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Green no longer just means money Apr 30, 2009 Green no longer just means money Green has, over the last few years, taken on a new meaning. Today when someone says the word green they are usually not talking about cash carried in a wallet, but rather the environment. The Academy Award winning film, An Inconvenient Truth, helped spur on the movement to protect the environment and acknowledge global warming.

Savvy corporations like General Electric and Wal-Mart quickly jumped on the green wagon and are seeing the results in the other kind of green.

For some businesses, going green takes a bit more effort and is being accomplished in small increments. Like the popular song of the seventies It’s Not Easy Being Green sung by a Muppet named Kermit, terminals and other maritime industries are asking how they can change to better the environment while maintaining operations and reducing costs.

From PTI 40 page 15. Read the full article here.




A word from ESPO1 September is not only the start of a new school year for many children, it also marks a fresh start for EU lobbyists after the August intermezzo during which the otherwise buzzing Schuman quarter in Brussels traditionally becomes an eerie ghost town.
WFS Technologies announces appointment of Dr Mark Volanthen as Chief Executive OfficerWFS Technologies has announced the appointment of Dr Mark Volanthen as Chief Executive Officer.

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