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Sustainability blog
Reduce Energy AND Increase Business Performance
Capgemini has recently launched a campaign to help raise awareness of common business dilemmas, along with solutions proposed to tackle the problems. One dilemma that really stands out for me is titled “How to Combine Energy Reduction with Business Performance”. This dilemma highlights the myth that these two factors work against each other. Businesses fear that investing in performance improvements will result in increased energy requirements, and therefore negatively impact their sustainability efforts. These same …
Musings on Sustainable economy, Transparency & Individual privacy (part 3)
Part 3 – Sustainable economy – Having to chose between Transparency or Privacy? For part 1 click here, for part 2 click here. I dare say, no … I would not have to chose. It all depends on the choices we make together. We would have to better balance the incentives of our system and ‘check-test’ the details against the morals and ethics we hold in highest regard (which is a large part of what …
Musings on Sustainable economy, Transparency & Individual privacy (part 2)
Part 2 – Sustainable economy -What basis do we need for the right mixture? For part 1 click here Now, I am not a judicial or economics expert, but I do believe I am able to look at the bigger picture and see how things are related and impact each other, as long as I try to stay informed, get the gist of things and keep an open mind to new insights. I’m not saying …
Musings on Sustainable economy, Transparency & Individual privacy (part 1)
Part 1 – Sustainable Economy – Idealism or Realism? Many people would still say I am an idealist and I should get my head out of the clouds and my feet firmly back on the ground. Be realistic, people say, that’s not how the real world works. I used to stubbornly embrace the label of being an idealist, but I’ve come to realize that this is not correct at all. I am a firm believer …
Time for a Renewable Industrial Revolution
After reading the recent post on Oil Supply Economics, the inelasticity seen in oil production and the subsequent spike in price strongly relates to an article written by Jeremy Rifkin entitled: Only an ‘energy internet’ can ward off disaster. In the article Mr. Rifkin describes how we have seen globalization rates peaking along with oil prices, before both are forced downward due to the inflationary pressures the higher oil has on our economy. These inflationary …
Oil Supply Economics
Returning to the topic of energy of which we have discussed many times before, there was an interesting article in this week’s Nature journal. In the article, James Murray and David King argue that since 2005, oil production has reached an effective cap at around 75 million barrels of regular crude per day. Production over the past six years, they conclude, has increased little despite continued upward oil prices. This they argue has occurred …
Reflections on India
As I sit back in our London office looking across at my smartly dressed colleagues busily preparing PowerPoint presentations for client meetings and conferring in hushed tones about “deals” and “deliverables” on important conference calls, I can’t help feeling that my mind-broadening, eye-opening, life-changing experience in India is something I should be sharing through more than just a blog. I wonder do people realise what an amazing country is lying just a flight away …
Why you never create “just a Facebook page”
By Contributting Expert Rick Mans, Capgemini’s Social Media Guru. ——- Latvia recently showcased the power of social media in creating buzz around its country as a tourism destination. This interactive and cost efficent marketing tool provides an excellent example for those making strides in creating the same kind of buzz around sustainable activities. Rick Mans explians how a call to create a Facebook page on a specific topic inspires real results. While this topic …
Happy New Year Indeed.
Welcome back! Or forward? Happy New Year in any case. 2012, by all accounts on the media, is slated to be the year that the debate turns to action on sustainability issues around the world. With big gains in technology, and a demonstrated drive from companies, that prediction may just come true. From innovations in energy storage to the demand for more social responsibility, we have come to the point where we smart investments are …
