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...conservation policy, an energy audit of our own personal lives,” Kucinich said, outlining his plan for bilateral trade conditioned on workers’ rights and environmental quality principles. Kucinich called for decreasing reliance on coal, oil, and nuclear energy by suggesting the introduction of solar and wind technologies for mass consumption. And Kucinich’s plans for reform extend past the environmental arena—at Friday’s talk he questioned the usefulness of the electoral system. “I think we’re at a point where there are some real...
...charted a cautious course, focusing on slashing costs at a company that lost $1.6 billion in its 2005 fiscal year. But Nonaka, a former TV journalist with no executive experience, instead announced a bold plan to transform Sanyo into a leader in the production of environmentally friendly products like solar panels and energy-efficient refrigerators. "I think it's clear that the 21st century is about turning away from oil to alternate forms of energy," Nonaka, 52, told TIME shortly after her appointment as Sanyo CEO and chairwoman. "It's about sustainability, and Sanyo will be the solution provider...
...That's because the economics of green products still don't make sense for average consumers, who remain unwilling to pay premium prices for appliances and other big-ticket items offering questionable individual benefits. Take solar power, an area where Sanyo is a significant competitor. Although numerous start-ups in the U.S., China and Taiwan have been investing in the technology over the past two years, generating electricity from solar panels is still at least twice as expensive as buying it from the fossil fuel-reliant U.S. utility grid. Experts say the solar-power industry will need support from government...
...long-term approach, anticipating that environmental concerns in coming years would become an increasingly important factor in consumer buying decisions. She reorganized Sanyo's 300 subsidiaries into three divisions: environment, energy and lifestyle. The company began marketing new products such as a battery that could be recharged with a solar panel and a washing machine that recycled water. These moves were a hard sell at a proud manufacturing company like Sanyo, which started by making bicycle lamps in 1947. "What Sanyo does best is make batteries and industrial air systems and refrigerators," says Hideyo Waki, a business professor at Tokyo...
...something I can't quite recall. But the facility certainly deserves fanfare. To describe the air inside as "smelling strongly of cheese" is not quite capturing it; it is as if the air comprises nothing but swirling molecules of brie and stilton, violently bombarding your person like so many solar particles. Arrayed on the shelves, in perfect storage conditions, are golden wheels whose names speak of rainswept farms, dark cellars and expense: Ardrahan Large, Innes Log, Stinking Bishop, Ticklemore Goat. If you want to make a meal of it right there and then, you can pull up a chair...