Day: 2 February 2006

Chancellor changes tune on environmental reporting

The Operating and Financial Review (OFR) is back on the agenda just weeks after Gordon Brown scrapped it as unnecessary 'gold plating' on already-planned corporate legislation.

Court case tightens company’s grip on its ink cartridges

A Japanese printer manufacturer has won a key victory after going to court over its claim that those recycling its ink cartridges were breaching its patent rights.

Genetically modified plants used as pollution pumps

Modified plants are to be used as a new weapon to clean sites contaminated by spent explosives.

EU breaks impasse on greenhouse gas

Talks in Brussels on industry's continued use of potent fluorinated greenhouse gases have finally reached an agreement.

$31 trillion investor project puts pressure on corporate giants to go green

A coalition of investors asking the world's largest companies to come clean on their carbon emissions has widened its net and is packing more of a punch than ever before.

Empty homes are wasted resource

As brownfield sites continue to be snapped up by developers and greenfield sites come under increasing pressure thousands of existing houses sit empty.

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