In an age where many mobile workers now rely on laptops, palmtops and mobile devices in order to keep in touch with the office and prepare documents, is there any longer an argument to permit the use of desktop computers (PCs) in the workplace?
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“Water, water, every where / Nor any drop to drink” (with apologies to Coleridge)

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This month sees B&Q taking wind turbines off the shelf after revelations that not only do they not generate enough power to pay for themselves in our lifetime.

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I am indebted to Nicolas Caesar of Ashridge Consulting for an article he referred me to recently called “Weathercocks and Signposts” (just Google it, it’s free to download), published by the WWF.

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The CBI’s director of business environment, Neil Bentley, was recently heard to say that getting to a thriving low-carbon economy would be a long, hard slog but was necessary and that the right Government policy, IT systems and training for the next generation of workers will be key ingredients.
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I recently discussed the way certain words in our business lexicon have been hijacked and focused, in this column, on the word “sustainability”…
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London’s Mayor Boris Johnson is urging the city’s businesses to save money by improving their environmental performance and has said that seeing competitors win a contest to find the capital’s most sustainable companies could inspire firms to turn ‘green with envy’. (as reported by EDIE.net).
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