and stop-start growth.
Big firms join town's chamber of trade
2015-02-10 18:44:46| Beverages - Topix.net
Congratulations, you're now registered! Let us know what news and updates you want to hear about and we'll send them straight to your inbox. The town branches of Morrisons, Specsavers, Boots Opticians and Barclays and TSB banks , along with the Coca-Cola Enterprises factory in Coopies Lane and Wyevale Garden Centres, which owns Heighley Gate, have joined the Morpeth and District Chamber of Trade over the last 12 months.
Germany's Big Firms Pay Price for Small-Town Ties
2014-12-23 07:02:35| Automakers - Topix.net
WALLDORF, Germany-This country's major brands have reached the far corners of the world. But at some of Germany's biggest companies, just getting to headquarters can be a trek.