Experts from three European universities have unveiled findings showing some auto makers are wasting billions of euros worth of environmental and social resources. The researchers warn this could add unnecessary costs to the auto industry’s already heavy financial burden. (…) They concluded that General Motors, rated the worst, had a ‘sustainability value’ of minus EUR9.8 [...]

Honda’s new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car rolled off a Japanese production line Monday and is headed to Southern California, where Hollywood is already abuzz over the latest splash in green motoring. The FCX Clarity, which runs on hydrogen and electricity, emits only water vapor as exhaust and none of the noxious fumes believed to [...]

Cars promoted as eco-friendly were criticised yesterday for pumping out up to 56 per cent more carbon dioxide than the manufacturers claim. Three models, including the Honda Civic hybrid, performed so badly in tests that their environmental claims were dismissed as a gimmick. A further five vehicles, including Volkswagen’s Polo BlueMotion, hailed as Britain’s greenest [...]

Since I have started my internship at the Covalence I have come closer to different multinational companies (MC), their activities around the world. During the period of my work I came across with a lot of good and bad (ethical offers and ethical demands) activities of the MC. One would argue that it is not [...]

Feeling the pressure of competition from the notably green automobile giants like Toyota, Honda and Volkswagen, Nissan is ramping up its sustainability efforts. Today’s official opening of Nissan’s new Engineering Center in Atsugi City, Japan is part of the automaker’s $90 million R&D Nissan Green Program 2010. In addition to working on hybrid technologies, engineers [...]

Many Western companies are waking up to the importance of going green. Boeing is one such company that has undergone an image makeover and gone green. The Boeing 787, which is scheduled to enter service in May 2008, is twenty per cent more fuel efficient than other mid-sized wide body aircraft. “The 787 will be [...]

ATSUGI, Japan — Although “diversity” is such a novel and foreign word in Japan it’s a tongue-twister, Nissan is determined to promote women and make “die-bah-she-tea,” as it’s called here, a pillar of its image. The diversity drive comes at a time when Nissan Motor Co. is seeing slipping sales and its first annual profit [...]

Ikea is switching its entire UK company-car fleet to hybrid vehicles as a prelude to a possible company-wide shift to greener vehicles. The Swedish retailer said it would trade in its Skoda company cars for Honda Civic hybrids by next year in a pilot programme that it was considering extending to other countries. The move [...]