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By Amy Fetzer
Today is Get Online Day 2008, yesterday was the 10th anniversary of StartHere. Both of these organisations work to help those in need by getting them digitally included. But why is this important? Technology doesn’t sound like something that helps a business be socially responsible, but if used correctly, it can be a [...]

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Employ a sustainability expert at faculty management level and he or she will earn back their salary in savings several times over. Turn waste into a resource not a drain on resources by diverting it from landfill through recycling, composting or energy recovery.
These were some of the powerful yet practical messages delivered at the University [...]

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Hewlett Packard recently proved it was possible to package a laptop computer effectively and safely with just a messenger bag as the “box.”
The HP Pavilion dv6929 Entertainment Notebook won the Wal-Mart Home Entertainment Design Challenge.
The computer features an “innovative design that reduces product packaging by 97 percent, conserving fuel and reducing CO2 emissions by removing [...]

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It has long been supposed by many observers that companies have adopted a corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy merely because it will make them look good, particularly in the media. In the absence of specific legislation requiring it, goes the usual criticism, voluntary CSR is simply practised as a form of public relations.
If that is [...]

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“Green IT is not a company initiative; it’s not a campaign of ours. It is a reason to put out a new press release.”

The quote above came from an acquaintance of mine when I pushed him for details about his company’s “Green IT” information it had just prominently splashed across its homepage. (Green IT [...]

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