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EDF Energy is one of the UK’s biggest suppliers of energy is using SMS communications to help its staff cut down on the amount that they use their cars. PageOne Communication are the company behind the solution developed for EDF, who have introduced it on two of their sites in the South East. The system is intended . . . → Read More: EDF Energy using SMS to save fuel  Volvo Buses currently have in development a hybrid bus which plugs in and can drive for long distances on electricity with no exhaust and completely silent. Three buses will go through testing in Gothenburg, Sweden and are being supported by the EU. The Volvo company currently has the most efficient hybrid solution for trucks and buses in the world. . . . → Read More: Plug-in hybrid bus coming from Volvo Business travel is an integral part of the modern world. Globalisation has led to huge multinational companies stretched between separate offices in different time zones or even continents. Now a huge number of people travel all over the world for meetings, conferences and sales pitches. This is bad for the environment as the majority of these . . . → Read More: Business Travel May Soon Become Extinct Plans to extend the tram network in Greater Manchester have been approved with the leaders of all ten local authorities in the region agreeing to invest £0.5 billon into the Greater Manchester Transport Fund for three future extensions to the line. By the spring of 2014 trams will run forward to Rochdale and Oldham town centres and . . . → Read More: Manchester widens tram network WebExpenses, is a system for tracking the carbon footprint of different types of transport, including cars, buses, trains and planes. The new system enables business travellers to calculate their carbon footprint using up-to-date, government-approved carbon and environmental data. Unlike other carbon tracking systems currently on the market, the WebExpenses software works in real time, whereas others produce . . . → Read More: Businesses can transport carbon footprint with WebExpenses |
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