EV News Round-up Autumn 2019
By RICHARD THOMAS
THREE months have passed since the last issue of BV, each bringing more developments in the Electric Vehicles world — on the...
Cement industry aims to cut carbon with new initiative
IF THE cement industry were to be considered as a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world — surpassed only by...
Never mind the valleys: how green is your juice?
… and we aren't talking about kale smoothies. BV’s RICHARD THOMAS gets out his calculator and tots-up the true environmental cost of powering ‘green’...
Mobile use ‘seed to irreversible climate change’
What links the world’s first mobile phone call, made 50 years ago, to climate change? JOHN MACK answers that one…
WHEN Martin Cooper made the...
Social enterprise brings hope and work to people with disabilities
TWO-and-a-half million Brits are expected to be unemployed this year, and there is concern about how disabled people especially will fare in the pandemic...
IFC: Climate Change – Threat and Opportunity for Private Sector
As world leaders met at the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in...
Great apes benefit from guerrilla tactics from online community
REDDIT’s at it again. Fresh from boosting the share price of game retailer GameStop, the WallStreetBets community has gone wild, “adopting” 3,500 wild gorillas...
Wage increases strongest in mining sector
By HAL WILLIAMS
ESG, THE environment, sustainability and renewable energy are modern business buzzwords — but workers in environmentally disruptive industries are still arguably better...
VW Sticking to its Smoking Guns
Electric dreams are no threat to the diesel engine, according to the boss of Volkswagen. Has Matthias Mueller got a cunning long-term plan, or...
Steeling the limelight in world of fashion
Daring design: a collaboration between a Swedish fashion designer and an innovative steel manufacturer creates steel thinner than silk
By Abi Grogan
CHOOSING the right outfit...