How green is your porridge?A new eco-label in the UK will show consumers the carbon footprint of cooking a product.
Carbon abatement
South Korea lights the way on emissions cuts
Seoul’s huge financial stimulus package pledges 81% for a swath of environmental projects. But activists fear a wave of construction may increase the country’s carbon footprint.
Garnaut talks tough — and looks north
Many Australians view PNG as a nation propped up by Australian aid dollars, but in last night’s curtain-raiser to today’s release of his interim report, Professor Ross Garnaut highlighted the nation could come to our rescue as we look for massive, low cost carbon abatement, writes Murray Griffin.
Why manufacturing matters
Why manufacturing? Why indeed. We’ll get no-where without a broad definition of manufacturing which comprehends the paths up the value chain that developed country manufactures should take – into design, brand management, software and systems integration, writes Nicholas Gruen.
