December, 2010

Renewables

Posted On December 7, 2010Latest News News Slider0 Comments

Global warming induced by human activity is now well established. The key driver in increasing global temperatures is the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natrural gas. In order to reduce our dependency on these materials and to improve the environment more and more businesse are switching to renewable sources or energy,... Read More

Global Warming

Posted On December 5, 2010Global Warming Latest News Side News0 Comments

Global Warming poses a major threat to the world’s climate and population. Its anticipated negative consequence is a big driver of the environmental agenda. While significant numbers of skeptics exist, the overwhelming evidence is there to support the idea that mankind is causing a major shift in climate. The UN has invested its credibility in... Read More

Self Assessment

Posted On December 4, 2010Assessments Audits0 Comments

To move things on for your organization, it might be helpful to complete a short survey, see below. This will enable you to quickly assess where you stand in relation to some known benchmarks and encourage you to take the first steps along the pathway to positioning yourself as an organization with a commitment to... Read More

Waste Management

Posted On December 4, 2010Management Waste0 Comments

Waste is now a resource. The Waste Hierarchy is incorporated into EU law and Irish law. Opportunities to embrace new technologies to extract value from waste are emerging regularly.  A good example is AD, anaerobic digestion, which enables the conversion of a significant fraction of the carbon content of biomass such as forest wastes or... Read More