Chess Telecom has maintained it's accreditation to ISO 14001, the international standard for Environmental Management for the third year running, thanks in great part to the company's Green Team.

According to a new global study, organisations are sticking with their commitment to greener travel, despite the recession, but bosses are felt to be setting a poor example in their own travel choices.

Next month, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen will create many hundreds of column inches about sustainability issues, reports Adam Oxford. Telecoms may not make the mainstream headlines as part of the discussions, but it will certainly feature in the debate.

Gamma Telecom's Carbon-Neutral GreenMinutes initiative, launched early this year, continues to help partners close deals, reiterated Justin Coombes, Marketing Manager at Gamma.

Excel Telecom Group has expanded into new carbon-neutral premises and is also offering ‘green minutes' to its customers. In a bid to make its operations more environmentally-friendly as it grows, the company moved from offices in Wetherby into the Carlshead Business Centre near Harrogate.

Daisy is encouraging businesses to 'think green' after launching its own carbon calculator and offsetting service. Working with the Carbon Advice Group, Daisy has already offset 255 tonnes of carbon dioxide - the total of the annual emissions created by its everyday business practices.

Mobile distributor, Fone Logistics, has introduced a new company wide paper-recycling scheme with leading recycling company yoyo.

Green Telecom has entered a team into the Trees for Cities charity run, in Battersea Park on 19th September 2009, to help raise money for tree planting and green urban projects.

Chess Telecom has joined forces with Carbon Advice Group to launch a Carbon Offsetting service for the channel and customers.

Daisy Communications is working alongside the Carbon Advice Group aiming to offset its remaining carbon footprint.