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EU announces plan to cut carbon emissions 40 per cent by 2030
2014-01-22 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The UK's green economy has today received a significant boost, after the European Commission unveiled a new package of climate and energy policies designed to slash greenhouse gas emissions 40 per cent by 2030. The long-running negotiations are understood to have gone down to the wire this morning, after a handful of commissioners pushed for a more modest series of emissions and renewable energy targets. But European Commission president José Manuel Barroso pushed through a series of targets that...
Unilever sales growth slows to 4.1 per cent in fourth quarter due to weaker emerging markets
2014-01-21 12:02:56| Food - Topix.net
Consumer goods giant Unilever, maker of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, said Tuesday that sales slowed in the fourth quarter due to weakness in emerging markets and are expected to remain muted until later in 2014.
Ontario carton recycling jumped 10 per cent in 2012, says CCC
2014-01-20 21:27:00| Solid Waste & Recycling magazine Headlines
Ontarios carton recycling rate increased by more than 10 per cent in 2012, says the Carton Council of Canada (CCC).
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Research: Climate impacts could push up food prices by 25 per cent
2014-01-20 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Climate impacts could lead to a drastic increase in food prices over the coming decades as the agricultural industry struggles to adapt to shifting climatic patterns. That is the stark warning contained in a series of studies published this week by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in a Special Issue of the journal Agricultural Economics. The studies acknowledge concerns that a major expansion of bio-energy production could lead to higher food prices as land previously...
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Wipro Q3 net profit up 27 per cent at Rs 2,010 crore, beats...
2014-01-18 08:24:49| IT Services - Topix.net
India's third largest software services exporter Wipro today said its net profit rose by 27 per cent to Rs 2,010 crore for the third quarter ended December 31 on the back of growth in infrastructure services business and improved efficiency.
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