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Global economy at ‘significant risk’ over resource scarcity

Business leaders and global policy makers must consider the impact dwindling natural resources will have on future decisions.

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Tesco calls on suppliers to support marketing campaign

According to reports on The Grocer, Tesco is writing to suppliers and asking for up to 50% of the cost of the new strategy which is targeting millions of customers through eight Clubcard Bonus mail-outs.

Clubcard is Tesco’s customer loyalt…

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Tesco calls on suppliers’ support

According to reports on The Grocer, Tesco is writing to suppliers and asking for up to 50% of the cost of the new strategy which is targeting millions of customers through eight Clubcard Bonus mail-outs.

Clubcard is Tesco’s customer loyalt…

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Laing O’Rourke supply chain director quits

In a statement the company said that Roger Seshan, who held the position of group asset optimisation and supply chain director, had left in order to take up a project development role within the power sector.

Seshan had been appointed as the companie…

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Corporates plug into Combined Heat and Power installations

Sometimes referred to as “cogeneration”, CHP is the sequential or simultaneous generation of multiple forms of useful energy (usually mechanical and thermal) in a single, integrated system. These systems can help reduce the cost of heating, cooling, o…

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Combined heat and power takes off

Sometimes referred to as “cogeneration”, CHP is the sequential or simultaneous generation of multiple forms of useful energy (usually mechanical and thermal) in a single, integrated system. These systems can help reduce the cost of heating, cooling, o…

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Rising equity markets boost US corporate pension plans

According to the BNY Mellon Investment Strategies & Solutions Group (ISSG), for the month of December, the funded status for the typical plan increased 1.9% to 76.3%. The BNY Mellon Pension Summary Report for December 2012 noted that, for the year…

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Rising equities boost US pension plans

According to the BNY Mellon Investment Strategies & Solutions Group (ISSG), for the month of December, the funded status for the typical plan increased 1.9% to 76.3%. The BNY Mellon Pension Summary Report for December 2012 noted that, for the year…

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Benetton signs pledge to detox supply chain

The retailer is the latest company to commit to a Greenpeace initiative to eradicate harmful chemicals from its supply chain by 2020.

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Greater confidence will boost business spending

Corporate investment is forecast to rise by 3.1 per cent this year, according to a report, as concerns regarding overseas markets begin to recede.

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