A major Chinese generator manufacturer is in Northern Ireland to explore investment opportunities which could create over 600 jobs in the renewable energy sector.

The Government has introduced sweeping changes for public bodies and state agencies agreeing work and service contracts with private companies, following a probe of its procurement operations.

Bord na Móna is kicking off its first consumer sponsorship activity in several years by linking up with Rehab to back a two-week campaign called the Great Irish Waterways Adventure.

Construction firm Kingspan recorded its first operating profit growth in the three years in the first six months of 2010, despite the impact of the severe weather earlier this year.

The head of Ireland’s largest research funding body - Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) - is to resign his post and move to take up a new appointment in Australia at the beginning of next year.

The Sustainabilitylive! organiser - Faversham House Group - has opened the call for papers for the 2011 conference and seminar programme.

Portland, Oregon continued its relentless march in developing itself as a major green tech hub in the United States by announcing that Vestas, one of the largest wind turbine builders in the world, would be placing is North American headquarters in the city's downtown region.

Business advisors from WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) will be available at this year’s Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition (RWM) to offer recyclers and reprocessors free, practical assistance for their recycling business.

The United Nations board that oversees a £1.7 billion market intended to cut heat-trapping gases may snuff out funding for a practice said by European and US environmentalists to be a huge scam.

Identiplast 2010 takes place on 9-10th November 2010 at the Cavendish Conference Centre (Oxford Circus), London.