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F1 teams cut carbon emissions by 7 per cent

Improved fuel efficiency reduced emissions by 24 per cent, but more business travel resulted in an overall fall of 7 per cent over the past two years.

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Buyers will want recompense from Boeing, says consultant

Airlines that have purchased Dreamliner aircraft from Boeing will be keen to “claw back” expenses as a result of the fleet being grounded, an aviation consultant has told SM.

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Production boom puts US auto-suppliers under pressure

According to reports on Bloomberg, the likes of Ford and GM plan to introduce up to 61 new models this year, a 50% increase on any year since 2006. With suppliers having cut back production capacity during the economic downturn they are now find thems…

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Nokia outsources IT to India

Nokia told reporters it would outsource some of its IT operations to two Indian IT suppliers, HCL Technologies and Tata Consultancy Services, India’s largest software exporter.

The news comes just a week after the Finnish handset maker made som…

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Alcatel-Lucent wins India mobile outsourcing deal

The network outsourcing contract, which will last for eight years and is valued at more than $1bn, will see Alcatel-Lucent manage Reliance’s mobile and fixed communication networks in the east and south of India.

Reliance hopes that the deal wi…

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Technology buyers increase Enterprise Architecture spending

Based on the EA survey results from Gartner events in North America and Europe, analysts estimate that EA practitioners have a “final decision-making” influence on $331bn in worldwide enterprise IT spend and a “great deal of influence” on $774bn in wo…

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Saudi Arabia boosts mobile telephony competition

The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) said it has prepared a draft Request for Application (RFA) for Licensing of Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) Services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for public consultation.

A Mobi…

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Big four accountants dominate global sustainability consultancy

A global survey of 250 heads of sustainability conducted by independent analyst firm Verdantix finds that, in 2012, Ernst & Young leads in sustainability consulting with a brand preference score of 39%, relative to 37% for KPMG, 33% for Deloitte a…

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Big four dominate CSR consulting

A global survey of 250 heads of sustainability conducted by independent analyst firm Verdantix finds that, in 2012, Ernst & Young leads in sustainability consulting with a brand preference score of 39%, relative to 37% for KPMG, 33% for Deloitte a…

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Horse meat burger scandal strengthens case for supplier development

The fallout from the controversy over burgers containing horse meat could help those buyers trying to build a business case for supplier development programmes.

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