Accor, a leading hotel chain that owns a bevy of chains including Motel 6, is ramping up their corporate social responsibility efforts. Employee engagement and water stewardship are among the initiatives.
Walking around Seoul at night, the Christmas spirit was infectious. What were especially a feast for the eyes were the Christmas lights in north Seoul.
With 75 percent of Serbia’s buildings built before 1980, a lot of work on retrofits and energy efficiency remains to be done. Ecoist is pushing Serbia in that direction.
Avon’s CSR report, released earlier this week, touts a bevy of achievements and promises to address issues including deforestation, governance and philanthropy.
UPS recently rolled out 130 new Hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) in New York, New Jersey and California as part of the company’s “rolling laboratory” approach to transportation.
Eight months after the massive earthquake and nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan still faces questions about its energy infrastructure. Fuel cells could be one option.
One of SK’s futuristic buildings in north Seoul, the T Tower, hosts T.um, or “Ubiquitous Museum.” The tour is part Avatar, part futuristic living room and also provides a view of how our transportation options are going to change.
Panasonic is now determined to become the number one green innovation company in the electronics industry. That vision is on display in a prototype of an eco house in Tokyo, and a planned smart community in Fujisawa to open in 2013.
Panasonic’s goal is to be the world’s number one green innovation company in the electronics industry. To that end, the environment will be the locus of the company’s business activities and will bring forth innovation.
Smart grid technology innovation is surging in Japan, and the Eco Ideas House displays why: heat, wind, light and water. Back to basics wins a 21st century sheen in Tokyo.
As Japan rethinks its energy strategy in the wake of the earthquake, tsunami and the Fukushima disaster, innovation is thriving with renewed vigor throughout the country.
Best Buy announced the launch of a new gadget, the ThinkEco modlet, which should help families save money on their electrical bills.