Archive for the ‘Take action’ Category

Australia & New Zealand to deal directly with corporate headquarters

Sunday, September 5th, 2010

Because SaaS, or put it that way "the online subscription model", doesn't require too many intermediaries, Verteego has decided to deal directly (it used to be indirectly) with potential customers and partners in Australia & New Zealand. Generally speaking, the partners Verteego is looking at are not mere distributors but people ...

Verteego unveils Verteego Construction : the carbon management app for building and public works, urban planning and real estate professionnals

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Verteego is proud to present Verteego Construction, an online carbon assessment application especially designed to meet the needs of the building and public works industry. Based on its various discussions with its customers (Group IDEC, IOISIS Nord, SETEC, VEYER, Le Bon Marché, Communauté d'Agglomération de Sarreguemines-Confluence, Communauté d'Agglomération de Val-et-Forêt (the ...

Join us for a Verteego webinar and discover how our GHG management app works

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Dear Verteeblog readers, Verteego is pleased to invite you to join our free webinar, "Verteego: Carbon & Energy Management made easy" on September 2, 3pm GMT - 4:15pm GMT3pm and 4:15pm GMT London time (10am - 11:15am EST, US East Coast time). Through this one-hour+ long interactive presentation, you will get an ...

Paris, London and Berlin agree on setting a 30% GHG emissions cut goal

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Jean Louis Borloo, Chris Huhne and Norbert Röttgen, respectively the French, the British and the German minister in charge with the environment have agreed on the necessity to set more ambitious GHG-emission reduction targets. Here is a brief summary of their case. This crisis and the economic turmoil downturn that the ...

“Greenness”, a mere marketing asset ?

Monday, June 28th, 2010

I know this is going to sound nerdy, but hey, I don't care : I am a huge fan of Tolkien's novels and I was thrilled to hear they were about to start shooting a pair of epic fantasy movies based on “The Hobbit”. To be even more accurate, these ...

6 feet greener with your sustainability report

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Hello, I'm Roy. I have been working at Verteego for only and already one week as a sales consultant. I think it is time to share my first insights on the company, the industry and our customers. First of all, I have to tell how amazing the Verteego team is. They are, ...

10 reasons SMEs must embrace Sustainability

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

We speak to many small & medium business owners who come and ask us: why should my company execute a sustainability strategy? Isn't sustainability a waste of time & money in these difficult economic times? Our answer is usually the following: SMEs who are not committed to expanding sustainably will die. ...

The Sustainable Office - Part 6: Water

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

From pollution dilution to cleaning and hydration, water is pretty darn useful. And, at less than a third of a cent per gallon in the US, water is basically free. That's got to be the best bang for your buck I have ever heard of. Inexpensive water does not come ...

The Sustainable Office - Part 5: Packaging

Monday, December 8th, 2008

If you look at the waste in your office's trash bin, I would bet the vast majority of it, aside from paper, is packaging: disposable coffee cups, yogurt containers, single serving food wrapping, cardboard boxes, etc. A friend of mine once spent a year in Africa, and when he came ...

Eco-gesture of the day - Take 8: Second-hand clothes!

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Second-hand clothes are awesome. I don't feel a need to support that with any evidence, so I won't. In addition to being awesome, pre-owned clothes offer a surprising number of benefits to the environment, society, and your wallet. While it is well-known that buying second-hand is much cheaper than buying new ...